We have had quite the search and rescue week, without the rescue:( Simon's star blanket, which is the blanket of all blankets, has been misplaced. The location of the search mission includes the church nursery, Daddy's car, home, and our sitter's home. It disappeared sometime between Sunday and Monday, and was not missed until bedtime Monday night on Febraury the 25th. Simon has dealt with his loss with great courage. He only misses it at naps and bedtime when he says in his little voice, "star blanket". He is easily distracted and sleeps with other desirable objects such as a car or his favorite "goodnight books".
Today we took Simon to our local fabric store to look for star fleece to make a replacement. We looked at bolt after bolt. Now that we know Simon's interests, we showed him fabric with baseballs, frogs, cars, fish, other animals, and letters. On our way out of the store to go to another fabric store, Eric looked on the clearance remnant table and discovered - star fleece with a blue background, 3/4 of a yard! Simon was sitting on his shoulders and instantly saw the fabric. He said "star blanket, have it" and gave the biggest open mouthed smile as he hugged the material. We were sold! He put it on the cutting table thinking he could pay for it there and we told the ladies the whole story. As we left the store, I told Eric that there is a God for helping little boys with their blanket loss.
I spent his naptime time edging his blanket and finished it just after he awoke from his nap. One of the first things he said when he was holding it was, "loops". Now, Star Blanket the First was loved so much that the edging was unraveling and he loved to hold the "loops" on his fingers for comfort. We reassured him that he will love this blanket to loops!
Simon has so far accepted Star Blanket the II as his own. We now have to pass the bedtime, naptime, and "I need my blanket now" tests!
In hope of finding Star Blanket the First
No comments:
Post a Comment