Three cheers for happy toddlers!

So, it took two nights of crying, but tonight Cara got into bed, laid down, let me tuck her in with Blankie, patted Bear a couple of times, and went straight to sleep. Before 8pm. With NO crying. Will wonders never cease. I think the threat of taking her Bear away worked.... Hopefully this will be a trend and we will stop the "let's play with Bear until 9pm" thing.

We had a good time with Poppa and Gigi tonight, although she was somewhat confused that she couldn't find Nona (Mom was on call tonight). She kept calling her: "Nona! Nooooooona!!" She had a good supper (eggplant parmesan, but she thinks it was pizza, and she ate almost all of it) and really enjoyed herself. To my entertainment, when she finished her supper, she started feeding it to Dixie (Grandma brought Dixie and her bird down with her) who very gently took it out of her hand. It was pretty cute. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, Cara or Dixie. (Before you ask, YES of course we washed her hands afterwards.)

Poppa is growing his beard again. I'm amused.

Then we came home and had a nice although short bath.... she discovered the whirlpool that happens when the water drains out and was fascinated.

An outstanding evening overall. Yay for happy toddlers!!