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Our traditional night time routine went smoothly.  I’ve got Baby Mochi trained so well that even if we finish everything early, she still demands to be put to bed as soon as her final bottle is gone (and her teeth are brushed), which is the last activity of her evening.  G fought that it was still too bright outside, but she still happily went to bed without complaint and was snoring soundly shortly after.  With Big Mochi, we ate dinner, bathed, played, winded down, had a snack, and then read 2 books (a big one for her, a small one for Bunny), and then she went to bed with a reminder that she needed to stay in her bed all night and she agreed.  Sometimes she gets into the habit of sneaking into our bed in the middle of the night and G just helps her in because he’s too lazy to take her back to hers.    I put her to bed, she came out a couple of times, realized how upset I was getting, and then never came back out. 

Then I was attempting to figure out our diminishing finances for hours while watching the Ya-Ya Sisterhood movie (wasn’t really impressed), and without really figuring anything out, i turned off the lights and was heading to bed… and nearly stepped on a good-sized 4-year old snoring body shaped like a Big Mochi who, in an effort to be near us but NOT get scolded for being out of bed, hid out in the little hallway that connects her room to where we were, and fell asleep with her bunny and a pillow.  Right there, sprawled out on the floor.  Poor baby!

12) There will be times when you will go out of your way to do something and feel totally unappreciated for your efforts.  Just grit your teeth and do it anyway because IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.