Nitey-nite and Kisses

Mr.T reads to the girls most every night.

It is his job.

It is his thing.

Sometimes I try to take away reading time as a punishment when they act up before bedtime but Mr.T insists that this is a part of their development - they both know how to read and they enjoy reading ...

It's more than that to him.

It's his time; his girly time ... when he has them all to himself; when he has their full attention.

After story time, that always seems to last too long...I arrive on the scene to tuck them in and kiss their lovely heads.

My WildChild (who is not so wild lately) has requested that I sing her a song nearly every night. This is after story time, after the lights are out, after both girlys are snuggled into their beds (they sleep in the same room in bunk beds).

I do not have a large selection of lullabies and I believe I mentioned this before (so excuse me if I am repeating myself).

I sing Silent Night, Close to You (Carpenters), You Are My Sunshine and sometimes Evergreen (Barbara Streisand).

I'm thinking about adding Hoobastank's "The Reason" to my repertoire.

I'm printing the lyrics and I will sing it to her tonight, to see if she wants me to sing it again to her.

She asked me to record my songs for her; so she will have them forever.

My voice is awful. I'm out of tune; and my pitch is awful ... my voice cracks ... but she enjoys my singing for some ungodly reason.

After I am done singing to my WildChild, I stand up and pet the ShowStoppers head, kiss her and tell her that she too is my Sunshine and I love her tons. She smiles and pets my face and kisses me goodnight. The ShowStopper never asks me to sing to her but I know that she listens. I know that she aches for it too but never asks me to sing her a song. Tonight I shall sing to each one of my girlys, individually.


The lyrics to "The Reason"

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

The adjectives are coming, I already have a few right off the top of my head:

Stubborn
Headstrong
Determined
Flirtatious
Friendly
Ambitious