The Sweetness Before The Slumber

I promised my good friend V to post a similar photo as her boys during bedtime. Here it is. And this is the link to V's blog post. Don't the 2 photos look similar!? 

The Bees' photo was taken in September last year, but till now, this is how they sleep every night - together and full of warmth. One of us must always sleep with them every night, so they are not used to sleeping alone, not even Big Bee. Which is fine by me. Because by the time they become teens or even tweens, they may soon be over-zealous in getting me out of their beds, and maybe out of their rooms...and I am not looking forward to that at all! Hubby and I are too used to cuddling with them on bed, sleeping with them, inhaling their sweet baby smells to sleep. Brings such a sense of closeness to us :) 

This is our usual bedtime routine:

*Mummy, or Papa, or Popo massaging each of them...and it has to be a full body massage, mind you!*

Then my nightly words of affection for them before they drift off to sweet slumberland...

Mummy: Goodnight darling!

Each of the Bees: Goodnight Mummy!

Mummy: I love you, darling!

Each of the Bees: I love you, Mummy!

Mummy: Sweet dreams darling!

Each of the Bees: Sweet dreams Mummy!

I started the ritual of these 3 lullaby phrases since Big Bee was a toddler, and Little Bee caught onto our tradition last year. Hubby declared that I hold the monopoly over the intellectual property of these words, so he invented some strange language that the Bees are now using every night with him. 

Papa: Hagga hagga girls! (Hagga is Papa's new invented language for "goodnight"!)

Bees: Hagga hagga Papa! 

No joke - they really say this ernestly every night to Papa! 

And on nights that my Mum sleeps over....

Popo: 晚安! 祝你一个美梦!

Big Bee: 祝你一个美梦, Popo! 

Little Bee: 美梦! 美梦! Popo! (in her ang moh Chinese accent...)

Ah! The sweetness of bedtime!