That was my response when I realized that Blaine had left his "lovie" (a small quilted piece of material that has been washed so much that the royal blue coloring has faded to light blue) at school yesterday. For anyone who really knows Blaine, you know that this was a major oversight! He never leaves home without it...Nor does he hardly set it down and definitely he doesn't let it out of his sight. It has been a major battle to get him to even turn it over to be washed every so often after he drags it through all sorts of mud, dirt and germs. (Most of the time we have to trick him to wash it!)
Anyway, I just KNEW I wasn't getting any sleep last night.... But kids will always surprise you, especially when you think you have them all figured out.
My strategy was simple. I told him, "Blaine, I'm sorry but we left lovie at school. We'll have to get him tomorrow. Until then, here's a Bob blanket." I was prepared for the fiercest of battles. Had on my full armor and everything. But, Blaine looked at the "sub" lovie, put the Bob character to his face and said, "Ok, Momma." Straight to sleep for us all! No battles in the a.m. on the way to school....
Ahhhh..... Days of lovies seem very numbered at this point....
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Abe carries Bear or Beary around. Bear is one of those little square blankets with a bear head in the middle of the square. He's had it since he was an infant. That thing goes in the wash at least once a week, too. And often, I find a way to put a little bleach in the water (even though the thing is blue). And, yes, we've left it at day care and Grandma and Grandpa's. Yikes!
And remarkably our kids are still very normal!
Thank God.
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