Hello all! Well, Maddie had a dentist appointment this morning and she had to get a tooth pulled and then 2 cavities filled also. Adam took her to her appointment and he said she did great! Once they got past the novacaine she was fine. She ended up having to get a shot of novacaine on the roof of her mouth, and I know how much that hurts! The dentist that we go to is just so good with his patients and so compassionate. We just started going to him a few months ago and it was the best decision we could have made. While Maddie was waiting to go back and have her dental work done she lost a baby tooth in the waiting room. It had been loose for quite a while. So now the tooth fairy has to do double duty tonight!
Adam spent his afternoon spraying fence rows and will have more of that to do tomorrow. He is at softball in Algona tonight. He plays every Sunday and Monday night for the Knights of Columbus. Maddie tags along with him and always seems to find boys to play catch with her at the park while Adam plays. I stay home with the boys because it is just so much work to take them along. I would not get to watch the game anyway because I would be chasing the boys around the park.
Today the weather was a little warmer than it has been so we got to spend some time outside this afternoon. I sit on the portch swing and work on some of my school work while the boys ride their trikes and play on the trampoline. Brennan sits in his bouncy chair and looks around. He seems to like being outside.
We officially took Carter's bottles away from him yesterday morning after church. We told him that the garbage man took his bottles and put them in his dump trunk. We put all of his "big boy" cups in a drawer where he can open it up and decide what cup he wants to use. When he is a big boy then he gets a "star sticker" to put on his chart. Maddie and Carter each have a chart and they earn stars so that they can get rewarded for doing good things. It is really working quite well. Maddie's chart has things like: load/unload the dishwasher, water flowers outside, pick up toys inside and outside, help carry in groceries and put away, fold laundry, and put laundry away in her bedroom. Carter has things like: learn ABC's, learn colors, learn numbers, learn to put shoes on, learn to dress himself, help pick up toys inside and outside, drink out of a big boy cup, use the big boy potty, and eat at the table and don't make a mess. They both seem to like the idea of earning stars. It gives them a sense of accomplishment.
Carter is standing at the gate right now and he is asking me for a bottle. I have stuck to my guns and not given him one, and I am quite proud of myself. We tried to take the bottle away from Kinnick too, but that was terrible, so we will wait on him. I suppose I should get the boys off to bed now. Talk to you tomorrow. Steph
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