"night night!"

Somewhat surprisingly, one of Katherine's favorite times of day is bedtime. When she's tired, if you ask her, "Katherine, do  you want to go night night?" She'll snuggle her head up onto you and say, "yeaaaaah... nigh nigh!"

She then goes through her routine in a very particular order... bath time (which she now insist we not skip-- even when Mommy and Daddy are too exhausted to clean her), milk, prayers, and kisses. On a good night, after about 100 kisses each, Mommy and Daddy tuck Katherine in with George and Blankie, and she happily snuggles up and goes to sleep.

Katherine, however, recently discovered that if she asks for kisses, Mommy and Daddy almost certainly won't leave the room or put her down. Sometimes she'll pull out crocodile tears and smack her lips asking for more kisses for almost ten minutes before Mommy and Daddy give up and (heartbroken) leave her to fall asleep on her own.

Luckily, tonight (and most nights) are pretty smooth, and leave us with a happy, peaceful toddler:

Mommy and Daddy can't help but sneak in every night and gaze at her lovingly. We also now leave her toys from "the Toy Fairy" on her changing table (which is connected to her crib) for her to play with when she wakes up. :-)