When we decided to move to Bend I told Shenzie and Heaten they would finally get their big kid beds (converted crib into toddler beds). Shenzie was especially excited about this, Heaten was more eh, give me my trains! One of the first things I did when the Uhaul was unloaded was setup the twinzies big kid beds and get their rooms as normal as possible to make the transition smoother.

Night One:
Shenzie sleeps in her big girl bed all night and LOVES it. No problems, she goes right to sleep and stays in bed until 7 when “it’s light out”. Heaten woke in the middle of the night and spent the rest of the night in our bed (not fun having all three of us piled in a queen size bed).

Night Two:
Shenzie goes right to bed with no problems and sleeps all night. Heaten asks for his crib back so I put it back together and life seems good. That is, until he spends the next 10 minutes crying for his big boy bed back. My answer - Nope. He is just not ready to stay in bed and wants to sleep in our bed (which isn’t going to happen).

Night Three:
Shenzie and Heaten go right to bed. No crying, no muss. That is until Jeff and I hear pitter patter upstairs while watching tv. Shenzie has learned she can get out of bed and run around. Hahahahaha.

Night Four:
More pitter patter from Shenzie, but as long as she doesn’t wake Heaten up I’m ok with it. She eventually goes to sleep on her own.

Night Five:
Once again Shenzie is such a big girl and stays in her room, only coming out once. The awesome thing is when she comes out she just peeks around, making no noise and goes right back into her bedroom. Heaten had a mini nap and was not tired for bed AT ALL. I don’t know where he got it from but last night he was scared of the “mean man outside”. He told me there was a mean man outside that was going to get him in his room. When I explained that all of the mean men were sleeping and we looked out the window into the darkness he assured me the mean man was out there. I told him the mean man couldn’t get up to his room because it was so high and all of the doors were locked. Heaten assured me that the mean man would break the door and come up the stairs. I’m pretty sure he was genuinely scared which sucks, and I’m not sure where the mean man even came from?? I brought him downstairs to check all of the locks and show him how big and strong Daddy was to fight the mean man. Heaten told me that Mommy is strong too so for good measure I threw a few air punches to show him how strong I am. =) After seeing Daddy’s mad Kung Fu skills he finally went to bed.

Last Night:
Hear pitter patter upstairs. Do not investigate. Should have investigated. Shenzie decided it was a good idea at 9:30 to have a tea party in her room and soaked the floor and her entire pj’s with water. How we didn’t hear the water running is beyond me. Teapot now has a new home in my closet. =)

So far they haven’t had real naps since moving and I’m pretty sure we’re done. Heaten still falls asleep in the car if we’re out at nap time or occasionally on my bed while having quiet time with a movie. He still needs his sleep, but refuses to nap in his crib so little catnaps will have to do for now.

*Their rooms are still a little barren. We still need to paint and decorate. Slowly but surely we are getting there. =)