I went to a Thriving Threes workshop tonight. I learned a lot of useful information regarding the routines, discipline and skill development for three-year olds. Below is an overview of what I learned.
Routines:
It is very important to have a very specific routine for pretty much everything. Children love routines and it helps then to feel safe [...]
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Thriving Threes
Posted in Everyday Stuff on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cailey is 8 Months Old
Posted in Everyday Stuff on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On November 3rd, Cailey turned 8 months old.
Cailey has become very vocal. She does not babble, she sings . . . one loud, long note. The best is when she does this in the car. I will have Cailey ’singing’ and Sawyer telling her to be quite and complaining to me that she is too loud and is [...]
Dress Up
Posted in Everyday Stuff on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sawyer enjoyed trick-or-treat last weekend. It took a little coaxing to get him into the costume but he finally decided it was worth wearing to get the candy. Sawyer was a chicken and Cailey was a frog. Andi Grace was also a chicken. She and Sawyer had matching costumes which was a complete coincidence but very [...]
Cailey is 7 Months Old
Posted in Everyday Stuff on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cailey turned seven months old about a week ago (I’m a little bit behind on my posting). She weighs 15.2 pounds and is 26 1/2 inches long.
Cailey has become really good at sitting unassisted. She can lean over and reach toys and then sit back up again. She can also go from sitting to lying [...]
Bedtime Giggles
Posted in Everyday Stuff on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sawyer usually goes to bed really well. Tonight was a little out of the ordinary. Long story short, we tucked Sawyer into bed seven times tonight and he kept getting out of bed. He is grounded from a few toys tomorrow for his bad behavior. But . . .
I see these little fingers peeking out from [...]
A Whole Lotta Stuff
Posted in Everyday Stuff on September 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have my fourth batch of zucchini bread in the oven so I have a few minutes to write a post while I wait for it to finish baking. The kids and I brought a batch of zucchini muffins to our elderly neighbor, Joe. He is a very nice widower and I thought he might like some [...]
Labor Day Weekend
Posted in Everyday Stuff on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Labor Day weekend ended up being a very laborious weekend. On Friday night, Bryan and Peter cut down a birch tree in our front yard. On Saturday morning to early afternoon, Peter and his brother cut down a half dozen large branches hanging over our deck and then trimmed all the trees in the yard. [...]
Cailey is Six Months Old
Posted in Everyday Stuff on September 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Cailey is six months old today. Her big accomplishments for the month are learning to sit on her own (she’s still a little wobbly, though), eating rice cereal and getting her first tooth (which she got today). Cailey is well into the ‘reaching/grabbing/shoving into mouth’ stage. Everything she gets her hands on goes into her [...]
Sawyer is a Puggle
Posted in Everyday Stuff on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Our church (Appleton Alliance) has an Awanas program during each school year. Basically, it is a Sunday school class mid-week. The classes are every Tuesday night from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for children ages two years through grade school.
Peter and I signed Sawyer up for the Cubbies Awana group. This is for children ages [...]
Cailey is 5 Months Old
Posted in Everyday Stuff on August 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Cailey turns 5 months old today. She weighs 13.4 pounds and is 25 inches long.
This past month, Cailey learned how to blow bubbles with her lips and how to fake cough. Sawyer never did the fake coughing thing so I was a little surprised this morning when Cailey was doing it. At first I thought [...]
