Lindsey is up first. Our big girl had her first self-fed bowl of Rice Krispies with milk! Up until now she's noshed on dry cereal and bananas, waffles, eggs and toast - all those easy-to-eat-with-your-fingers foods. But she's getting better and better at using utensils (and we have bowls with suction cup bottoms), so we decided to give it a try.
Rice Krispies was our go-to cereal for Ryan too. It's easier because the milk absorbs pretty quickly, making the cereal easier to scoop up (and lessening the chance of an epic milk spill). And it's a smaller cereal, so it's more likely to end up in their mouth instead of on their lap. She loved it. And she loved the fuss of being a big girl.
Speaking of being a big girl - look who has a toddler bed! Again, we went with past experience. With Ryan, we transitioned him to his toddler bed around 18 months. Mostly because we knew we wanted to do it sooner rather than later, but with a sister on the way we didn't want to rock his world all at once. So we did it a little sooner than I think we anticipated. But he did great with it, so we decided to keep up the trend with Lindsey.
She was so excited. Only problem we had, though, was her "guard rail" didn't do much guarding. It was a combination of a too-thick mattress and a too-short rail. She fell out the first night (as did Ryan), so we improvised to get her through the night. Books are for more than just enriching your mind! Since the first night, we swapped her mattress with Ryan's (his is a bit thinner) and she hasn't fallen out at all. She stays in her bed until we come to get her and still gets excited to crawl in and out all by herself.
Would I be lying if it doesn't make me a little sad that she's growing up? Yeah. But I'm so excited for her to be experiencing new things and to gain that sense of independence that my sadness is quickly replaced with pure joy.
Speaking of pure joy (like these transition tie-ins??), that's exactly what I felt when I was finally, FINALLY, able to gather enough of Lindsey's wispy hairs together to form a little bean sprout ponytail. She was just happy to have a frozen yogurt pop. Regardless, we both enjoyed the moment, which lasted as long as it took her to finish her treat - and then the ponytail came out and she sported a mohawk for a few hours.
OK - Ryan's turn. He continues to amaze us with the things that come out of his mouth. He's incredibly intellegent and insightful for a three year old.
Having a sister has also had a major impact on him. He is developing a greater sense of bravery - taking cues from Little Miss Daredevil. In fact, this week he volunteered to take a shower instead of a bath! Nate helped, but Ryan did a great job of holding the shower head and even rinsed off his hair with no tears.
He takes his role as a big brother very seriously - and often tells Nate and I about the things we need to teach Lindsey. This morning? He was teaching/helping Lindsey to put her socks and shoes on. It was one of the cutest moments between the two of them to date.
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