Night Night line-up

Sorry no pictures tonight...

For the second night in a row James has had eight "friends" in the bed with him for bedtime. It is pretty amusing and I thought y'all might enjoy the list. He has been working on his night night team for a while and it keeps growing. I suppose we'll stop the madness soon, but I didn't object to multiple animals when we moved him to his big boy bed. I thought more animals might make the new bed more comfortable. Now that the big boy bed is the normal routine, I think we can scale it back a bit. Anyway, here is the list:

1. Panda bear - the most important. Goes with us most places and particularly enjoys riding in the cart with James at the Publix. Gets the highest place of honor in James' bed, tucked under his right arm and under the blanket with James.

2. Orange van - a hot wheels orange van. This is a new addition to bed. It is James' favorite car and also seems to go with us most places lately. Tonight it was in his left hand as he fell asleep.

3. Hippo - big stuffed one from Ikea. When we got it I swear it was taller than James, now James has him beat. But he is the biggest friend in the bed.

4. Stuffed dog.

5. Stuffed monkey.

6. Schatzi - stuffed bear that used to be James' favorite until Hippo came home from Ikea and then Panda bear came.

7. Stuffed elephant.

8. And finally a DVD set of Thomas the Train. This past weekend James had a clear obsession for Thomas the Train on TV. We watched a few and James was hooked. For our beach trip next weekend, we thought it might be good to get a Thomas DVD for the ride. We found a 3 DVD set and James loves it! Not watching the DVDs mind you - because he is already over watching it on TV - but he loves playing with the DVD covers, the little papers inside and identifying the engines. And for the past two nights, Thomas - in the form of the DVD set and cover box - are also in the bed with him.

So James' night night line up: six stuffed animals, an orange van, and a DVD set. Makes sense don't you think?