Choo choo to bed

Ive been trying a new routine. 

Andre has started working early shift. Working from 630am to 2 pm then an hour at home.

With this new change we found that our afternoons and evenings were thrown into chaos. Because Andre needs to do an hours work when the kids are home plus with him sort of here and there getting them to bed was driving me crazy.

So we tried this new way and the past few nights bedtime has been a breeze.

So Andre gets Kanye out of taxi while i get mar from school. At 330 Andre takes a power nap then works his hour from 4-5.

At 5 i do dinner hes in charge of kids.
At 6 i get the boys in the shower while andre does dishes, i get them  in pjs and then this is where the miracle of quiet time came about. 

Instead of letting them watch tv until bed- they play in their room. We found Thomas the tank engine audiobooks and with Andres portable speakers we plugged in an old smart phone we had from when we upgraded and play the audiobook through there. They love it. 

Each night they'll play with cars or build train tack listening to a story and from there getting them to bed is so easy because they're wound down. there's no sudden hey its time for bed.

Kanye typically goes to bed at 7 then i do homework with mar and put Harper to bed. Mar goes to bed at 730 with no fuss, he lies and reads books until he drops off. 

Im pretty happy with this routine. And plus its good for them, structure is good. Makes our life that much easier and we then get time at night to relax!