A big step for our big girl..

This morning I was brushing my teeth, and Riley walked into the bathroom. She pulled open one of the drawers, which has extra toothbrushes, nail files, etc. This is also the drawer that has Riley's pacifiers in it. (Binks.) She doesn't know that's where we keep them.

Now, Riley hasn't used a bink in well over a month, with the exception of once while at Grandma Betty's house over Christmas b/c we were in a strange place. Other than that, we've been bink-free for some time.

So she's reaching in there, can't see what she's grabbing for, and pulls out a bink. "Bink!" she exlaims.

"You don't need that bink Riley. You're a big girl." I'm shaking my head "No." "No Bink, Riley?"

She shakes her head no.

"Riley, let's go throw that bink in the trash. You don't need it anymore."

She smiled and walked off to the kitchen. I got Mommy to join us, and Riley threw the bink in the trash. We clapped and congratulated our Big Girl.

Then she went and found a few more in the drawer. I said, "OK, let's throw them all away."
She resisited just a bit this time, but we threw all 5 binks into the trash.

Our house is officially bink free.

On an unrelated note, I fell on the ice going down my steps today. But after my right foot slipped out from under me, it caught underneath the handrail and kept me from sliding down the concrete. and since I had my man-bag on my shoulder it fell behind me and I landed on that. My upper body stayed mostly upright, my right hip tapped one of the concrete steps, but since I had my coat on, I was mostly cushioned. I didn't spill my coffee, nothing was broken. I got up and went about my day.

Suck it winter... you won't get me again.
(my car is stuck at the bottom of an icy hill. Today I hope to get it back.)