We seem to be through the worst of Reggie’s night terrors. He was having them 3-4 times a week and it was a little worrisome at first. He is completely unresponsive and can’t communicate, but we can clearly tell something is wrong. We usually take him to the bathroom and he snaps out of it, but a few times, it has lasted for several minutes. The other night, he was able to wake himself up to get to what he thought was the bathroom and we found him peeing in Ryan’s gym bag in the closet! We’ll get there one of these days :o). I think he may have been going through a growth spurt because he’s gotten noticeably taller and was eating like crazy (he is still eating like crazy…what will the teen years be like?).
Every night after dinner, we have some take-out time or keep away football. The kids love it and it is fun for us to. The other night, I felt like I was watching the circus:
Ainsley has been quite the helper these days. She wants to help me do everything, clean toilets, put away dishes, fold clothes, shop…I think I might have died and gone to heaven. She is quite the helper at the grocery store. She has her own cart (I’ll try to take a picture soon), fills it with groceries, organizing them a couple of times and then she unloads them at the checkout. But, it doesn’t stop there. When we get home, she carries in the bags and unloads and tries to put things away. It is very sweet and she’s is getting a lot of gold stars, but doesn’t seem to be interested in the gold star prize. Reggie is completely the opposite and will do almost nothing unless he gets a gold star! This weekend they had fun weeding!!! I think I have to take advantage of this period in time :o).
Here’s a picture of Ainsley wanting to be a baby. We were supposed to have fun putting these clothes on her dolls, but ended up being frustration that quickly turned into hysteria :o(.
We’ve had a couple teacher conferences these past couple weeks. I was really curious to see what they had to say about Ainsley. Because I still have Reggie in the morning, I don’t get to volunteer in her class much. Her teachers were all smiles when talking about her and how sweet she is and how well she follows directions, plays with peers, etc. And, she has started raising her hand and participating in circle time. She really wants to be a big kid like Reggie, so I think that helps. She actually wants to work on her letters and write her name. So far, all her free hand letters are upside down, but I’m sure one of these days, they flip! This morning, Ryan and I had Reggie’s 2nd kindergarten conference. It was great. He is right where he should be in academics and social skills :o). Things are started to really click for him and it is really fun to watch. We had baseball practice tonight and I watched him do his warm up run and he was sprinting the entire way and finished far ahead of the other kids (most are younger). It is absolutely amazing to me how children can change in one short year. Last year he walked in a less than enthusiastic way and was by far the last kid to finish.
One last thing…Reggie wakes up earlier than everyone in our house and he can’t wait until Ainsley gets up, so he has someone to play with. A few days ago, I heard him say to her that he made her a scavenger hunt. He hid messages around the house and gave her clues to find them. He made 4, one said, “I liv you Ainsley”, one was a picture of them playing ball, another one said “I like you Ainsley” and the last one was a picture of the bounce house that they love to play in. Are they the greatest kids or what???!!!
Every night after dinner, we have some take-out time or keep away football. The kids love it and it is fun for us to. The other night, I felt like I was watching the circus:
Ainsley has been quite the helper these days. She wants to help me do everything, clean toilets, put away dishes, fold clothes, shop…I think I might have died and gone to heaven. She is quite the helper at the grocery store. She has her own cart (I’ll try to take a picture soon), fills it with groceries, organizing them a couple of times and then she unloads them at the checkout. But, it doesn’t stop there. When we get home, she carries in the bags and unloads and tries to put things away. It is very sweet and she’s is getting a lot of gold stars, but doesn’t seem to be interested in the gold star prize. Reggie is completely the opposite and will do almost nothing unless he gets a gold star! This weekend they had fun weeding!!! I think I have to take advantage of this period in time :o).Here’s a picture of Ainsley wanting to be a baby. We were supposed to have fun putting these clothes on her dolls, but ended up being frustration that quickly turned into hysteria :o(.
We’ve had a couple teacher conferences these past couple weeks. I was really curious to see what they had to say about Ainsley. Because I still have Reggie in the morning, I don’t get to volunteer in her class much. Her teachers were all smiles when talking about her and how sweet she is and how well she follows directions, plays with peers, etc. And, she has started raising her hand and participating in circle time. She really wants to be a big kid like Reggie, so I think that helps. She actually wants to work on her letters and write her name. So far, all her free hand letters are upside down, but I’m sure one of these days, they flip! This morning, Ryan and I had Reggie’s 2nd kindergarten conference. It was great. He is right where he should be in academics and social skills :o). Things are started to really click for him and it is really fun to watch. We had baseball practice tonight and I watched him do his warm up run and he was sprinting the entire way and finished far ahead of the other kids (most are younger). It is absolutely amazing to me how children can change in one short year. Last year he walked in a less than enthusiastic way and was by far the last kid to finish.One last thing…Reggie wakes up earlier than everyone in our house and he can’t wait until Ainsley gets up, so he has someone to play with. A few days ago, I heard him say to her that he made her a scavenger hunt. He hid messages around the house and gave her clues to find them. He made 4, one said, “I liv you Ainsley”, one was a picture of them playing ball, another one said “I like you Ainsley” and the last one was a picture of the bounce house that they love to play in. Are they the greatest kids or what???!!!
By the way....we've been having terrible weather and this was our street a couple weeks ago:
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