Bad mommy, sad Elly

I can't believe it, but I forgot Blank. Blank with a capital B, Green Blank, Elly's blankie. We went to Sac for one night, and Blank got left at home.

It was awful. This was the first time in nearly two years - since she glommed on to this one particular piece of microfleece, instead of any microfleece that could be pasted to her nose - that she spent a night without Blank. She cried and cried. She threw fits asking to go home. She said she'd just stay awake. Then I got us in the card and drove, and she finally fell asleep, two hours after bedtime.

The night went surprisingly well. She only woke up once and begrudgingly accepted Daddy as a substitute for Blank.

Poor kid. Sure taught Mommy a lesson. Don't forget the Blank.