Bye, Baby... and a Good Day All Around

I realize I run a huge risk of jinxing myself by declaring this the best day of the summer so far, since it's not 5:00 yet, neither child has had a bath, I've not made dinner, and I'm conveniently omitting the unfortunate dog-diarrhea incident of this morning.  BUT.  This has been the best day of the summer so far.  The weather was perfect.  The kids and I spent the majority of the day outside...we took a hike, went for a long bike ride, played soccer, ran the dog around, and blew bubbles.  D made it home for lunch.  The kids are filthy from a day of hard play and they're happily, quietly playing right now as they wait to go up for baths.  Quite honestly, it couldn't get any better.

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This weekend we bid goodbye to babyhood at Chez Voiture.  I painted the nursery and we magically changed it into J's "big-girl" room, complete with a twin bed and play space.  Aside from the fact that scraping wallpaper and painting is a job I always loathe, this particular makeover was pretty difficult for me.  I didn't realize until I looked in on J sleeping in her new big-girl bed on Saturday night for the first time that I'm not quite ready for her to be done being a baby yet.  I remembered so well the day we put the nursery together six years ago, and something in the deepest corner of my heart ached as I watched my youngest take this small but important step into big-kid-ness.  She's done well with the transition and really seems to enjoy her new room.  I enjoy it too, even though it means that I won't be putting a baby in a crib in that room ever again.  But life moves on, I suppose, and they will grow up.  And honestly...as long as it means she's not sleeping in our room, the big-girl bed isn't so bad.