Penelope's holding her doll wearing the hand knitted Halloween sweater from Great Grandma. Yup, even her dolls are spoiled!Penelope and I had to leave the house so The Great Pumpkin could visit our house with an extra special surprise. I dressed her up in her costume, and we went off to the Cake Eater costume party where we met up with lots of other kids.
Next it was off to the park.
Next it was off to the park.
Then it was home for the big surprise!!!
The "I got a bed!!" went on for about an hour. Yes, a big girl bed. I wasn't ready for it, but Chris and I both witnessed her trying to get out of the crib. Rather then deal with a head injury, we decided we quickly needed to get a big girl bed. I had planned to just get a twin bed because the toddler bed seemed kind of silly and unnecessary, but I think I want to get a nice loft twin bed. She's too little for that now. So I browsed Craigslist for about 5 minutes when I found this very Dr. Seuss looking car-bed. Best part is that her crib mattress fits in it, and we got a great deal. It even has a sunroof:
Penelope wanted all of us to get in the bed at the same time.
"Bye mommy! See you later!"
Here's the important part...she napped in it!
We are wary about the night though. We often wake up at 3 am to "Mama, I get down". We ignore it and she goes back to sleep in a few minutes. That is truly the beauty of a crib. We'll see how it goes this week. Chris is sure we are going to have the entire family in our bed at some point tonight.Anyways, back to Halloween. We went trick or treating with our neighbors. Penelope loved it. She didn't really get the words Trick or Treat down pat, but she said thank you about a dozen times at every house, sometimes when they answered the door.
She had a packet of M&Ms right before heading off to the dreamland highway in her Thingamajigger (that's the name of the cat in the hat's car in case you don't watch the cartoon :)
She had a packet of M&Ms right before heading off to the dreamland highway in her Thingamajigger (that's the name of the cat in the hat's car in case you don't watch the cartoon :)
4 comments:
Oh my Gosh!!! SsOOOOO cute!!!!!
Way too cute....... :-( that she is big enough for a big girl bed.....oh well......LOVE how she had to take everything out of it!!!!!! I also love the hands for the eyes.....so glad you had a wonderful Halloween and the best part is Penny saying thank you!!!!!!!!!!
I GOT A BED!!! We should all appreciate the gifts we are given with that much enthusiasm. I know I went upstairs and yelled "I got a bed," and took a nap to connect with Penelope and her joy. You know what? It was pretty special for me too.
I got a bed.
How fun!! Love that car bed!
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