Security Blanket

When I was little I had a yellow knitted blanket that I used to keep with me when I slept and around the house. I think I took it everywhere also I went but not for sure on that. I believe it was made by my Mom. It was my security blanket. It was my favorite thing.  A lot of kids have different "security blankets" so to say, and that is no different for Kylie.

Kylie has a pink monkey. I bought her monkey when she was a few days old at a local store here in town, and she has kept it with her ever since. She takes it to the store when we let her, takes in on trips, sleeps with it, watches TV with it, and if we let her she would probably take it to school with her. Little does she know, that the original monkey that she loves and cherishes, is actually Monkey #2. About two years ago we lost pink monkey and have no idea where we lost her, so the search for a replacement was on. The company no longer makes Monkey so we had to resort to the Internet to find a new one and finally found one and had one ordered and shipped. She was hesitant at first if it was Monkey, but after a little bit she decided it was her monkey, and Mommy just gave it a really really good bath.

This monkey you can tell is loved. One ear is chewed off, thanks to a dog, the thread that makes her mouth is slowly coming out, and it looks like she has a tongue.Her tail from Kylie chewing on it has a few small holes in it towards the end, and it is very worn. She gets a "bath" once a week and Kylie will brush her "hair" regularly with one of her barbie hairbrushes. She still keeps Monkey with her a lot at home, and sometimes out at other places when we go somewhere, but not to much when we are out of the house. We don't want to loose monkey again, due to the rising prices of it (last time I looked its up to $65. to buy a new one).

We thought for her starting to school it would be a problem not having her monkey with her during school hours, but surprisingly it has been very easy for her to leave monkey at home every morning. She makes sure she leaves Monkey on her bed "sleeping" and then when she gets home she goes and gets it after we check her school folder. She usually plays with it the rest of the afternoon.

Kenzie really didn't have a "security" object and still doesn't. She does have a stuffed doggie that is named "busy busy" that Jerrod bought for her that she wants with her when she doesn't feel well or had a bad day, or keeps with her when there are storms. Besides that she doesn't really keep Busy Busy with her. (Busy was one of the first words she said and she ended up naming the animal Busy Busy.)

Gabryle has a Mario doll he sleeps with every night and at most nap times. He loves Mario. He also at bedtime has to make sure his brown blanket is in his bed to cover up with. Besides that he is good also. At least with him not having a certain thing to be with him at all times for the moment makes it a little easier making sure that we only have that one security object that Kylie needs.

Till Next Time.