Hannah's new twin bed

This week Hannah transitioned from the crib to a twin bed. She's not been the happiest camper about it but has now submitted to authority. :) We've been planning on moving her out of the crib, around her 2nd birthday, May 6, but rushed it up a bit. This past Tuesday, I found a pale pinewood twin bed with header, footer and trundle on craigslist.com. Craigslist is like ebay except you can buy and sell within your hometown. This bed was too good to pass up so I drove out to Maryville to get it. The first night we let her sleep in her crib as well as nap the next day in it. I wanted her to have the twin bed in her room for a few days before taking the crib down. But her room is so tiny that I had to take it down sooner. So Thursday morning I put the boys to work. I assigned Andrew the task of taking it down. It was all part of school. We ALL loved school that day! Andrew had to learn how to unscrew, consider gravity and which side to take down without getting hit by the rest, etc. He was a trooper. I even taught them the "left loosey, righty tighty" phrase. We had a blast. As every piece was taken down, Hannah whined and let us know of her disapproval. She was not at all happy about it. But after two nights in the twin bed, she's learning to love it. She hasn't even tried to get down. She just whines for a few minutes, then lies down for us to surround her with baby dolls and stuffed animals and put her favorite pink monogrammed blanket on top of her. She's sleeping through the night and can get herself down in the morning, open the door and come out to greet us. Now, that will take some getting used to.