The Boys' Bedtime Routine

Golden girls & boys all must, like chimney sweepers come to dust

Looking, as usual, for something

else I found this document dated 

19 May 2006, obviously prepared for a baby sitter (probably Sienna Pond).

That was the year many of the Kingsmen Sword Dancers and Tyne Bridge Morris turned 50 and I was delegated by Fester to organise a Golden Girls & Boys weekend. 

This was one of the few occasions we’ve gone to a social event together, as a couple.

Ferretfingers will have been eleven and Thunderthighs nine years old.

 

  THE BOYS’ BEDTIME ROUTINE

About 9 Thunderthighs will go for a poo in the downstairs toilet. 

(He may ask you to come and admire it – sorry)

He has 5ml of sodium pico sulphide each night – it’s in the cupboard above the kettle.

Then he has his bath – he likes the water to come over his toes, and not to be too hot.

There should be enough hot water as we’ve had the immersion on.

After he’s washed his face, armpits and boys’ bits he’ll need his teeth cleaning – his is the astronaut toothbrush.

He can get in his pyjamas ok – and no longer needs a pad (Hoorah)

At 9.30ish he’ll ask for Ferretfingers to be brought up.

Ferretfingers goes into the same water and will happy splash around until it freezes over.

When you think he’s washed everything then he needs his teeth cleaning too.

His is the pink Hermione toothbrush.

Ferretfingers will sometimes wear his nightshirt, but usually sleeps au natural.

After bath the boys watch tv in the big bed.

Thunderthighs will happily go to sleep in his own bed with the side light on, and may take himself there sometime after 10.

Ferretfingers may need to be sent.

He’s quite good at going after whatever programme he watches – but he likes to watch to the end of the credits.

It’s wise to make him go for a last wee before he goes to sleep – just to make sure of a dry bed.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE TEA, COFFEE, HOT CHOCOLATE OR WHATEVER, AND TO EAT WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND. 

THE BOYS KNOW WHERE THE BISCUIT TIN IS.

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What is most remarkable about the above is the fact that so little has changed about their bedtime routines.  Except these days Thunderthighs runs the bath, they clean their own teeth and Ferretfingers doesn’t have to be reminded to go for a wee.

 

Tales of Chateau Midden is taking a little break, but should be back in early June 

(if we’re spared!)  Fester has suggested that as there is wifi in the cottage we’re staying in I could do a blog from there using one of the boys’ laptops.  “A holi-blog!”

That is not happening.