Growing Up

Soren has been adjusting well to his new bed. He is so compliant and reasonable! In fact, he doesn't even get out of bed in the morning, or after nap, he just stays there and waits for me (or somebody) to come and get him. He doesn't cry/whine/beg...he just lays there and talks to himself. The only issue we've had so far happened on the second night. He fell out of his bed onto a bunch of toys...ouch! This is fairly hard to do, seeing as he has 2 bed-rails (one on each side). He managed to actually fall off the end of the bed. Poor guy. Both of my kids are very active sleepers and like to move around a lot...Synnove especially. They will probably both have bed-rails till they are in their teens =)

Soren's newest interest has been shaving. Sometimes Adam shaves in the evening so he doesn't have to do it in the morning, and Soren is fascinated by it. So, there have been a couple of nights that Adam has allowed him to shave too. Hopefully, he'll never get the urge to do it himself with Adam's real razor! I'm so thankful he's still 2 and not 15...when real shaving happens.



Synnove has been doing some growing up as well. Recently, she has re-mastered the art of not wetting the bed at night! It has been almost 1 full year! She started wetting the bed in the week before we moved here...that was 1 year ago this month. I never expected her adjustment to last this long...see story on bed-wetting from November. Unfortunately, that stint of dryness only lasted a few days, but it was an encouraging start. Since then, her bouts of dryness continued to get longer and more frequent. I thought that she was "cured" until she got the croup and started up again. That lasted for the 3 days she had the croup and hasn't been back since! Hooray!!

ANYway, For the last 6+ months, she has been begging for me to put together a toy that's been sitting in a box since Christmas 2 years ago. At the time she got it, she was too young for it, so I didn't bother to take it out...and fortunately, she never asked about it. It lived in the garage at the old house. I didn't want to forget that we had it when we moved, so instead of putting it in a storage room, I put the box in her room. She's been old enough for it for a little while now, but I told her last summer that she had to be a big girl and wake up dry for many nights before she could have it. She was quite OK with that arrangement...and even though she still asked about it, she knew what she had to do to get it. So, when we finally rid of the pull-ups/diapers she asked about it again, and I told her that she had to stay dry in her underwear for one whole week. She succeeded and we put it together on Friday.



The toy is a Spark Art Easel made by Fisher-Price. When I saw all the pieces, I was almost frightened to put it together. There were no crayons involved...only markers. Markers make messes! And these markers don't seem to be washable. They are the ONLY markers that can be used with the easel...not even regular dry-erase markers are allowed. It's disappointing that Fisher-Price would make such a toy...but they did. So far, we haven't had any big problems. She did get marker on my new slipcover (didn't come out very well), and Soren managed to get some on my new ottoman upstairs...but I think I got it all out. Currently, the easel lives in Synnove's room. Her carpet needs replacing anyway, and if she gets it on the walls I can just paint over it. From what I read online, I can't even have the markers in the kitchen cause the stuff just doesn't come off of ANY surface!!! On a brighter note, this easel is pretty amazing and fun. I'm glad I waited till she was 4, because in order to get the full use of the toy, your child needs to know what they are doing (how to use it). Hopefully, the markers have a short life so I don't have to worry about Soren destroying the house =)