Jimmy knew that under other circumstances, what they had might be considered weird; nine adults living together in the same house. He supposed that what they had might be considered a compound, but who ever heard of a compound in the suburbs of Washington DC? Plus compounds were usually comprised of families. Not that they weren't family, but they weren't related by blood, although all the children were their biological children.
It wasn't just the living together part. It wasn't exactly unheard of to move in with someone else if you got kicked out of your house or something, which had happened to all of them. What was also weird was the tucking in part. He tucked in Lizzie every night. Not that that was weird. He was, after all, her father, and she was only two. What was weird was how Ducky tucked him and Jordan in every night, and how Gibbs tucked the others in every night.
On school nights when they didn't have a case, Gibbs imposed a strict bed-time of ten o'clock. Or at least hypothetically. At 10 o'clock, everyone began to get ready for bed. This took a while, because all the little kids needed to take baths. Finally, Ziva would put Caleb to bed, Tony would put Amalie to bed, Tim would put Harris and Francis to bed, Hope would put Sheila to bed and Jimmy would put Lizzie to bed. After all the kids were in bed, Jimmy, Tony and Tim would go back to the room they shared and change into sweatpants and t-shirts, and Ziva would go back to the room she shared with Abby and Jordan and do the same. Then Ducky would come into the boys' room and tuck Jimmy in, holding out the blankets while he climbed into bed then tucking the blankets in around him, making sure his glasses are in a safe place, staying and stroking his hair for a little while, then gently kissing his forehead. Meanwhile, Gibbs would go to the girls' room and tuck Abby and Ziva in, holding out the covers for them, tucking the blankets around them, pushing their hair out of their faces and offering each a kiss on the forehead. Then Ducky would say goodnight to Tony and Tim and Gibbs would say goodnight to Jordan and they would switch rooms and Ducky would tuck Jordan in, holding the blankets out for her while she got in bed, tucking them securely around her, brushing her hair out of her face then giving her one kiss on the forehead. He would then give a quick kiss each to Abby and Ziva. Meanwhile Gibbs would tuck Tim and Tony in holding the covers up for them as they climbed into bed, tucking them securely around them giving them each a kiss on the forehead, before giving Jimmy a quick kiss. Gibbs and Ducky would them meet in the hallway and say goodnight before Ducky went downstairs to bed and Gibbs went to crawl into bed with Hope. And by 11 o'clock, the entire household would be in bed asleep.