"bye bye paci"

one of our goals after smith turned two was to get him off of his pacifier.  he only used it at nap time and bedtime, but we felt like the attachment would only thicken if he continued on using it.  so, i had heard of this idea somewhere...can't remember...that you get the pacifier stuffed into an animal at the build-a-bear workshop. smith was really into it.  we kept telling him that this animal (stuffed one of his choosing) would "eat" his pacifier.  he had done great.  occasionally he will ask for it, but we remind him that ruff-ruff (what he named the stuffed dog) ate it...and he's cool with it.  good job smithy!