1. Kylee is well into the 2nd 6 weeks of 2nd grade and she is doing great. I feel like it always takes me about 6-8 weeks to get used to the new class/routine and feel like I can keep up with what is going on. I feel that way now. Katie and I are in our routine and enjoying preschool and BSF too.
2. Notice picture below-Katie has sucked her thumb and twirled her hair since she was 4 months old. I finally decided about 2 months ago that we were done! SO I bought a fabric thumb guard off amazon and decided it was time to try it. She was not an every minute thumb sucker but she is close to 5 and I was done with the hair twirling. She only did that with thumb sucking. She would get terrible knots in her hair and would lose hair from the knots so I was done with that too. So we added a ski hat to the training.We are two months in she is doing awesome. We only have seen her suck her thumb and twirl a hand full of times and she is always so sad when she realizes she was doing it. We are proud of her.
3. This summer we were having some behavior issues with Katie that had gotten out of hand so we started a color change chart with her with a reward chart. It worked really well most the time and she got the concept. The last reward was a camp out with dad. They usually would blow up the air mattress and camp out in the media room but the air mattress had a hole in it so they made a tent on Katie's bed and slept in it. I think it fell down at some point but they had fun playing in it for a while.
4. About 3 weeks ago Katie decided that she wanted to sleep in her own bed so she got in her bed and has slept in it ever since ALONE!! This is huge for us because she hasn't since she got in a big girl bed. Kylee actually wasn't very big on the idea of being alone this time but went along with it. I think the main reason Katie didn't want to be with Kylee was because Kylee didn't want to leave the closet light on to sleep and Katie wanted it on. I feel they are sleeping better now.
5. In an effort to honor our budget I do not have cleaning people anymore. This is huge for me because I despise cleaning but it is something I can do so I felt the Lord put it heavily on my heart to give them up. I kept saying NO and he kept coming back to it over and over when Charley and I talked about ways we could cut back on our budget. So I did. It is not easy and I am still working on my heart catching up but I do see blessings from it. Since this happened I was trying to think of ways to minimize my cleaning and I don't want to clean the girls shower and mine also. So they now bathe/shower in our bathroom. Since they are downstairs they started wanting to wear my tshirts to bed. It is hilarious seeing them in these shirts but they love it so I am loving it too.
6. One of Kylee's sweet little things she does for me every now and then is Breakfast in Bed. She did this a couple days ago when Charley had been out of town. She got up and told me to stay in bed and she brought me cereal and juice. Loved this!!
7. Katie is into art and crafts so much right now. She can sit forever and color and create things. She never has been interested until now. She also can write pretty well and created her first "story". It was a long line of letters but she knew exactly what it said:) She loves to do pictures and creations for Charley!
8. Both of my girls love little kids and babies. Kylee esp. loves babies. We get to see a sweet little baby each week and Kylee is all about making him smile and holding him. She will be a great babysitter one day. Katie esp. loves to talk about having babies when she grows up. She plans to name them Twinkle Wish, Star Song, and Charley. The other day she even started saying when Star Song comes home I will tell her to go get a snack. Oh Boy! I wonder what they will think of their names:)
9. After lots of prayer and time waiting to see if this was the right time and opportunity, I decided to become a Disney Travel Agent for an awesome company called Off To Neverland. Disney is one of my favorite places on earth and I will be going with my family for the 13th time this year. I am so excited about this opportunity. I have already booked my first trip for a customer and loved every minute of it. If you are reading this and thinking about going to Disney let me know. I would love to help you out. There is no additional cost to use me as a travel agent so I do all the leg work and get up early to book your reservations and you get to enjoy an awesome vacation!
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