Stay Awake<\/em>, from Mary Poppins. When I’m handling the bedtime routine, though, the kids often make requests.<\/p>\nLast night, as I turned out the light, the call was raised for Spiderman.<\/p>\n
I smiled into the darkness.\u00a0 I haven’t sung that one in a long time.<\/p>\n
“Spiderman, spiderman, does whatever a spider can,” I sang in a whisper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Yeah,” my oldest said contentedly as he sang into his pillow.<\/p>\n
“Can he swing from a web? Take a look overhead. Hey there! There goes the spi-ider man!”<\/p>\n
I drew out the last note to peer into the darkness at my youngest’s bed. Though I couldn’t see anything, I could hear him bouncing around. I tip-toed over to the light switch as I sang.<\/p>\n
\u00a0“In the chill of the night, at the scene of the crime, like a beam of light, he arrives just in time!”<\/p>\n
I paused with my hand on the switch. The little guy’s bed was bouncing like crazy, and I could hear little whispered “yeah”s.\u00a0I kept singing.<\/p>\n
\u00a0“Spiderman, spiderman, does whatever a spider can. Is he strong? Listen bud, he’s got radioactive blood.”<\/p>\n
I flipped on the light. My youngest was kneeling on his bed, dancing and doing spiderman poses. It took him a moment to realize the light was on, then he dove under his blankets. His older brother burst out laughing.<\/p>\n
“Good night,” I said, turning out the light.<\/p>\n
“Good night,” they giggled.<\/p>\n
All in all, not a bad bedtime routine.<\/p>\n
\nNote for Spiderman fans: Yes, I realize that I mix up the stanzas to the song, but it doesn’t matter. It always works. It’s just that good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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