Getting too big

Someone got his new big boy bed this weekend.  It’s in between being a loft and a junior loft.  It was made by my uncle for my cousin over 20 years ago.  My other uncle cut it down so it’s just tall enough for Boog to fit underneath without bonking his head on it.

Boog is super excited to have a big boy bed and have room to stretch since he was as long as his toddler bed at this point.  He likes that he has room to play up there if he wants and finds it hilarious that he can touch the ceiling.  He keeps forgetting that his has to crawl and can’t stand when he’s up there.  It’s only been two days, so I imagine he’ll remember soon enough.

He runs around and stands under it, just because he can lol.  I told him we’d turn it into a little hiding space for him, like his own little clubhouse.  I’m going to try to find either a dinosaur or Transformer curtain to hang across the front opening for him and maybe a small lamp to put on the dresser that’s going to be under there.

When your bridge starts to crumble

So my post the other day was called Building Bridges...But what happens when the bridge starts to crumble?

I want my mom and Boog to get to know each other, spend time together, have a relationship...But I don't like being around her when she's been drinking, and I don't want him around either...

What do you do when you tell your two year old that you're going to Gammaw's house and you can tell he's excited...then you get there and she's been drinking...Do you just put on your big girl britches and deal with it so he can have a good time? Do you just make sure to cut out early before things go south? Or do you just say fuck it and leave as soon as you get there?

Keep in mind that this visit had been planned, only for 24 hours, but planned none the less...

I went with option B, cutting out early before things go south...and it seemed to work...I was getting irritated with her, but Boog was having a good time for the most part...

How do I bring this up to her without her freaking out and cutting off all contact with us/him again? Like I said before (http://lifehereonout.blogspot.com/2011/11/dear-abby.html), she didn't see him for a good bit of months, and the time she saw him that I mentioned that happened in July, was only for about 5 minutes out front of her house...

Anyway, thanks for reading...Open for ideas...

Building Bridges...

That sounded like the best way to describe it really...

We went to my mom's house earlier this week so Boog could have yet another Krimmas lol...And it went really well...

Boog has really taken to my oldest sister and is doing the same with my mom...And I think my sister thinks he's awesome too...

He got a Leap Pad toy from her that he really likes, along with a pair of waterproof winter boots and some under britches lol...I'm hoping he needs the boots this winter - now that he's bigger and can actually play in the snow better.

He also got an awesome toy car set up from my uncle. It's a ramp that folds up with a handle, makes noise and comes with 2 cars...It seems to be a BIG hit with Boog.