bedtime battleship

For the last few weeks we have been having some bedtime troubles: Levi does not want to go to bed when he is supposed to. It has been pretty action packed at nights, we would go in there and never have a clue where Levi was going to be; behind his bed, on the dresser, behind the crib, underneath the crib, IN the crib..... you can see how this gets frustrating, especially when he wakes up his sleeping baby brother. This kid has stealth and moves the Russians would have wanted to exploit.
This all took a climax when Josh and I went to the temple last weekend and the kind and dear babysitter and auntie could not get Levi to go to sleep at all. He was a pest to put it nicely. He ended up sleeping in our room before the night was through and we got home. (Sorry, guys).
So we made some dramatic changes. Levi has this whole little routine before bed where he has rules that he repeats, like closing his eyes and being quiet. And it actually works!! Looks like his future for espionage is going down the drain.