Thursday, September 13, 2012

Growing Up

 Ugh.  I don't think I can take this.

All this GROWING UP stuff.

STOP.  RIGHT NOW.

I can not take anymore.

Yeah.  You.

Mr. Underwear AND Little Miss First Grade!

So, Mikey decides, "Hey!  I'm gonna wear underwear!  No more baby diapers for me!"

I wasn't quite ready.  But, hey, I rolled with it.

Next step - BIG BOY BED.

Sigh.  Slow it down, bud.

I guess it was time for a trip to IKEA.

Mikey likes it!




As requested, it was a CARS 2 bed.




Here he is right before bed time.  All "guys" and pillows arranged to his liking.



He did pretty good that first night.  He only came out of his room 6 or 7 times.
The next night was even better.

The problem is getting him to stay in bed early in the morning.
Sometimes he's up at, like, 6:30.
Unacceptable!

THEN, after a few days, he decides he wants to wear underwear to bed!
Double sigh.
It's been a week with only one night time pee-pee explosion.
Hmmph.  Not bad.


The weekend before school was reserved for plenty of play.

Here are some local super heroes.

Firefighter Man & his crime fighting sister.....



.....Queen Butterfly.



Let's see.  This is what we did:

We hung out.

Huzbend built IKEA furniture.

We went to the circus (Ringling Bros./Barnum and Baily brought to you by Feld Entertainment....in case you were wondering).  We successfully avoided the PETA protesters, and enjoyed the show.  

We ate WAY too much food cooked by our chef extraordinaire in the new kitchen.

We enjoyed a picnic with all the school aged kids in the neighborhood.


Playing can be SUCH hard work.





But then, Labor Day weekend was over.

It was time for school.

For some reason, we got bumped to a new bus stop on a crappy main road.
(Don't worry, we complained and it's since been moved).

Daddy was home to see Katie off on her first day of FIRST GRADE!




"Is that the bus I hear???"





"IT'S HERE!!!!"

Later, parental units and young sibling.
I'm outta here!




Here she is getting off the bus in the afternoon.




This is the first thing she said to us when she got off the bus,
"I LOVE MY SCHOOL!  I HAVE THREE RECESSES!"

I would love my school too if I had three recesses.

Other than that, she said she had a "super-fun day".




I don't know.  But wearing underwear and getting a big boy bed has given Mikey a new found independence.  He's decided that he likes to wear nightgowns to sleep.

Whatever makes him happy.




He's also decided that he likes to be naked.

A lot.






I opened my coat closet the other day and found this guy.
Just sitting there.
Was he a stowaway from NH?

He was promptly squooshed.



Monday was Mikey's first day of preschool.

He goes a whole three days a week now.  Two days, I drop off and one day I "work" (i.e. hang out with Mikey and his preschool buddies at school).

He was a bit apprehensive.

But, there were no tears in the car or upon entering the building.
That's an improvement over last year.





He wasn't too sure when it came time for me to leave, but he powered through and put on a brave face.



The mom's who "worked" that day told me he had a great time playing with the other kids.
Yay!!!


He was in a great mood when I picked him up.

The people at preschool might not know it.

Heck, even relatives might not know it.

Mikey is a clown.

"I refuse to join any preschool that would have me as a member."



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