Aound the Anderson home routines are very important, mostly because if I don't have a routine established I will most likely be as productive as the road workers who have been causing my 10 minute commute to be a 12 minute one. Needless to say most of the routines we have established are based around the boys and their need for regularity (both their schedule and their bowels).
Cooper has now established his own routine though, it is about as cute as a routine can be, and be cute I mean rugged in a future lumberjack with lots of chest hair and Y chromosomes sort of way. We brush his teeth, we read him one of the same four books we read every night then we turn off his light. Well, he turns out his light when we lift him up the pull the chain. Every night he asks if he can pull the other chain, every night we say, "No, not that one." He says, "Okay Mommy and Daddy."
After the lights is out we say his bedtime prayer with him. As soon as "amen" hits he pushes me away to both hug his mom alone and to say, "Daddy, where'd you go?" It was hilarious the first 3-4 times he did it, now I think he is actually trying to get rid of me. We put him into his big kid bed, Sarah sings to him and he's out for the night.
Either Cooper is going to have a severe case of OCD or his need for normalcy is the same as an adults. We establish routines for comfort as that is how we work best, play best, and live best. Maybe, we can all take a page out of Cooperman's book. What routines do you keep on a regular basis?
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