I want to try...

wearing my helmet when I'm NOT riding my bike,

eating pizza like this,

bringing Bear to the park,

feeding Baby Doll in my "car".

(Two+ is so much fun to watch!)

Cold Turkey

When Oscar and I were looking at the sweetest pictures ever of his new cousin and our niece, Sage Charlotte-Rose, it seemed the right time to continue our growing conversation about giving up his "pacy"(FYI, a great book for kids on this subject is "Pacifiers Are Not Forever" by Elizabeth Verdick). We talked about how pacifiers are for babies (like baby Sage), and how maybe we could send Oscar's pacifiers to baby Sage since he is getting so big and doesn't really need them anymore.  He liked this idea, so...

I didn't hesitate to find a box.  O.K. put his pacifiers inside and watched intently as I wrote his name and Sage's name, and drew on a stamp, of course.  Then we put it out for the mail carrier to pick up. 

And now the pacifiers are GONE.  Naps and bedtime were rough yesterday, but I am happy to share that today he went down with much less complaining.  It took him a while still to fall asleep, but instead of crying, he was busy chatting with Big Bear, Little Bear, and Cat.  He is getting to be such a big kid.

Fairly Handy Man

I've been meaning to brag about the Hole, or actually about the exodus of the Hole and the man behind its disappearance, ever since it was fixed.  O.K. used to point at the Hole during meals, naming it simply "hole", as he does so many other things these days.  Then John got some great information from the Family Handyman, and only Oscar expressed a brief sadness over the hole's eventual absence.

I am quite happy to have a hole-free dining room again.  Good work, Johnny!