Sara Hailey has been sleeping on a bed that was graciously given to us by my mother. It is old probably around 60+ years old if not older. A little rickety but nothing a few screws and a good coat of white paint couldn't fix. See it was her bed when she was a child and we needed a bed for Sara to transition too when our baby boy arrived. Sara Hailey was still managing to squeeze herself into the baby bed with all her favorite toys at 3 almost 4yrs and it was high time to move her to a big girl bed.
Well, last week we heard a small pop from the front of the house and her little voice, "mommy." we checked and another slat had fallen, no problem we will fix it in the morning. Go back to bed, night night kisses, settle back into the movie we were trying to watch. A few minutes later, CRASH, in a loud voice, "MOMMY!!!!"
We race up front to find her holding onto the side of her bed and one corner of the bed on the floor. I wanted to laugh because it was a funny sight to see such a little girl hanging onto the edge of this bed and thinking the rest would soon follow.
Ok, so everybody up, lights on, Dave checks the bed. No there is no fixing it this time, it is broken for good. It is 9:30 at night and we are tired, she is tired and the movie we tried to watch in half over; lets break down the bed and she will just have to sleep on the mattress and box springs on the floor until we can find a replacement.
We had big plans to buy both children new beds for Christmas with the help of grandmother's and great grandmother's monetary contributions, they have plenty of toys anyway right, a bed is so much more of a useful item. We just figured Sara could get her bed early and Joshua can get his bed around Christmas.
Saturday morning rolls around and I wake up Joshua for breakfast. Where have I been, this child is as long as his baby bed? Ok so he is 3 1/2 but he is a little guy, he can still squeeze into 18 month shorts. So when did he get so tall??????
Scratch finding 1 bed...........make it x2!
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