This is how we sleep

Neal was commenting the other night that Jillian is pretty good about going to sleep without complaining (that is, most nights!) But the truth is, after our bedtime routine (books, songs, prayers, and rocking), she lies down, rolls over very sweetly and closes her eyes a little too quickly. So I have decided, she is actually just trying to get us to leave so that she can do better things. These pictures are from last week - 3 nights in a row of how I found sweet Jillian once she did fall asleep.

Night 1 - a backpack. We find her like this lots. Including the night that we had to spend a bit of time in the bathtub because of tornado warnings. When I brought her into the bathroom, Neal was really confused why I made her put on a backpack to hide out. Ha!

Night 2 - where to start...the girl loves sleeping in shoes. If we don't put them on her before bed, she always seems to find them to put on herself. But she is also particular in which pair she wears. For instance, tonight, she requested "orange" and then later was crying because she needed "pink" instead. Also love how it looks like she either fell asleep while climbing back into bed or, as might be more accurate based on the next picture, she was out of room.
Here is the second version of that night - maybe we need to get this girl a queen to fit all these babies and backpacks!

Night 3 - another common sight - lots of books in bed, but then she added 2 boxes of wipes, a diaper, her orange shoes, a tail-wagging dog, and not pictured here, a whole family of Little People and a plastic Sleeping Beauty.

Not to be outdone, Meredith has been choosing some interesting PJs this week...

On Thursday, we had a playdate at the Hooks' house. The girls were having a blast dressing up as a variety of princesses, and then Meredith came across a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume that was Jake's. She was so thrilled! Sweet Jake let Meredith have the costume and she wore it from before dinner through the next morning!
It is June in Texas - temperatures in the 100's - and this is Meredith tonight.