Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Preschool
I think I found a preschool for Joshua!!!! I kind of stopped looking because they all require the kids to be potty trained, but now it's time to start looking again :) The place I've found is a preschool program combined with a gymnastics place, they divide the "school day" into several sections including educational activities, art, and gym time where they introduce basic gymnastics exersizes to the kids. It seems like it will be a good fit for him. He went to Sunbeams with me at church a couple of weeks ago and really seemed to enjoy the structure, so I think he will definitely be ready for this in the fall. I'm so excited I finally found a good place, there are shockingly few of them aorund here!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Joshua is doing AWESOME at potty training! We are on our 4th day now and have only had 2 accidents, both of which happened when he was playing outside with Daddy and was too distracted to come inside :) He is really starting to figure this whole thing out, I'm so proud of him! We've even had several successful trips out of the house without any problems. I odered the kids' Easter outfits today; they are going to be so cute! I love that I can dress them up a couple of times a year. I'm hoping that I have a few more years of making them match (at least for Christmas and Easter!) before they're old enough to care about it.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Potty training.......
Ok, I promise I've done this before.......practically every job I've ever had has involved potty training other people's kids. I have successfully potty trained at least a dozen children, usually woking with three or four at a time. Why then is it so frustrating to potty train one almost 3 year old??????? He understands the concept, he knows that he is supposed to go potty on the toilet. He tells me all the time "no potty on floor, no potty in car, no potty at store........." and he hasn't had an accident except at home. Why then does he sit in the bathroom for an hour with no result and then promptly pee in his pants???? I kow this is normal but I am going crazy here. I had enough laundry without all of the extra underwear, pants, and socks!!!!
February
Welcome to February! We are enjoying the cold weather and are looking forward to our new fireplace screen arriving so that we can use our fireplace :) Tommy and I got callings at church a couple of weeks ago so we no longer get to attend our classes.....I am the Sunbeam teacher and Tommy is the Ward clerk. Unfortunately that means that I now have to get the kids ready and take them to church and home again on my own. I enjoyed the brief reprieve I got over the last couple of months, but it is nice to be useful again!
We recently started potty training Joshua. He is excited to get to wear "big boy" underwear and is doing pretty well. He wasn't feeling well yesterday so he came to Sunbeams with me instead of going to nursery. He liked going to sharing time and singing the songs and did really well sitting in his chair during class time. Unfortunately he won't be old enough to REALLY be in the class until next year, but it just made me want to get him into a preschool program next fall even more.
Abigail is as full of life as ever :) I'm starting to understand what people mean when they talk abot having a "spirited" child! She is doing really well in nursery and didn't cry at all when we dropped her off yesterday. She loves to help me around the house and is VERY intersted in the potty since Joshua started using it. She tells me when she needs to be changed and has started telling me when she needs to go. we're still trying to work on the timing though.....she usally goes right AFTER she gets off the potty.
Tommy is keeping busy at work. He is in the process of hiring a new planner and is looking forward to having a full team again. He has officially finished his master's now (his thesis has been approved) and is enjoying not having me bug him about doing his school work every night.
I'm keeping busy with the kids and the cat :) Riley had surgery on his eye last week so I've had to keep him from messing with it and not the the kids mess with him too much. He's healing well and gets his stitches out next week. I'm looking forward to not having to buy diapers anymore and try to remember that while I clean up the inevitable accidents.
We recently started potty training Joshua. He is excited to get to wear "big boy" underwear and is doing pretty well. He wasn't feeling well yesterday so he came to Sunbeams with me instead of going to nursery. He liked going to sharing time and singing the songs and did really well sitting in his chair during class time. Unfortunately he won't be old enough to REALLY be in the class until next year, but it just made me want to get him into a preschool program next fall even more.
Abigail is as full of life as ever :) I'm starting to understand what people mean when they talk abot having a "spirited" child! She is doing really well in nursery and didn't cry at all when we dropped her off yesterday. She loves to help me around the house and is VERY intersted in the potty since Joshua started using it. She tells me when she needs to be changed and has started telling me when she needs to go. we're still trying to work on the timing though.....she usally goes right AFTER she gets off the potty.
Tommy is keeping busy at work. He is in the process of hiring a new planner and is looking forward to having a full team again. He has officially finished his master's now (his thesis has been approved) and is enjoying not having me bug him about doing his school work every night.
I'm keeping busy with the kids and the cat :) Riley had surgery on his eye last week so I've had to keep him from messing with it and not the the kids mess with him too much. He's healing well and gets his stitches out next week. I'm looking forward to not having to buy diapers anymore and try to remember that while I clean up the inevitable accidents.
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