Sunday, March 15, 2009
My Angel Has Lost Her Wings!
This weekend has been a challenging one with Ella. For whatever reason, she has decided our family's "Rules" are not for her. She has adamantly refused to listen or follow directions at times. When asked to go to "Time Out" for her bad behavior, her reply has been, "NO!" What could have been a 2 minute time out, turned into a 2 hour "redirecting" event on Saturday (4 am to 6 am) and a 30 minute "redirecting" session this afternoon (at nap time). Not only has she refused to sit in Time Out - but has also tried to get out of Time Out with hitting and spitting (REAL spitting - not cute little raspberry spitting)! I have to admit, Nanny 911 and Super Nanny tactics have really gotten me through the past two days! I didn't have these strategies with Kellynn, and I gave up too quickly with her. This taught Kellynn how to manipulate us as parents at an early age. It took years (and I mean years) to get Kellynn on the right path of following directions. Ella hasn't been so lucky! I've had Super Nanny under my belt this time!
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Saturday, March 07, 2009
Nae Nae's Notes
Wow! It's been awhile since I've updated my blog. Let's see if I can catch everyone up...* Kellynn turned 7 years old at the end of January. She had her first sleepover with three friends. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was in town that weekend, so we took the kids to the circus. It was a blast!
* Ella is doing really well with potty training. She stays dry all day long (in her big girl panties). She rarely has an accident when it comes to peeing. However, pooping in the potty doesn't happen as often as I would hope. Any suggestions on how I can encourage her?
* "Shelby the Super Dog" is now in Dog Obedience classes. I've never trained a dog before, so I am learning a lot. I look forward to our class each week.
* We had another snow day on Monday of this week. We got about 3-4 inches of snow. Kellynn played in it all day long. Ella was over it after 15 minutes.
* Kevin had the flu this past week. He was home for three days. Now I'm feeling under the weather. I hope it's not the flu.
* Kellynn and I went skiing on Tuesday and Wednesday. We skipped school and took a "Girls Trip" to Sugar Mountain with one of her little friends from school. Her friend's family has a condo right on one of the ski slopes. Kellynn wasn't happy about it, but I signed her up for a private skiing lesson (a refresher course). After one hour, Kellynn picked up skiing again and was ready to take the ski lift all the way to the top of the mountain! I was amazed at how quickly she picked it back up after two years. She skis faster than I do!
* We took the cover off of the pool today. Spring is just around the corner, so we thought we'd get a jump start on getting the pool ready.
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