Big Kid Bed

We were at Ikea yesterday buying bookshelves when Kit noticed a kid's bed. She liked the idea of having her own bed very much. Before making a decision we went to have lunch to talk it over. Kit talked a lot about how she would love to have her own bed. She knows Bryan and Sophia just started sleeping in their own beds. So, we decided to buy it but the idea was totally Kit's.

Kit really did help assemble the bed. She is a great helper.

We didn't let her sleep in it that night so she could have one more night with Mommy. It also boosted her desire to want to sleep there the following night. It has been pretty much a part of every conversation with her.

Kit can dual-wield screwdrivers, pretty cool.

She is very proud of her bed.

It was her idea.
She picked everything out.
She helped build it.

Today she introduced her dolls to her new bed. She tells them how she will sleep there tonight. Here she is pretending to be asleep.

Every night she picks two books for me to read to her. She climbed into her bed and I sat next to her on the floor. We read her two book requests: Miss Suzy and Gossie & Gertie.

Afterwards, Tuk read her a Thai story book. Then Kit fell asleep happily in her new bed and stayed there for much of the night.