A Bed For Riley

With nothing much to do we set out to go hang out at Barnes & Noble one mid morning. I went in there with no expectations. I wasn't really looking for any books in particular ... I was just in a browsing mood. Riley spent some time looking at and trying out their Star Wars masks and playing with everything. I let him, as long as he's not being rough.

I wasn't aware they have story time every Saturday but we happened to be there just in time for story time. Since Riley is not in daycare or pre-K, I sometimes wonder how he behaves when we're not around. I sat far behind him and I was surprised that he sat still and listened to the entire story. That makes me happy since he's always so active and gets bored quite easily. Definitely calms my nerves a bit to know that he behaves well.

Right after the story the kids had coloring time and snacks. He enjoyed that as well. What a nice twenty minute engaging time for him and break for me.

We left the store with a card game and two hot wheel Star Wars cars. After that, since Jacob's work is fairly close I had to make a quick stop to say hi. We miss him lots and it's so nice to be able to see him in the middle of the day.

For lunch we had pizza. We love pizza! If only it wasn't so fattening though.

Riley no longer has a runny nose but he has a nasty seal-y sounding cough with occasional phlegm. Sounds kinda bad but it's probably still just part of his cold. I hope it goes away within the coming week.


Well, I finally decided on a bed for Riley. We ordered it by phone and had it delivered to the store to avoid shipping & handling charges. Thank goodness for that. Once it arrived we drove to University Village near Montlake to pick it up. This is the area where we canoed at last summer. So much fun!

This was also our first time at this shopping center. It's pretty cool. I liked that the stores are out in the open and not like your typical mall. Again, variety is good.

Riley almost slid off this metal calf because it was so cold. Jacob had to help him get off.

We had to drive around to a different entrance to pick up the bed from the store's warehouse. Here we are waiting for it to be brought out. I had glanced back to see what Riley was doing and he made me laugh to see him sitting like this ...

We had told Sydna that there might not be room for her once the bed was in the car but she didn't care. We had to put all the seats down except Riley's and had Sydna sit cross legged. We warned her, lol.

This is the bed that I ended up choosing for Riley. I still need to get him a nightstand and lamp. I didn't want to get him the nightstand that matches the bed. I like wood and iron furniture pieces a lot so I'm leaning towards that style. I'm looking around.

Once we got home Jacob and Nathan put the bed together. We bought a mattress a few days later. Riley has been sleeping in his crib all this time and I know that he will not stay in his new bed the entire night. We don't want to rush him. He has a night light in his room but I think that it'll take time for him to get comfortable sleeping alone in his big boy bed.
I'm also thinking about painting his bedroom. I don't like the cream color all that much. I'm gonna also take my time in deciding how I want his room to look. I sometimes do things backwards but hey, that seems to work out the best for me, lol. It is what it is.