take a deep breath

oh my goodness first off i can't believe it's august already. i'm still trying to get used to being in july. so this means it's the countdown for back to school. officially the kiddos go back to school next wednesday. it's kinda a bittersweet moment. it's been so nice having the older kids at home to help out around the house and babysit for me. yet on the other hand i found this comic that describes the other side of the coin. sorry i couldn't figure out how to put it on the blog. so kameron has an all day orientation today at the school and monday he starts football practice. so it already feels like we're getting back into somewhat of a normal routine. i just think that it will take us all a week or so to adapt to the new schedule. especially the early morning part.

so we had a binki part for aliya on monday night. yep i know it sounds odd. it just came to me on sunday. she's been so attatched to her binki lately. she used to just need it at night for bed. but then when she got mad or upset with something she would want her binki to comfort her.

so i came up with the binki party. we went shopping and she picked out some cute fuzzy green material for a blanket that i quickly sewed up. i also picked up a few small things i thought she could replace her binki with. we got her some small ponies, a soft mickey mouse, and a pillow case that we all drew on for her. she also picked out an outfit, a crown, pink cupcakes, and as she would call them "moo cows" also known as ice cream sandwiches. so we gathered up all the binkis we could find, only 8. i had her decorate a white gift bag. then she took one binki at a time and sucked on it one last time and gave it a kiss(something she decided on) and i had her cut the plastic part off and then she put them in the sack. we had family over and everyone cheered for her and made a big deal. she then got to go outside with the step stool and put them in the garbage. we then sang to her with her candles and cupcakes. we just made up new words to the tune of happy birthday. she loved it. so i really thought this would work. yet when bedtime came it was a different story. she wanted those binkis. she cried and wanted me to fix them. then she told me to get new ones. well it was a long time before falling to sleep. then for 2 nights in a row she would join us in bed half way thru the night. she's done so much better though. last night she stayed in her own bed. it's just taking some time to fall asleep. other than that i think we are binkiless(if that's a word) i'll have to post pics. after i get them downloaded. so that's probably the top of the news at our house this week. now i just need to get caught up on my stuff. everyone enjoy those last no school day moments!