E's "blankey" that is. Last Tuesday night I went to put Ethan to bed and I couldn't find his special "blankey" anywhere. I thought it was so weird that it wasn't on his bed and I looked around for a little bit, but he was so tired that I put him to bed without it and began to search. It was no where to be found so I went to bed and hoped it would surface the next day. I looked and looked everywhere and still no "blankey." We had been running and chasing the past few days so we began to retrace our steps. The funny thing is that I don't let him take it anywhere so I knew it had to be at our house. But just in case, I called the car wash, the eye doctor, all the stores we went to, and Aunt Amy's. No "blankey." Well, on Thursday we went down to my mom's to spend the day with her and then E was going to spend the night so I could go to a Christmas party and go to my last boot camp the next morning since Ry was taking the GMAT. I knew I had to have his "blankey" for him so it would be a little easier on my mom to get him to bed. I decided to try and trick him and buy a similar one at Target and then have my mom give it to him as if he had forgotten it at her house. The minute he grabbed the blanket he sniffed it and handed it back to her and said, "Baby blankey." The kid recognized the fake through smell?! Are you kidding me? It wasn't his "blankey" but he did like it as a replacement. So days went by and still no blankey. I have to say that I was even getting a little sad over it too. I just started thinking about the fact that he's had this blanket for 2 years now and how much he's loved it. His Aunt Suzy made it especially for him and it has been on all our trips, it has been next to him at every bedtime and nap time, and this little symbol of his babyhood is gone. How sad. Finally on Sunday as I was making Sunday dinner, E was messing around in the kitchen and all of sudden his blue "blankey" was in his hand! I have this very thin cupboard next to my dishwasher that holds my big serving trays and breakfast trays (so I rarely get in there). Well, he had slipped his "blankey" in there and pushed it to the back so when I looked for his it, I couldn't see it. Tricky tricky. So E is reunited with "blankey" again and the replacement has been put away for safe keeping in case we ever have this happen again.
3 comments:
that's so funny, little stinker! Eryka is that same way with her blanket my sister made for her when she was a baby. It's her bug blanket, because it has little red lady bugs all over it, and that thing is her pride and joy! So I know how it is to have something you CANNOT lose!
We've had that same episode, only worse. Try hunting a pacifier! We either have 5 on hand or none. I'm glad Ethan and "blanky" are reunited.
Tell Ethan that Aunt Suzy will always make him a new one. At our house, K has just put the "smelly blanky away". What a smart boy.
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