Kayli started sucking on her fingers occassionally last month. I noticed her trying to do it more often and attempted to stop her whenever I caught her. It is sure a lot easier to remove a binkie than it is fingers! We had a great time one night at dinner trying to put the binkie in instead only to have her figure out how to pull it and put in the fingers. It really produced a lot of laughs from the kids. By the time we gave up I think she figured out what we were trying to do. She had started trying to be sneaky and slowly move then binkie and then quickly shove in the fingers! So, we officially have our first finger sucker. It has turned out to be nice, though, that we don't have to look for lost binkies anymore.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Bye, bye binkie!
Kayli started sucking on her fingers occassionally last month. I noticed her trying to do it more often and attempted to stop her whenever I caught her. It is sure a lot easier to remove a binkie than it is fingers! We had a great time one night at dinner trying to put the binkie in instead only to have her figure out how to pull it and put in the fingers. It really produced a lot of laughs from the kids. By the time we gave up I think she figured out what we were trying to do. She had started trying to be sneaky and slowly move then binkie and then quickly shove in the fingers! So, we officially have our first finger sucker. It has turned out to be nice, though, that we don't have to look for lost binkies anymore.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
It's been awhile....and our own little miracle
Yes, I've been slacking on the posts. I've been busy the past month and just haven't taken the time to stop and post. Barry has finally listed the other house so hopefully we won't be now. At the beginning of October I started doing some work for Angela, too, and that has been fun - after you hit the learning curve. I think I'm still in it, though.
I also spent time getting together Box Tops for PTO and working on other fundraising projects for the boys' school. We've done great with the Box Tops since I started, though, so it is getting funner! I handed over some of the promotional material to the principal this week and they will be starting team/classroom competitions in the next week or two. For those of you interested in doing that with your school they are lots of fun. I have a Thanksgiving collection sheet for 10 Box Tops if you kids want one to turn into their school, too. There is a different holiday one for each month or one for just about every sport kids would participate in.
As for the kids, I've noticed they all seem to be growing like weeds the past month. I bought the boys news pants at the beginning of the school year and they are both already outgrowing them! I wasn't planning on that. Hopefully Tyler can transition into Braden's old ones even though they are two sizes bigger. Braden seems like he is going to catch up to me pretty quick. WAAHHHH!!! Sniff, sniff.
Kayli keeps learning new things each week. This week she has discovered toes. If I cover them up she gets this confused look on her face like, "hey, where did my toys go?". It really kind of funny.
Karina is getting quite a bit bigger, too. At present she is preparing for her role in the Nutcracker again this year. She's very excited about it and was showing me how I was practicing her dance wrong with her tonight. Hehe. So much for mom being a helper! We are going to videotape the teacher next week, though, and e-mail it to the moms that want it so they can make sure their girls properly learn it. That should help us some because I'm confused on some of the arm motions in various spots.
We also had our own little miracle today that revolves around ballet. Barry accidentally took my van keys to work today. He was supposed to bring them home before ballet so I could get Karina there. If she misses any of the practices in November they said the girls can't be in the production. Since we just bought a bunch of tickets I really didn't want her to miss it. Barry got stuck in meetings, I couldn't contact and obviously he didn't show up. I'd mentioned to Barry earlier that maybe we could take the truck and he said we couldn't as it doesn't run right now.
Well, Karina and I were desperate. I decided we would just try the truck anyway. We loaded up, said a heartfelt prayer to help the truck start so we could get her there and it worked. I dropped her off instead of taking her in as I didn't want to turn it off and get stranded. I even told her I might not be there to pick her up right away and why. (Her best friends mom is the teacher so I knew she'd be okay with being there a little longer.) I told Karina she had her own little miracle and that Heavenly Father had helped the truck to start so she could go.
Well, apparently I didn't realize it really was a big one! When I went to go get her I had no luck. (Apparently she has more faith then I do! Haha) The truck wouldn't start so I tried calling Barry again. When I told him what happened he was stunned that the truck had started. He kept saying, "No, I don't think you understand. There is really no way that truck should have started." He still had meetings and when he got her an hour later he was still amazed that the truck had started and said it really was a miracle as it definitely shouldn't have.
It's amazing to see how when we ask we can get blessed with even the littlest things we need. I'm glad Karina got a chance to see that Heavenly Father knows her needs and loves her.
I also spent time getting together Box Tops for PTO and working on other fundraising projects for the boys' school. We've done great with the Box Tops since I started, though, so it is getting funner! I handed over some of the promotional material to the principal this week and they will be starting team/classroom competitions in the next week or two. For those of you interested in doing that with your school they are lots of fun. I have a Thanksgiving collection sheet for 10 Box Tops if you kids want one to turn into their school, too. There is a different holiday one for each month or one for just about every sport kids would participate in.
As for the kids, I've noticed they all seem to be growing like weeds the past month. I bought the boys news pants at the beginning of the school year and they are both already outgrowing them! I wasn't planning on that. Hopefully Tyler can transition into Braden's old ones even though they are two sizes bigger. Braden seems like he is going to catch up to me pretty quick. WAAHHHH!!! Sniff, sniff.
Kayli keeps learning new things each week. This week she has discovered toes. If I cover them up she gets this confused look on her face like, "hey, where did my toys go?". It really kind of funny.
Karina is getting quite a bit bigger, too. At present she is preparing for her role in the Nutcracker again this year. She's very excited about it and was showing me how I was practicing her dance wrong with her tonight. Hehe. So much for mom being a helper! We are going to videotape the teacher next week, though, and e-mail it to the moms that want it so they can make sure their girls properly learn it. That should help us some because I'm confused on some of the arm motions in various spots.
We also had our own little miracle today that revolves around ballet. Barry accidentally took my van keys to work today. He was supposed to bring them home before ballet so I could get Karina there. If she misses any of the practices in November they said the girls can't be in the production. Since we just bought a bunch of tickets I really didn't want her to miss it. Barry got stuck in meetings, I couldn't contact and obviously he didn't show up. I'd mentioned to Barry earlier that maybe we could take the truck and he said we couldn't as it doesn't run right now.
Well, Karina and I were desperate. I decided we would just try the truck anyway. We loaded up, said a heartfelt prayer to help the truck start so we could get her there and it worked. I dropped her off instead of taking her in as I didn't want to turn it off and get stranded. I even told her I might not be there to pick her up right away and why. (Her best friends mom is the teacher so I knew she'd be okay with being there a little longer.) I told Karina she had her own little miracle and that Heavenly Father had helped the truck to start so she could go.
Well, apparently I didn't realize it really was a big one! When I went to go get her I had no luck. (Apparently she has more faith then I do! Haha) The truck wouldn't start so I tried calling Barry again. When I told him what happened he was stunned that the truck had started. He kept saying, "No, I don't think you understand. There is really no way that truck should have started." He still had meetings and when he got her an hour later he was still amazed that the truck had started and said it really was a miracle as it definitely shouldn't have.
It's amazing to see how when we ask we can get blessed with even the littlest things we need. I'm glad Karina got a chance to see that Heavenly Father knows her needs and loves her.
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