That's a Lot of Love - The Nanny Chronicle

If you have ever cared for a 5 year old, then you know that bedtime can either be challenging or charming, and sometimes both! Tonight, after Jack was sweetly asleep in his bed, Jadon and I played with his new nativity set. We had a great time talking about Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus. And we made up songs and talked about the gifts that the wise men brought, like turkey and ham and smelly stuff. And then it was bedtime.

Jadon said, "Ms Carol, why do you call me "dolly" when you tuck me in?" And I said, "I call you that because it is a special name that means I love you." He said, "Do you love me more than anyone in the world?" And I said, "No, I love my sons more, because I am their mommy." So then we talked about how much I do love him, and it was followed with "this much?" and arms that kept getting wider and wider and wider. We laughed and laughed and then he said, "My mommy loves me more than anyone in the world." And I said with feigned shock . . . "She does?!" And he said, "Yes. And I know how much she loves me." I expected him to open his arms really wide and say "this much," but instead he said, " She loves me fifty hundred and forty eleven. And that's more than anything."

Fifty Hundred and Forty Eleven. That's a Lot of Love.