What's New?

Here are a few random happenings in our house lately:

1. Julia earned her first palm blister from gymnastics today! For some reason the rest of her class was a no-show today which meant that she had a private gymnastics lesson for 90 minutes. She loved it. Her coach worked her hard and as a result she has a blister to show for it! I told Julia that meant that she is turning into a real gymnast. She is thrilled! She also "earned" a much-needed, larger leotard.

2. I'm drilling Karley on her ABC flashcards. I have to say that she comes to this task with a much different attitude than her sister did. Karley is a goofball. Even if I try to spur on a little friendly competition with her ("Mommy has more cards. Mommy is going to win!"), she just has a completely laid-back, casual attitude about everything. I'm used to Julia being so determined and competitive and using that edge to push her a bit into learning new things. I can tell that I'm going to have try a new approach with Karley. Any suggestions???? Right now if in doubt Karley will always guess a letter as "Q, W, or Z." Good grief!

3. The girls earned a kitty litterbox today! Ok, not a thrill, I know, but what that means is that they only need to earn a bag of cat food, a kitty bed, and then the cat itself. I added up the total number of tokens needed to accomplish this and it is 160. That may seem like a lot, but when you break it down it means that if they really worked at it they could earn this kitty in a few weeks! They are happy with their progress and the idea that they could earn this furry friend by Christmastime, now we'll have to see how that translates in their behavior.

More to come, but we need to get some work done now.....