Bye Bye Binky Party

Even Grandpa joined in the fun! (Yes folks, my dad never poses for a picture!)

Two party goers-Uncle Trent and Aunt Christina (my sister)!

And you thought the odd ball in this family was me! My mother!

Lily-my sister's dog, joining in on the fiestivites without her own free will!

Madison with her Bye, Bye, Binky cake!

Matthew (my nephew) and Madison with their party hats on! Matthew was not thrilled he had to wear a pink party hat!
Madison made Pouchie join in the festivites too!

My sister gave me this terrific idea about having a binky party! The basic concept is to have a party to say goodbye to the binky! Madison would go all day without a binky at daycare, but that would be the first thing she asked for when we would pick her up. If she was at home all day, she would suck on the binky all day. So, I knew I wanted to take the binky away because it was time, but I just didn't want to be too cruel and just take them and throw them away. So, on August 8th, we had a "Bye, Bye, Binky" Party. My sister and family came up from Houston for the festivies and I got some inexpensive party hats and made a cake and had the party over at my parents house. When Madison and I got home from my parents after the party, we gathered all her binkies and put them in a bag. That night when Madison went to sleep the binky fairy came and took all her binkies and left a doll for her Madison to play with!

Madison recieved an elephant game from her dad and I that blows out little "butterflies" from it's trunk and you have to catch them with the nets. Aunt Christina, Uncle Trent, and Matthew got her a Queen Clarion little figurine thing to play with.

Madison is doing well without her binkies. She's told me a couple of times that she misses them and asked when the fairy was going to bring the binkies back, but I tell her that her binkies were taken by the fairy and the fairy gave them to another baby who needed them-big girls don't need binkies! That usually satisfys her until the next day!