Linus

Well, folks. It's dangerously close to being official.... We may have a Linus on our hands. Mason takes a binky (thank the heavens) and is generally good at calming himself. But, if we are having drama, a little blanket by his head does wonders! It is also great when you put him in his carseat (which he isn't generally a fan of...) and he's already tired. Whip that blankie right up next to his ear, pull the sunshade down and ....voila! Asleep Mason. It's great! And so totally cute, I just had to share! (Luckily, which blanket doesn't make any difference. I've gotten away with just a burp cloth before! :D)

On to other things: Brooklyn is nuts some days. She likes to go potty at her friends' houses just to say she did, I think. We went to play with Gage today and one of the first orders of business was....you guessed it, a trip to the potty. (Thank Goodness Gage was willing to share!). No big deal, I'm glad she goes. Later, we stopped at Erik's to drop off something I borrowed, and low and behold....she needs to go! Unfortuntely for her, this didn't happen. But, she really really wanted to. Even if she didn't need to. I wish she had as much gusto about going at home. Especially when she first gets up. The last two or three days, I've had to strip her bed and wash the bedding because she'd peed on it. This wouldn't be such an issue, but we only have one mattress pad for her, so I have to wash it to remake the bed. This morning, she had even gotten her pillow wet. It was D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G. I threatened her with a diaper tonight. JOn is rather against that, though, so she was saved. But, I swear, if I have to do laundry again tomorrow, we are using that last size 5.. NO EXCUSES! It's all very very frustrating. She gets it, I know she does. But it is a fine line to walk between, "Huh, I need to go potty" and "I gotta go, I gotta go, I gotta go! Oh, I didn't make it!" (and Mommy gets to clean it out of the carpet).