Bed time tricks

So how do you get a tired a cranky 3.5-year-old up the stairs to bed?
Last night I had to pretend the kitchen broom was a witch's broom and we all flew up the stairs, cackles and all.

We also do the jump game sometimes, where Sylvia does one big jump on the bed each for each item of clothing she takes off. She has innovated "tummy bumps" as part of this too!

One funny thing is how she always insists I have to pretend that I don't believe she can do all the jumps - and then be really surprised when she does.

Funny things she says:
While trying to get her interested in a football match on TV (Champions league semi-final!) -
"Why does football take a long time?"
And after I explain that the "team in the black" is the referee, who blows his whistle if the players do something wrong, she asks "do they then all sit down?"

By the way, Sylvia got a place at the school over the road, which is good news.