New night-time rituals...

With My dear hubby's dad in town for a visit, i've moved all of the kids into one room to free up a 'spare' room for him. It works out o.k. where the kids are all still pretty young - they just view it as a perpetual sleep-over party. However, this does make for some rather entertaining bed-time issues. I still put the kids to bed @ 8PM, and then i'll sing songs with them (review the primary songs for the year, etc.), but then i can't LEAVE the room, or things will get WAY out of hand. So, i've taken to setting up my little piano light in there, and practicing the guitar until they finally drift off. The kids think it's pretty fun, and i do have my own cheering section (literally!) The negative comes in that the boys fall asleep within a half hour, but the girls will hang on as much as 2 hours later!! It's taking a toll on my poor little fingers; I'm sure it'll be great in a couple of weeks when i've built up some calouses, but until that happens, i think i might start reading my own scriptures in their room after i do a half hour of practice. It's either that, or invest in some finger-tip bandaids ;-)