But the time has come to say goodbye to the pacifier. We've been talking to Clara about it for months ("when you turn three, we'll say goodbye to your pacifiers"), but hadn't formulated a solid plan until a few days ago. Lots of folks suggested employing the "Pacifier Fairy" (a mythical creature that collects un-needed pacifiers and re-distributes them to the needy - in some versions of the story even replacing the pacifiers with a toy). But Zach and Clara came up with an even better plan: Clara would give the pacifiers to the babies at Kika's House (her old daycare around the corner).
So, yesterday we collected the pacifiers from school. And this morning we rounded up the rest and put them all in a special bag. Here's Clara proudly showing off her bag of paci's:
And here's where she stopped and asked if "Maybe we could keep one or two here at the house?" (sorry, kid, paci's are going to Kika's):
And here's where she stopped and asked if maybe she could just carry one? (okay)
And here's where she continued on her way to make the delivery:
And here's where Kika happily took the delivery on behalf of the babies she's watching (one of whom quickly toddled over and scooped up the entire bunch):
Thanks Kika! And congrats Clara on becoming such a big kid!
