And it's Only Tuesday!!

Breaking News from Jenna's Imaginary Friend Family: Bianna's Mommy is having a baby! Jenna herself confirmed this info just a few minutes ago, while talking on the cellphone to Bianna after preschool today. Details were a little sketchy, ranging from: "The baby is already in the trib (crib)" to "The baby is in her Mommy's belly." Also troubling was the rumor, cited by Jenna, that Bianna's mom seems to be suffering from some pregnancy depression: "She's sad that her tummy is so big." We can certainly all relate to that.
This baby is yet another addition to the ever-increasing Imaginary Friends Family which includes Bianna, her sisters Tianna, Nianna, Tianna's little sister Willa, and Boy. Also talked about last Thursday was a made-up boy named John who was thoroughly exasperating to Jenna.

Jenna was a bit lukewarm about returning to "stool" today, but was greatly cheered by Michaela, who sweetly asked,"What do you think your job at school will be today?" and other encouraging things, so she went without too much resistance. I think it's all about the fantasy of school being replaced by the reality: it's a little more scary to actually be away from your mom for 2 and a half hours than it is just to talk about it. She did great last Thursday, held it all together until the moment we stepped into the car to come home, when she immediately started melting down, yelling, "I wanna have a donut at church!" She got herself all wound up and I knew she was just letting off steam from the newness and excitement and anxiety of the morning so when we pulled into the garage, I opened the car door, unbuckled her, and told her that I was going into the house and when she was ready, she can come in. Which she did about three minutes later and then took a three hour nap.

You're just soooo much smarter with the second child than with the first.

In other Jenna news, she has transitioned pretty successfully out of her crib and into a bed. She sleeps now in Michaela's room on Mimi's bottom bunk. Both girls seem thrilled with this arrangement. Jenna even wanted to put herself to bed last night: no tucking in, no goodnight kiss, just "I'm going to bed! Goodnight!" after brushing her teeth and that was it.

She did, however, show up 40 minutes later, walked down the hall and said to me, with no context or introduction or anything, with obvious relief in her voice, "Here's my booger!!" and handed me an enormous, hard booger. And then turned around and went right back to bed. And then slept through the night.

Amazing progress from the same girl who just several months ago, SCREAMED from her crib: "GET ME OUT!! Mommy!! Daddy!! MiMi!! IT'S BORING IN HERE!!!!!!! (clap, clap) GET ME OUT!!! (clap, clap) I AM ANGRY AT YOOOOOOOU!!!"

One last Jenna tidbit: The mailman came by to deliver the mail yesterday while we were getting in the car, so it was hand-delivered to us. I exchanged pleasantries with the guy and after he left, Jenna said to me, "The mailman sure is handsome."