Owen's Toddler Bed

About 3 weekends ago, I believe it was June 27th, we transitioned over to a toddler bed.  Owen had known how to get out of his crib for a while, but for some reason it was this psychological barrier for him where he wouldn't get out on his own in the mornings.  I was very happy with that situation, but Jonathan wanted to let him feel like a big boy and have his own special bed.  Jonathan and Owen made it a project for them to do together.  Jonathan sanded down the toddler bed that Jack grew out of several months ago and painted it with the same blue chalk paint he used on Jackson's twin bed.  The project took about 3 days, and all Owen could talk about was his 'big bed.'  

Overall, the transition was easy.  He stays in bed once we put him to sleep at night without any problems.  The big thing that changed is that he started waking up earlier than normal and coming down to our room.  He used to sleep until at least 8:30am, but he wakes up anytime between 6:30-7:15am now.  Each morning you know he's up, because you'll hear his door open and then slam closed as he leaves his room.  I have been telling him every day for 3 weeks now that he can leave his door open, but he's obsessed with closing doors right now.  Luckily, Mary doesn't wake up from it even though his room is right next to hers.  There was one night last week that he came out of his room an hour after he went to bed and talked to us over the landing.  He went back into his room, but he came back out another  hour later asking what we were watching on tv.  I guess he was just having a hard time sleeping.

One more picture I wanted to share is just of another project that Owen helped Jonathan with.  Owen is definitely a projects guy who loves tools and working with his hands.  He's always following Jonathan around while Jonathan's working on stuff at the house.  When Jonathan gets the hammer out Owen says, "it hammer time!"  In the picture below Owen was using the electric sander to help Jonathan refinish our table.