De-Binkification

De-Binkification: [noun]  The process of weaning your toddler from her binky [a.k.a. pacifier]

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Night #1  I've been reading up on the best way to de-binkify.  I was prepared for an all-nighter because she always asks for it when she's tired, but it was a piece of cake.  After a nice bath and her evening routine, I put her in her crib with just curious george and her favorite blanket, and not a binky.  She was mad and cried for 2 minutes, at which point I came and got her.  She fell asleep peacefully in my arms in the rocking chair, but woke up when I set her in her bed.  She cried for 10 seconds in her bed and went to sleep.  What an amazing little girl.

Celeste misses all of the cousins she's been around the last few weeks.  In addition to saying their names frequently, she woke up at 3am saying, "Mama! Mama!"  I went to see what she needed and she said, "Kids gone."

I gave Scott some banana bread on a plate, and Celeste thought it was hot.  She exclaimed, "Don't touch it!"

Night #2 Went to bed happily without rocking, after a late-night snack with Daddy after he got home from the priesthood session of conference. 

Nap Day #2 Asked for binky, got redirected to george, complained for a few seconds, then went to sleep.

Night #3 Needed rocking

Nap Day #3 C. boycotted napping

Night #4 - 8 Still having a rough time with going to bed.  Cries and falls asleep eventually.

I was starting a load of laundry and went to get clothes from the other room.  I came back and found my good little helper loading the washing machine.  So sweet!

Celeste is sitting next to me as I write this and is saying:  "Crayon, crayon, crayon."

Alphabet Dancers video C. and Jackson:

http://carolyn-grammygoose.blogspot.com/2010/09/monkeys-jumping-on-my-bed.html

Reunion Adventures

C.'s new words of the week: Water, People, Anna, Aaron, Jake

Looking for fossils by Inkom.  There are supposed to be good trilobites in the area.  C. loves rocks.

Stretching our legs at Mantua Reservoir.   C. is laughing at uncle Jake, who she nick-named Jake-O.

Great Grandma's house is so fun.  Uncle Jake has the beard.

Enjoying the beautiful weather.  Scott's bro & sis from Pennsylvania

Great audience

Airborn cousins

Helping Grandpa with the chickens

Feeding the chickens

Gathering fresh eggs from each nest of the chicken coup through special trap doors.

Carefully putting the eggs in the bowl.  Given the chance, C. loves smashing eggs together.

Milking girl goat.  We had yummy homemade yogurt that dad made from the goat milk.

Avalanche the goat

Animals all around

Looking at the fish at the public library

The biggest fish

View from C.'s height

Zoom in to see swirling vortex of pelicans catching an air current above our house.  They started low and went higher and higher.  There were too many to count.

The darker bird is not a pelican.  I'm not sure what his intentions were.

Driving through Jurassic Park, I mean Bear World.

Black Bears at Bear world

Thanks everyone that is praying for Scott's job hunting.  I'm so amazed at how persistant he is even though it is no fun.  He is enjoying his accounting class at ISU.

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Happy Birthday to my pirate Scott!