Luke got a kite from Gammy and Papa for part of his b-day present from them so yesterday he was begging me to go fly it with him. Unfortunately there wasn't any wind in town so we called up Gammy and she said there was a nice breeze at their house so we could come on over! We went out to the pasture next to their house and the kite was really easy to fly and the breeze was just enough and not too much!
The kite is named Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon) but since it doesn't look anything like Toothless from the movie I think Luke was a little confused. He choose the name, but he kept asking us questions about it and I am not sure that we ever really answered his true question because I am still not sure what it was. (-:
Luke wanted to run around on the yard while Aaron and I sat on the porch so I took a few of Aaron and I.
Luke running! I wish I had that much energy, but am glad I don't crash and burn the way he does!
After supper I talked to Dad about taking my loft bed from college home for Luke. I had talked to Luke about it before and he seemed really excited about having a cool place to sleep and we thought if we put our other twin mattress on the floor under the loft it wouldn't be too high for him but it would still be extra cool and maybe convince him to try sleeping in his room instead of in ours! He has slept on his own bed before, but it was always on the floor in our room and always before he would wake up at about 2 am crying and come to our bed for the rest of the night. Anyway, we took the boys home, unloaded the seats of our new but still very old minivan (thanks to my uncle Ken) and then I went back to Mom and Dad's to get my bed, then to Wal-mart to get some cool bedding, and then home to set it all up. It was 10:30pm by the time I got it all home, but we just couldn't loose our momentum so we put it all up and I got the beds set up and this is the final result...
Luke actually did fall asleep in his new bed very easily, probably because it was so late! He also stayed in his new bed all night long!!! He woke up 3 times, at 4 and 4:30 for just a few minutes each time and each time I went up to check on him and then told him I needed to go back down stairs to take care of Aaron but that I would check on him in 5 minutes, and when I went back up he was asleep. He was perfectly ok with me doing that both times, just nodded his head sleepily and put himself back to sleep. The third time he woke up was 5:15 am and then he came down and told me he was hungry. I suggested a banana or yogurt and he suggested both so he had both and then he went back up to bed and put himself back to sleep! After that he slept until 10am!
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Now, you might ask what I was doing up at 4-5am and the answer is simple, I work nights and I was on call so I was hanging out downstairs and chatting with a friend from Australia on Facebook. (-:
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Anyway. I am so proud of my little boy and how he is growing up. I know we do things a little differently than some, not so differently than others and I have no regrets about the way we have done things but I also don't feel there is anything wrong with doing things differently from us (given there is no abuse of course) as long as it works for your family I am happy for you! With Luke before very recently I don't think he was ready for this step. There were times that we talked about it and even tried it in the past, but on his part there was always pure terror at the thought. For a few weeks though now I have been getting clues that he might be ready, less fear and more excitement when talking about it, more maturity in other areas, being able to do more and play more on his own, etc. Halfway knowing that in the back of my mind I found myself staring at his beautiful sleeping face each night when I came to bed. I am so proud of him for the way he is growing up, for what a sweet person he is, for all the changes I see in him each day as he learns new things, but it is bittersweet for me too, knowing that for the most part one phase of our lives together is over. I know he will probably still come to my bed sometimes at night, it might even be a while before he sleeps in his own bed most nights, but from now on he has a room in our house that is separate from mine. He wants more privacy for things like going to the bathroom, though not for bathing yet, etc. I know it has already been a long time since he was my baby, but in a way this was one of the last parts of his babyhood that lingered. So yes, I know he is 4, but it was still bittersweet for me.
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To celebrate his accomplishment and because it was 80+ degrees outside today we went to the (can you guess?) Zoo!!!
We had a great time and came home exhausted. Luke even put himself down for a nap in the loft bed! We will see how tonight goes!
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