First night in a big girl bed...

Last night was Lila's first night in her big girl bed. Which is actually a toddler bed. Which I said I didn't want to do. I wanted to move her directly from her crib to a bed with a twin mattress.

But then I found a toddler bed on Craig's List for $25. The price was right. It is in excellent condition. It matches the rest of the furniture in her bedroom. (Which is a very boring white, but what can I say? It matches.)

So we did it.

She was so excited. She climbed right in, curled up, and said, "Light off, close door". It took a little while for her to go to sleep, but she finally did. And she slept all night.

Sleeping soundly, all stretched out.

She loved it.

This part? Not so much.

Things are changing at a very rapid rate around our house. Actually, it's been coming for a while but now it's going way too fast for me.

Tiffani and Justin will both be graduating from college in less than a month. My big kids are growing up. And mama's struggling to hold back tears throughout the day.

Life goes on. And it's a beautiful life.

Hugs~


Linda

Wordless Wednesday~ Faces of Lila

Enjoying my sweet girl today~

Linda

My funny girl......

On the way to school this morning, Lila wanted to sing the "BeeBo" song. One of the songs we learned in sign language class. The class from over a year ago. And, to show just how long ago it was, here is a picture of Lila from the signing class.

In the class, you go around the circle and insert every child's name into the song. It goes like this:

Where is BeeBo? Where is BeeBo? Here he is, here he is. How are you today BeeBo? BeeBo's feeling fine, Let's Sign Say & Play, Let's Sign Say & Play!


Lila still wants to sing that song. Every. Single. Day.

So it wasn't a big surprise when Lila chose that song on the way to school this morning. Of course, she wanted to start with herself. So we sang it through with her name in it, then I asked her to give me another name.

Ashley

And another name.

Nika

And another.

Roxy

That usually goes on and on, with more and more names, until we drive around the corner and she sees her school. But this morning, after we finished with Roxy, she said "Ginky biper" which, in Lila speak, means stinky diaper. "Stinky diaper?" I asked, thinking she was trying to tell me something. She wasn't.

"Ginky biper", she said again. "Sing, mama." I started laughing. "You want me to sing stinky diaper in the BeeBo song?" Yes. That's exactly what she wanted.

So we did. Well, she did. I was laughing too hard to sing.

When she finished the song, she said, "Funny, mama? Lila casee!!" Which, in Lila speak, means Lila's crazy.

That crazy kid keeps me laughing.

Love her~


Linda