Fish!

This is Melanie after just 1 week of lessons. She is going to be our swimmer!

How is Melanie doing?

Many people are asking! Well, that first night was actually hard and believe me, it was tempting to give in and grab a nite nite out of the trash. I was a tough mom and she was a very tough girl. She did very well. After that first night, she was just fine! She does cuddle with a blanket at night, but she says "so does daddy". We make sure it is a different blanket every night so she doesn't attach herself to "one blanket". What a big girl! YAH!!!

Spider Girl!

This is the funniest you tube! My dad told me about it! No, it is not any of my kids...thanks goodness! Check it out!

Watch Out Another Sneeky Girl!

We thought Melanie was a handful...here comes Chelsea! She has a great teacher! Wow, it has been quite a month with her. Dumping a full pitcher of orange juice on grandma/pa white rug to getting a stool, climbing onto to counter to the candy cupboard and trowing scrambled eggs ALL over the dining room are just a few adventures this month. This is her sneaking cookies out of the food cupboard after I had told her no. If you can't tell, she is hiding in the downstairs bathroom between the sink and the wall. Oh, she is no dumby!

We are doing it!

We have started doing it and I am so amazed at how smooth my night goes. What you ask, what are we doing? Well, we are reading the Book of Mormon every night. Before we would read it here and there, when and if we had time before bed. Well, before bed was just too crazy! They were too tired (OK I was too tired). So, this is our NEW nightly routine...and it it working!
3:30 Homework
4:00 Kids play outside, Dinner in oven
5:00 Melanie and Chelsea in shower, Spencer reads to me
5:15 Melanie and Chelsea set table, Spencer shower
5:00 dinner is ready and on the table
5:30 I am done eating (it takes my kids a hour to eat, sometimes more)
This is when I read the scriptures to them. That way we are having spiritual time instead of me yelling and them to hurry and eat.
6:00 we are playing or they can watch one TV show before bed.
7:15 we start reading books, sing songs
7:45 Kids are tucked in tight and I can relax!

WOW how smooth! We will see how long we can keep this up!

Bye Bye Nite Nite!

We are so proud of Melanie! When she turned 4 years old we told her that we would need to say goodbye to her nite nite soon. Today she told me she was ready. We first took all but one nite nite and put them in a box to send to baby Ashley (or the trash). I then took Melanie to Build-a-bear where she was able to pick out an animal to stuff. Part of the stuffing, is her nite nite. Now she has a very cute cat and she knows her nite nite is still with her.