So now I'm a mama of a 2 year old and a 3 1/2 year old. That sounds really close together! Those boys alternately fight and scream or are the very best friends you've ever seen in your life! Especially when they are doing things they shouldn't like, oh....hiding in the closet doors and pulling the door off it's track or sneaking out of bed or getting into things they aren't supposed to have....not that they do those things....because we all know that I have perfect angel children! Right?! Right?
Samuel said two of the sweetest things to me last week. I let him do something one day and he looked up and exclaimed, "Mommy, you're a WONDERFUL wady! (lady)" And then we came home from visiting a friend and he randomly said, "I like you SOOOOO much, mommy!" It's always nice when your child likes you!!
That sweet Samuel has another side though; a very "stinkerish" side that is coming out. (That has to come from Ben's side:)He has been talking back a little to us (gasp!) and doing a lot of sneaking out of bed. He seriously has no idea how we can "sense" that he is out of bed (the magic monitor!!!) or how we can guess who filled Zakkai's crib with 82 Lego's and stuffed animals. Hmmmm....It's those eyes in the back of my head! So we have come up with a plan: we have a chart with a Thomas picture on it with lots of squares on it (7 squares for each day of the week) and he gets to color a square off everytime he listen right away without talking back and when he stays in his bed. The prize: Rhineas, a Thomas train! This chart system works WONDERS with this child! He went to sleep with a smile on his face last night dreaming about his prize! And this morning? He got to color off the first square for staying in bed! Ah, the power of praise and positive reinforcement!
I will post pictures of Zakkai on his birthday soon! We had a cupcake party with a few friends. 6 2-3 year olds, cupcakes and icing, lots of balloons and you've got one happy boy! And mommy, too:)
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