After a wonderful week-long fight with FedEx (which I won, thankyouverymuch), we were finally able to set up our new mattress. I love having a waveless, heated bed! The kids were just as excited as we were (OK, much more excited than we were) and insisted they help. Bryan & Bryce followed Barry around with a screwdriver, loosening everything Barry had just tightened on the base. Sydney commented on the lovely purple color of the new mattress and set herself up as team supervisor. And Brady, well, he decided he'd be a one-man filling crew. The problem now is that they all feel the bed is theirs. And why not, after they worked so hard to put it together?
The other weekend project was assembling and using Brady's new toddler bed. We had a toddler bed for Syd and hated it, so the other boys graduated from crib (or sleeping with us) to twin bed. We don't have room for another twin bed, though. Hence the need for something big yet small. Finding the matching NASCAR bedding sealed the deal. Brady's doing well sleeping in a new bed in a new room all by himself. He seems to be making the transition well--yea for me! I finally get to SLEEP more than 2 hours at a time!
I wanted to sing "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the flying trapeze." Bryan, however, thought, "I DUPERMAN!" was more appropriate. Notice the looks of awe on Barry's, Sydney's, and Bryce's faces!
The vastness of the sky is so amazing down here. We can actually see different fronts--cold, warm, low, high--moving in and doing their things miles away. The mountains make for an incredible background, too. Check out these clouds--not rain clouds--just colorful during the sunset:
And the view from the opposite direction:
** And for any of you who still care, Barry is putting the finishing touches on the boys' Jeff Gordon dresser. Hopefully I can post a pic of the final product within a week. **
