Sweet Dreams

In yet another step toward leaving their little girl days behind them, Becky and Susie now sleep in bona fide big girl beds.  They’ve been on mattresses on the floor for about a month now, but tonight Jim assembled their very own beautiful wood beds (which have the potential to bunk in the future if I can ever convince myself I’m not asking for head injuries by allowing a child to sleep up that high!).  I know most kids leave their cribs behind much, much earlier than the girls, but for a variety of reasons the cribs worked very well for our family.  I had told the girls that if they could stay dry at night, they could earn the right to have new beds, and so this fall they did just that.  I’m so proud of the girls, and I’m excited for this new transition.  I have a hunch that Jimmy won’t be staying in his crib until age 5 – he’s already pleading for a big boy bed of his own (but given that we just moved Danny on an experimental basis into Jimmy’s room a few nights ago, I don’t see that happening any time soon!).

Here’s Jim putting the beds together with four eager helpers:  

The girls were so excited:

Sweet dreams!