Fireman, Dr Jean, & Bowling

So a few random pictures in this post.

This is of Jayden dressed up like a fireman when we went to the museum. Looks pretty good, right?

A while ago a friend and I took our boys to see Dr. Jean (a popular preschool educator/silly singer) at the library. Jayden loved it-he was clapping and dancing the whole time. She let all the kids up on stage for one song, and after that, he was dying to get on stage. He's trying with all his might to climb up there.

For play group we went bowling, which was Jayden's first time. Of course he loved it, but I would not recommend going bowling with 10 toddlers. Too many little ones that do not understand taking turns, having to share the ball, and not getting their fingers pinched as they watch the balls come out. No real tantrums though, so I guess all went well, even if some moms were wiped out.

Jayden and his best buddy waiting for a ball to come out.

I couldn't believe he could carry that ball all by himself! He wasn't quite tall enough to get the ball high enough, but he sure tried!

When Daddy heard all about how cool bowling was, he wanted to go, so for our next FHE we went again. The ball was heavier this time (we went to a different casino), so he struggled more, but still enjoyed himself.

I have to say that I love how much Brian likes to play with Jayden. He loves hearing the new things Jayden says and does, and wants to be part of it all. Just earlier this evening while we were eating dinner, Brian was saying how worn out he was and didn't feel very well. But, despite all that, he still felt well enough to request a few rounds of hide & go seek with Jayden (which is a post all in itself) so he could spend some quality time with his son before bedtime! Gotta love such a hands on daddy!

Jayden's New Room

So we finally moved into the house we bought, and with that big change brought Jayden a new bedroom! With baby brother on the way, we decided this would be as good of a time as any to move him to a toddler bed, so we got his room all done first so it would be a surprise when we moved. We painted, I made curtains, my mom bought him a Toy Story blanket, and we bought Toy Story wall stickers (which is why we only painted one wall-the stickers look way better on a white wall).

Here are some pics of Jayden's new room, and favorite place to be-besides outside, of course!

Brian and I absolutely LOVE having his toys in his room and not all over the kitchen and living room, so I think we are all in heaven.

And here is a picture I took of him through the blinds. I just had to see if he was sleeping, but I didn't want to open his door. It needs some serious WD-40. ;)

At first he made the transition perfectly! He hasn't fallen out or anything like that. He didn't fight us at all for the first four days, and we continued our usual routine of reading, saying a prayer, and then kissing night-night, leaving the room and he would fall asleep on his own. He even fell asleep to the construction workers jackhammering next door, which I thought was marvelous (yes, they are building a house RIGHT next door, and are obnoxiously loud and keep blocking my driveway with their trucks!!)

Then, yesterday he finally realized he can get out of this bed whenever he wants, and instead of staying in bed and falling asleep, he would get up and play with his toys. Then after I said no toys, the next time I heard him up and about he was getting books! While I love that he loves books, what a little stinker! He's just like his daddy, finding a way around the rules!

So after a few heart to heart chats...I finally ended up sitting in a chair just outside his open door until he fell asleep. Any suggestions on how to help with this transition to toddler bed/getting out of bed to play with his toys problem? Isn't this what Supernanny suggests, sitting in a chair, talking as little as possible, until they fall asleep?

p.s. I take it back. The night after I posted this, he fell out of bed three times. Isn't it weird that he went four days without falling out at all and all of a sudden he keeps falling out? We are one tired household this morning...