Sweet Dreams, Little Man

Godspeed, Little Man.

one month old

I sing this song to Robbie nearly every night I put him to bed and have done so since the day we brought him home from the hospital.  

You Tube Version of this Song  The Dixie Chicks perform it.

Dragon tales and the Water is Wide;Pirates sail and lost boys fly;Fish bite moonbeams every night;And I love you;Godspeed little man Sweet Dreams little man;All my love will fly to you each night on angels wings;Godspeed sweet dreams

The rocket racer's all tuckered out;Superman's in pajamas on the couch;Goodnight moon we'll find the mouse;And I love you;Godspeed little man Sweet Dreams little man;My love will fly to you each night on angels wings;Godspeed Sweet Dreams

God bless mommy and matchbox cars;God bless Dad and thanks for the stars;God hears "amen" wherever we are;And I love you;Godspeed little man Sweet Dreams little man;My love will fly to you each night on angels's wings;
Godspeed, Godspeed, Godspeed Sweet Dreams 

A few months ago, he stopped me at the last verse and said, "Mommy, why can't God bless Robbie too?"  So we replaced the words with "God bless mommy and God bless Robbie, God bless daddy and thanks..." He is my little "Prayer of Jabez" boy! 


Tonight, he asked me if it would be OK if he sang his lullabies with me instead of just listening.  I said, "OK, which one are we going to sing?"  He said, "Rockin' Tales" (which is what he calls this song).... and then we sang... the whole song... he knows every word even the ones I sing wrong (fish bite moonbeams every night/fish those moonbeams out of the sky).  It was so precious.  My heart was so full and once again overwhelmed by how much love I have for this tiny precious man God gave me to raise and love.  I kept thinking, I HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS MOMENT.  I have to remember this feeling.  This is one of those "little moments" that are really the "big moments," you know? 


And as I sit here and reflect I can't help but think... he knows every word of this song? Why? Because I sing them every night.  What other things do I say to him every day? He probably knows those words by heart too.  I pray that God will guard my tongue and give me words of wisdom and love to say to him every day.  I need to say things to him every day so he will know them.  I love you.  Daddy loves you. God loves you.  You can do great things.  You are important.  I will always love you, no matter what you do, what you say, or how you choose to live your life.  


Here is a great article by Victoria Osteen: Bless Your Children.  and another one by Pam Leo: Teaching Children Respect that are good, quick reads if you have a moment and you are a parent.

And in the meantime, I'm off to bed with a precious memory of my beautiful three-year-old singing lullabies with me on a hot summer evening.  Godspeed sweet dreams.

Disney World - Day 5 - LAST DAY!

We've had several really fun days at Disney, but today is the day we have to go home.  Today was extra magic hours at the MK so we packed up the car and got on the boat.  We rode the Space Ranger Spin again (twice), Peter Pan, Small World, and then waited in line to see Tinker Bell.  Robbie loves Tinker Bell almost as much as Mickey.  We waited for FORTY FIVE minutes in line for Pixie Hollow.  As soon as we were next, Robbie says, "I think I changed my mind.  Let's go."

OH, NO, my son.  We waited. We're next. We are seeing Tinker Bell and you are going to enjoy it.  Of course as soon as we turned the corner, he turned in to shy boy and wouldn't detach from me.  Oh well.

Tinker Bell's friend Rosetta

Robbie said he afterward he expected Tinker Bell to be smaller.

Crystal Palace is always a fun place to have lunch with Winnie the Pooh and friends.  Robbie was in a pretty good mood and it was adorable watching him get excited to see Tigger, who he claimed was going to really be fun.

Crystal Palace

Robbie was too tired to do anything else, so we left.  Robbie really wanted to ride Dumbo again and made me promise that the next time we come to Disney World it would be the very first thing we did.  I promised, but I don't think he understands that the next time we come back he probably won't want me to keep my promise because he will be older.

Best ride of the vacation? Maybe the one home?

My collection of pins for this trip.  My goal was to collect as many "Vinylmation" Mickeys I could find.

Next Disney Trip?  Well so far, we've gone about every five years.  We'll see how long we can wait to go back.  Robbie is already talking about all the things he's going to do next time... including playing in the pool...

Disney World - Day 4: Animal Kingdom, Rain, Fantasmic Lightshow

 Animal Kingdom was really fun the last time we went, but this time it was not as much fun.  It was REALLY crowded this day and REALLY sticky hot.  Robbie was grumpy in the morning. We got turned around and mixed up trying to follow the map. 

2 out of 3 aint bad

We took Robbie to The Boneyard in DinoLand where he played, climbed, splashed, and dug in the sand for most of the morning.  He really enjoyed this so we just let him play as long as he wanted. We gave our FastPasses for the Kilimanjaro Safari to another family and headed out to our lunch reservation at the Tusker House.  We tried to check in, but were too early and Robbie was starving, so we went to Pizzafari and picked him up a slice of pizza.  It was a good thing because although our reservation at Tusker House was a 12:20, we weren't seated until after 1:00!  We would have just walked out, but this meal had a cancellation fee (no fair!) so we waited.

Meeting Miss Daisy
(Robbie had no interest and really needed a nap!)

The food at Tusker House was really good - African Style buffet.  As we were leaving, it was starting to rain.  When we woke up from naps it was REALLY RAINING. We had "priority seating" at the Fantasmic Light Show and needed to get to Hollywood Studios.  We were a little worried that the show would be cancelled, but packed up our ponchos and headed to the bus stop.

Robbie was in a MUCH better mood this evening and actually enjoyed stomping around in the rain at Disney Studios.  We watched the Muppets 3D, but most of the other outside stuff was closed due to the rain.  The FastPasses were all gone for the Toy Story Midway Mania and the sign said that the wait time was 120 minutes.  We do not wait for 120 minutes on rides generally, but since it was raining and we had some time to kill before the show, we decided to wait.  Enter the most brilliant idea I read online before our trip: the kiddo camera.  

I read on a travel site that you should buy your kid their own camera to take on vacation, something cheap like a disposable.  Disposable cameras run about 10 bucks around here.  However, Walgreens has a "loyalty" camera that is digital that I was able to get for about $8.50 with Sam's discount.  It takes 50 pictures and you have to take the camera to walgreens to get it developed or pics burned to a CD.  During our 120 minute wait in line, I gave Robbie the camera and let him snap away pictures.  He took pictures of everything he could see and had a blast.  I don't think he even realized how long we stood in line because he was so distracted!  When it was finally our turn to ride, we really enjoyed it.  This was more fun than the Space Ranger Spin at MK, but I wouldn't wait as long to do this under normal non-rainy circumstances.

The rain had stopped and the Fantasmic lightshow was a go!  Robbie held his ears the entire time (or I held them so he could rest his arms).  We tried to get him to wear earplugs but he freaked out.  We are going to look into getting him some of those noise cancelling over-ear headphones before the Fourth this year.  

As for the show itself - he LOVED it!  He smiled and clapped and cheered when Mickey defeated the villains.  The joy on his face was priceless and even though he probably won't remember this trip very well because he is only three, I will remember the look on his face forever.  

On the clipboard of fun for tomorrow: Our last day! Magic Kingdom and Crystal Palace