paci fairy

Today was quite an interesting day...

Jordan has been using her pacifier at home for naps and at night. She doesn't use it at school for naps, so I know she is capable of sleeping without it. Kenneth and I have been talking about when would be a good time for the transition. Jordan has been keeping this sort of "funk" around her lips off and on for a while now. We're convinced it's the paci, so today became the day to give it up!

Before her nap, we told her that when she woke up there was going to be a special box that we would put her paci in. We told her about the paci fairy that would take the pacis and give them to new babies in the world that needed them. This whole thing happened pretty quick, so my story telling skills are pretty lacking with no prep time!

So, when she got up, we reminded her of the box and put paci in it. Then we went downstairs to play, eat supper, etc. That's when this cute picture came about:
Jordan has on her sunglasses and you can barely see the purse on her right arm. She has her keys and is getting ready to "start" her tricycle. She kept telling us that she was going to go and "bye bye". We asked her where she was going to which she replied, "Nana's house!". Too cute!

Bedtime came and Jordan asked for paci. We showed her that paci was in the special box and reminded her that the paci fairy was going to get the paci, etc. Granted, another scenario would have been to have her put the paci in the box just prior to bed, but I feel like she needed some advance notice. I could just see her REALLY freaking out if we took it during the nighttime routine. So, while we were watching our before bed Little People DVD, she just kept saying "purple paci", "geen paci". (Purple and green - pronounced "geen" - are the only 2 colors we had.) I just periodically reminded her about the paci fairy and finished our routine.

Kenneth got rid of the pacis while J and I were watching the LP. In the morning, I plan to take her a pair of pink shoes that I picked up that other day an just haven't given to her. We'll talk some more about the paci fairy, look at the empty box, (hopefully) be excited about our new pink shoes and be able to move right along.

We'll see what happens!!
:)