Growing Up

With "up" being the operative word. Poor Jeffrey was long, long overdue for an upgrade in beds. It was not a rare occurrence to walk into his bedroom for my ritual goodnight kiss (before I go to bed) and find him half on the floor, half in the bed. By last week when he was just getting into bed his feet were hanging off the end. So we took advantage of two events - the mattress sales with students moving back into town and the upcoming consignment shop where I can sell the toddler bed (ironically where I originally purchased it) - to give the kiddo a new "big boy" bed.

As I mentioned above, the students are all back in town this week and every store in town that could have a mattress sale....was having a mattress sale. I really assumed our best bet would be Sam's Club, but honestly I found better deals elsewhere. Jeffrey and I scoped out the sales while Erin was in school. At first he really disliked getting in and out of the car. Then one of the salespeople let him "try out" a bed. Well that opened up a whole new adventure. The game of "How many beds can I jump from without touching the ground." Thankfully the sales guy was a daddy himself and had witnessed his own son play the same game many a time.

So after getting some pricing ideas and talking things over with daddy we went out Sunday to purchase said "big boy" bed. We made a morning out of it by stopping first at our favorite playground. Then we headed to Target to pick out a new set of sheets (Lightning McQueen of course). Finally we headed to the mattress store.

I showed Tom the chosen mattress and he agreed that it looked good. Jeffrey quickly returned to his game of "jump on the mattresses". Erin, after a long week at school, was exhausted and whiny. While I was sitting down to fill out the paperwork Jeffrey did a full-on header off one of the beds, whacking himself pretty hard. That's what he gets for playing such a "fun" game. We purchased the mattress and box before we realized we had one more stop to make. The store nicely held the items while we made a quick run into Sam's for stuff for Tom's mead. When we returned to the store they had everything ready and the "mattress expert" was able to tie both the mattress and box to the top of the Intrepid.

We drove home with the "whap whap whap" of plastic in the wind the whole way but arrived with 2 intact items. And just in time as the rains were getting ready to open up. Jeffrey, of course, had passed out on the drive home and I gently moved him into our bedroom. Mommy and daddy easily got the mattress and box inside. While daddy un-earthed his old headboard and frame from the basement, mommy cleared some things out of Jeffrey's room and started taking apart his little toddler bed.

The whole process of setting the new room up took only about 30 minutes. Once Jeffrey awoke he was sequestered in sister's room to await his surprise. When we let him in, he was thrilled and super excited about his big boy McQueen bed. It's set in a corner to limit bed falling accidents but he's slept in a twin before so we're not so worried about it.

So far he's been sleeping like a champ. Loves, loves, loves his new bed and seems to really love how it makes him feel like a big boy.

Back in June

Sound Asleep in his new bed