For the longest time "Jesus Loves Me" was what I sang to Mary Jo when I rocked her at night, it seemed to be the only one she liked, but in the last few months she's started requesting different ones. She also loves "Holy Holy Holy" which I thought was just from BSF, but apparently when she was a baby my mother-in-law would sing that to her and it was the only song that would get her to sleep. So this is usually how our bedtime routine goes with our now very vocal, opinionated 2 year old-
First we read her book of choice, her favorites right now are "Bow-wow Peep", "Siwwy monkeys" and "Doodnight moon." After we read I turn out the light and ask her what we should sing. She answers "Jesus wuvs me," ...so I begin. Just a few words into the song and she's requesting the next song "Ho-wy Ho-wy....sewafim" (her attempt at saying seraphim) and if I don't stop the current song to begin the next one she just gets more and more adamant in her request. The other night I was belly laughing as I was singing, determined to finish the first song before I started the next while she kept chanting "Ho-wy! Ho-wy!" My favorite is how she asks for her hymn, she says it all together and it sounds like "Tis so feet". I have always prayed for her at night but just in the last week or two I've had her pray first and she loves it, like the other ones I've just taught her to say "Thank you God" to begin with but she takes it very seriously, bowing her head and folding her hands. I love that sweet time with my sweet girl. My prayer for her is that one day she will know, for herself, just how sweet it is to trust in Jesus. Here's my favorite recent picture.....
