Bye-Bye Baby Beds

Andy finally converted the boys' cribs to toddler beds last Saturday morning. We put them down for their nap in their big boy beds and closed the door. I expected them to get out of their beds and play a little, but I never expected them to do what they did. After all, they take naps on cots at school so this isn't that different, right? Wrong! I guess school is different because the teachers stay in the room.

So what did the boys do? They destroyed their room! We heard them giggling and then heard a series of loud thuds. Andy went to see what they were up to and then called me in to see for myself. Both of them were on top of the changing table, and everything that had been on the changing table was on the floor, along with everything in the drawers of the changing table, in their beds, and on the shelf above the changing table.

They never did take a nap that first day. We gave up after 2 hours of giggling and playing and let them out of their room. However, they continued their destructive behavior into the afternoon. They love the swinging door between the kitchen and the dining room, swinging it back and forth and going from room to room. But Saturday afternoon, the door had had enough. It sheared off the hinges and fell against the dining room table, almost knocking Andy's brand-new computer, which he had just gotten that morning, off the table.

The boys' favorite activity now is watching Elmo videos. They got a few Elmo videos for their birthday and that is all they want to watch. Within about 5 minutes of waking up in the morning, Ben says, "Elmo?" Same thing when we come home. Henry is interested in other shows and movies, but Ben only wants to watch Elmo. The beanbags we got them for their birthday are definitely coming in handy though. We can usually get them to sit on the beanbags to watch Elmo. Otherwise, Ben would stand right in front of the tv with his nose almost touching.

When we are not watching Elmo, we have been enjoying a few "cool" days, meaning the temperature stays below 100 degrees. The boys love to play outside and I got a chance to use my new camera, which takes great pictures. I just need to learn all of its features. Hopefully I'll have lots of great pictures to share soon.