thimbly things

All my life I have never known exactly what “hang ten” meant. I only knew that it was something related to surfing. Thanks to Yo Gabba Gabba this morning, I now know. Emily and I counted Alex’s toes as he “hung” them off the end of his surfboard. I am intrigued. And I just love educational programming for children. ;)

Last night, Emily slept in her big girl bed for the first time. Of course, her bed is really just her crib mattress on the floor. After an incident on Wednesday in which Emily got her leg stuck between the rails of her crib, we decided it was high time to move her out of the cage. But, having never done this before, we had no idea how it would go.

Surprisingly well.

We put all her toys and books into her crib so she wouldn’t be tempted to play with them in the night. Then we put a thick blanket around the edge of her mattress in case she fell off. She seemed to know exactly what to do. It probably helped that she was sleeping on the same mattress she’s always slept on. I don’t think she climbed off the mattress at all. Until 7:30 this morning, that is. I heard her opening her door with her newfound freedom and called her into my bedroom. She came to the side of our bed and said, “I love you! Eat breakfast. Nanas. Bread. Nanas. Bread.”

Now it’s just about time for her nap, and I’m not sure how this will go down. I’m mildly tempted to put the mattress back in the crib. Hmm.

EDIT: I “put her down” for a nap about 5 minutes ago and shut her door.  I now hear the pitter-patter of her feet.  Yeah.

Unrelated: This is really cute to me right now.

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