Tent'n It

Calvin has a hard time sitting through primary (I know that's a shocker, right) but he has been doing a little better lately. Better meaning he wants to be in there by himself, so he yells and waves bye to me numerous times until I finally leave. I don't really ever leave though, I always wait out in the hallway because I know he will run past all the primary leaders and be gone in less than a second. He didn't disappoint yesterday. The best part was during sharing time, they used a baby's sunhat that was red with white polka dots and a bow on it during their lesson and at some point Calvin ended up wearing it. So when he came darting out into the hallway, we was wearing a baby girl's hat. He ran straight out the door and right into the chapel. The next sacrament meeting was a few minutes away so luckily there were quite a few witnesses. He ran up to the front and right to the pulpit where he was going to just make sure the microphone was working for them. I gave people my apologetic smile as I grabbed him and escorted him out. I am going to estimate 15 more people toward my goal.

Today he was outside playing and decided that a couple that walked by was nice enough looking and he started following them. He was across the street when our neighbor, Max, came to tell me where he was. When I got to him he was walking up the stairs, ready to go into their upstairs apartment with them. Luckily they weren't serial killing, psychopathic pedophiles, (I don't think anyway) but still probably not a good practice for him to be getting into.

These moments are few and far between, had to get a photo. It was before his haircut though. I wish I had a photo of the baby hat wearing rampage, but I don't take my camera to church.


Hadlee is loving living here. Mainly thanks to our great neighbors. We really aren't lucky people, Tyler and I, so you would think we would be in the slums of student housing with the worst, cockroach breeding neighbors ever. I am starting to wonder what the catch is. We are in one of the newest buildings and our neighbors couldn't be better. They have a little girl named Maili, (sounds like Mylie) who is also 5 and Hadlee just loves her. The other day we were sitting in front of a mirror and we had this conversation:

Me: (looking at Hadlee stare at herself in the mirror) "Have you ever seen a prettier girl, Hadlee?"
Her: "Yes, Maili."

I really think it has made all the difference for her to have friends here already. She was so sad to leave her friends back home and I think it made the transition easier. She can barely contain herself during the day waiting for time to play.

We hopefully have a cure on the way to Calvin's sleeping issues. We debated about buying a crib, thinking maybe if the type of bed was the same as the one at home maybe he would sleep like he used to. We were trying to decide what to do and Tyler was looking online and found this:
from this website http://myreadysetbloom.com/
It's a bed tent that his mattress slides into and we can lock so he can't get out all hours of the night. *** (I am going to start using an * when I know you are judging me. Keep in mind, anyone is welcome to come get Calvin for a week and then pass judgment freely.)
It was supposed to get here Friday and when I found out it might not be here until Monday,....... I thought I might die. Now it's supposed to be here tomorrow (Tuesday). I might make it until tomorrow, we'll see.

We ordered Hadlee a less expensive one so she didn't feel left out, of course, her unnecessary tent arrived much more quickly. It got here Thursday. Tyler couldn't keep if from her any longer and gave it to her last night. She loves it and so does Calvin so that's a positive sign. Her tent is easy to get out of though and his won't be, but I am hanging all my hopes on it.
Hadlee in her tent.