The Big Girl Bed

We moved Kate to a big girl bed. Technically we just took the rails off of her crib. We don't have enough room to put a normal bed in there. It is so much fun when they can get out of bed, right? Not so much. The first night she fell out a couple of times. The first time I went in her room and she had her feet on the ground and her back on the bed with the funniest expression on her face. The second time she fell completely off and looked at me like what in the world happened.
The second day without the rails she stayed on her bed and took a nap but that night fun started. She came out of the room once and we told her to go back in her room. She covered her face with her hands and with a fake cry ran back to her bedroom. We thought that she went to sleep because we didn't hear anything. At 11pm she came out of her room. I took her back in there and she had ripped apart a diaper. That thing was destroyed. I don't know how she did it. There were bits of cotton stuffing, the plastic or whatever covers the outside of the diaper, the gritty stuff on the inside of the diaper, everywhere.
The third day I put her in the room to take a nap. I could hear her in there but she didn't come out at all. At 5 or so I went in to go and get her and this is what I find.

She was curled up in a little ball by her bed asleep after a party happened in her room. The room was clean before this. She had taken her clothes out of the dresser. She had three shirts on and one pair of pants that she didn't start out in. Toys were everywhere, books everywhere. I had to push toys with the door so I could get into the room. I feel like I need to empty her room before I put her in there. Hopefully she will learn to stay in bed and just go to sleep. These are the days that I love to be a mom.

Cub Scouts

Jack is now a cub scout. He has already earned his bobcat so we had to go to pack night. All I can say is bless the leaders who have this calling. I thought that I was going to go crazy with all those boys running around. Here are some pictures of pack night.

Playing a game. They had to keep the balloons up without putting their hands on it and get to the end of they gym.
See the leader? She is 9 months pregnant. 9 months pregnant and trying to wrangle 20 kids together, I'm impressed.

Noah lasted about 10 steps before he came over with his hands over his ears saying it was too loud. Noah isn't the best in social situations, he is a loner at heart. Then about 5 minutes after this Jack tripped on his shoelace and fell down and hit his knee.

When the boys get a badge the moms get a pin. Being humongous we went with the pin it on the bottom of the shirt. I guess next time I will bring a ladder.

Getting his badge and my poor posture. I need to work on that before I look like the hunchback of Notre Dam

So handsome.

Before we left to go. Thanks to Uncle Adam and Aunt Jill who gave him the shirt, neckerchief and the thingy that you pull over the ends. What is that called? Jack wrote you (meaning Adam and Jill) a thank you note but I didn't get it in the mail. If you email me your address I will send it. A little bit late but I don't buy stamps and I am forgetful. Jack keeps reminding me so I will get it to you.

My cute little cub scout.