I didn't mean the whole night. But a good solid 30 minutes of spending time like this together before their bed time (they were no older than 8) helped them unw

I didn't mean the whole night. But a good solid 30 minutes of spending time like this together before their bed time (they were no older than 8) helped them unwind before bed from a fun day of doing schoolwork and playing outside and climbing trees and riding bikes and stuff. EDIT: also this was when I had a 3 hour roundtrip commute to Chicago and got home at 7pm every night, so I didn't get to see them. It was a good way to have us all spend time together every night relaxing and having opportunities to talk about our days and stuff.