Beloved Be-Be

Handley loves her blankie, or Be-Be as she calls it.  When I say that she loves it, I mean she REALLY LOVES it.  Lambie is still around too.  She and Be-Be are a dynamic duo.  She carries them everywhere around the house.  If we go up stairs, they come too. If we head from the playroom to my bedroom, they come along too.  If Handley falls or bumps into something and hurts herself, the first thing she wants is Be-Be.  It makes everything all better.  We have 6 Lambies so I can rotate them when one needs washing, but there is only 1 Be-Be.  I do get to wash it, but she usually isn't too happy about it.  She'll go pick a different blanket out of the closet as her replacement, but it will only do until the real thing is clean.  

Be-Be usually doesn't leave the house unless it is a special circumstance.  She is pretty used to leaving it on the couch when we leave the house and will often bring Lambie and/or a smaller blanket ("Little Be-Be") with us in the car.  However, the second we get home she runs in the house, picks up Be-Be, hugs it and says, "BE-BE!!!!!"  It's so cute. 

She also loves when other people are attached to blankets.  She is determined to give Harper a Be-Be every time she cries, assuming that will make her feel better.  This past weekend at the Dora show, one of the characters (Swipper) had a blanket.  She thought that was just the greatest thing ever. :-)  

This past week I have gotten tired of her carrying it all around the house.  It wouldn't be so bad if it was just the Be-Be.  She's a hoarder though!!!  She carries around Be-Be, one or two Lambies, her sippy cup, often a snack, and a toy.  I don't know how she does it and figure her arms must get tired, but wherever she goes, all that comes along with us.  After her nap one day last week I asked her if she could leave Be-Be in the crib and just bring Lambie out.  She looked at me for a second, looked at Be-Be, thought about it and then replied so sweetly, "I might need it."  She won.  Be-Be is still carried around everywhere we go.  

This was her this morning before heading to meet her teachers.  She really wanted to bring it and kept asking if Be-Be's were allowed at school.  I told her we would ask (knowing they weren't allowed) but it was better coming from the teacher than me. 

Handley, Be-Be, Books and Band-Aides

Be-Be, water and snacks

She usually leaves it on the couch when she eats, but one morning this week she "needed" it close to her.  Be-Be and Lambie got their own chair at the table.