Adjusting to a Big Girl Bed

When we moved to Explo, we decided it was time for Lucy to start sleeping in a real bed - the pack and play is just a bit too flimsy for seven weeks of restless, toddler sleeping. We put an extra mattress on the floor next to her bed in case she rolls/falls/jumps off the big bed. Mostly, she's enjoyed jumping on the safety mattress.

Lucy's taken to the bed situation pretty well - she likes that Elliot and I can lay down next to her and enjoys rubbing our backs to help us go to bed too. I think this last detail bodes well for future shoulder massages, but I'm taking it one step at a time.

The other night, Lucy was especially quiet at bedtime - no fussing or asking for us to give her water, tuck her in, rub her back or any of the other standard delaying tactics. Nope, she just went straight to sleep. Except that when I went to check on her a couple of hours later, she was sleeping like this:

She woke up a couple of hours later, when we were asleep too, asking to get back into her bed, and Elliot was kind enough to oblige.

She also seems quite keen on taking the pillowcase off of the pillow, throwing it on the lower mattress and informing me that "it flell." I'm not sure that Lucy understands the difference between fall and throw quite yet....

An Action Packed Weekend

Elliot, Lucy and I moved out to Wellesley College for the summer this weekend. While Elliot was busy working, Lucy, Aunt Mel-Mel and I got settled into our new digs (a whole house!) in time to head over to our friend Zach's 1st birthday. Zach and his older sisters got a bouncy house, which was a total blast. Lucy took a little while to warm up to it, but then was almost impossible to drag out of it. Here's a quick video of her walking around and bouncing a bit.

Thanks to Nick Rosenberg for the video

The Proud Artist

Somehow Lucy ended up with a purple crayon during her nap today. I poked my head into her room to make sure she was sleeping and found a wide-awake little girl who had drawn on every surface she could reach: the walls, the walls between the slats of her crib, the ledge of her crib, the adjacent bookcase, the crib sheets, her pillow - all were covered in purple scribbles. Thank goodness Crayola is washable and everything came right off with some scrubbing.

Lucy, as you can see below, was very proud of herself. She realized something was up pretty quickly, though, and started asking Melissa and me: "It's not funny?" No, Lucy, it's not. Well, maybe a little cute in hindsight now that I know there was no irreparable damage done. Many thanks to Aunt Mel-Mel for help with the cleanup.

Now Lucy is sleeping soundly in my bed. Here's a short video of the snoring beauty:

It's Not Easy Being Two

Lucy's been having a lot of highs and lows lately. When she's in good spirits, she's a total delight. When she's not, it's more like this: