Bedtime with the Bradshaws

Our evening ritual goes something like this:

Come home from work, throw together dinner while Mina stands at me feet asking for bites, milk, and saying "hot" - or she is in with Damon watching batman on youtube.

Get everyone fed and then it's almost bathtime. Once everyone is soaking wet, the night slows down to an almost magical pace. Mina gets snuggled into jammies and trounces about her room reading from her books and talking to her various stuffed creatures (current favorites are batman and elmo- both of which she feels the need to sleep with in her bed).

Then Damon reads her a book, the lights go out and the most magical and my most favorite of rituals happens. Damon walks down the stairs, and Mina runs to the banister, drops to her knees and leans in, placing her cheeks against the rails to give Damon a kiss- he gladly obliges... And then Mina runs to me, all giggles, and throws herself into my arms.

I hope that she always runs to kiss her daddy between the banister rails. Though I suppose it will be more awkward when she is in her 30s...