Eva Mendes shares what she does with her daughters at bedtime.

The 50-year-old actress revealed today.com Host Hoda Kotb revealed that she has been preparing for her two children, 9-year-old Esmeralda Amada and 7-year-old Amada Lee Lee) — nicknamed after going to bed with her boyfriend, Ryan Gosling.

“I’ll tell you something my kids told me three years ago,” Mendez began. “She said, ‘Night mom is a little, like, different.’”

When Mendes asked her daughter to elaborate on what she meant, the actress said her youngest daughter described, “Well, night mom, you just have to cool down your life at night.” I’m dying , because I thought, ‘I really have to cool down my life at night. ‘”

Mendes noted that her daughters’ nighttime routines often go like this: “You want to get everything done and lined up so they can go to bed by then, so you can live your life , while also allowing them to have adequate sleep time.” It takes two hours.

A source told People that Mendes and Gosling moved their daughters outside of Los Angeles in March so they could have a calmer environment growing up.

“For them, the most important job is their daughter, and everything else comes second,” the insider shared. “Their daughters are thriving. They left Los Angeles and lived further north, away from Hollywood. They didn’t want their daughters to grow up around other celebrities’ children.”