Pure Joy

A couple of weeks ago we instituted a new favorite bedtime tradition at our house. Granted, this is not a nightly occurrence!

We want to encourage our kids to have fun and find joy in the small things of life. That is pretty easy to do as a kid, but can get much harder as we get older. So, we want to work at giving them opportunities to just enjoy being a kid!

If you want to see a picture of pure joy, check out these little 5 second videos!

We got our kids bathed, in their pajamas, and ready for story time and bed. Holly and I got into our pajamas too, and then we gave our kids 3 options. 1) Go to bed now. 2) Read books. 3) Go to the Donut Hole in our pajamas and have donuts and chocolate milk!

It is a pretty safe guess as to what they picked! Holly and I had a blast too! We got some pretty hilarious looks as a family, and we felt like kids too sitting around the restaurant table in our pajamas eating chocolate milk and donuts at bedtime! (The kids were both asleep by 8:45 that night!)

If you are a parent of little kids ... I dare you to break the routine every once in a while, jump in your pajamas, and have a childlike adventure on the town! You just might enjoy it more than your kids!

FYI - Bella enjoyed the trip as well, but she said "No Comment"!