Day 5 - Clue

(This year the blog is about keeping the grandparents happy more than the actual photography so prepare for lots o' kid posts)

Since Thanksgiving we have worked with Sam on a couple big things at our house: using utensils, going potty and getting rid of the binky before Baby Sister makes her appearance.  I am proud to say that he has managed to do all three things with relative ease. 

The binky was the most daunting so I chose to do it the first week of Christmas vacation.  Uncle Kent and his girlfriend Erika came to visit so when they left we just told him that Kent took the binkies back to Utah.  While not thrilled about this, he had so much fun with Kent and Erika that he accepted the idea.  Every once in awhile he still asks for one but we just say, "Sorry, it went home with Kent." and he goes on with his business.  This could make our next trip to Utah interesting since Sam has an excellent memory.  He'll probably ask Kent for his binky.

We also eased the transition by giving him a new friend to take to bed.  Blue from Blue's Clues.  In our house she (yup, watch the show, Blue is a girl) is referred to as "Clue".  Every time we went to Barnes and Noble this fall Sam would hunt down Clue and carry her around.  The last day that Kent and Erika were here we went to B&N and of course Sam found Clue.  Knowing the plan for the binky, I bought her on the sly when Sam wasn't watching.  He was very disappointed when he couldn't find her so he was SUPER excited that night when I brought her out at bedtime.  Now Sam and Clue are inseparable. 

Last night Sam decided he wanted to sleep with Clue and his Lightning McQueen Easter basket (?????)  so imagine his excitement when I showed him that Clue could drive Lightning.  Needless to say, Clue has been cruising the house in her race car all day.

I sure love age three.