A room of one’s own!  Now that we’ve moved into a bigger house, I’m no longer sleeping in a crib.  Instead, Mimi chalk painted Mommy’s old pineapple-post frame and brought it down to become my first big-girl bed! The first night I slept in it I did manage to get myself wedged in between the bed and the bed-rail, but we’ve tightened that up now and I think the problem is solved …

Mimi also made sure to paint my whole room so that it would look clean, bright, and welcoming from the first night I spent there.  My room is little, but it’s just the right size for me.  It fits my special rocking chair that Mommy and Daddy had in the old nursery, as well as my books and many stuffed animals.

I still love being read to and rocked before bed (some of my current favorite books are “Tacky the Penguin,” “Stick and Stone,” “Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner,” and “A Porcupine Named Fluffy”).  I don’t love having to go to sleep at night, but I’m very excited about the new freedom afforded me by my big-girl bed.  For example, I can climb down by myself in the morning and go snuggle my brother (which I have done on multiple occasions).  I’ve also taken to inviting Jack to pull a mattress onto my floor at night for “sleepovers.”

Current likes: Being a big girl

Current dislikes: Being alone

Our big move is officially over, and I’ve spent the past month settling in to our new house.  I already know how many right turns you have to make off of the main road to arrive at our door (four) and I know my new street address and the code to enter my front door.  Now that I don’t have to cross a main street to get to my mailbox, one of my favorite rituals is checking for mail when I come home from daycare each day.

All of the toys from my old play room went down into our new basement, and I’ve been helping Mommy unpack all of the toys and build some IKEA storage units to hold them.  It’s been fun to rediscover all of my toys that have been packed up in storage the past few months, and I definitely have more room to play with them now.  I’m even getting comfortable enough in my new house to play in the basement with my sister when Mommy and Daddy are upstairs.

I’ve also been getting ready to start kindergarten next month.  I’m not exactly sure how I feel about the prospect of going to a new place with a bunch of kids I don’t know, but I do think it’s pretty cool that I’m neighbors with my new school.  I’ve tried walking to the playground a few times in the past weeks, just to get familiar with the lay of the land.

Current likes: helping Mommy and Daddy build furniture

Current dislikes: when Lena makes it to the mailbox before me

On August 7, 2018 our family moved to Rhinebeck, NY!  We are so pleased to be a part of a neighborhood with sidewalks, other families, and all that entails.  We’ve wasted no time making ourselves at home in our new space.  Things like riding toys, sidewalk chalk, and water tables were difficult to use on our old loose stone driveway, but we’ve embraced them all here in the waning days of the summer.  We’ve also met a lot of our new neighbors (and their dogs), and can’t wait to begin taking weekend walks into town.