He doesn’t quite grasp the concept of puzzles yet, but he’s getting close!
See? “All done!”
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When Jim empties out his pockets at night, he deposits his change into boxes by his bed. He currently has a big stash of pennies, so I told the girls that they could help me count them out. I gave them each a bunch of paper bags and told them to put ten pennies in each bag.
After they had each collected ten bags, I helped them write out the numbers 10, 20, 30, etc. on the bags so they could see how the numbers added up to 100. I explained how these 100 pennies equaled a dollar, and told them that, in exchange for their help counting, I was giving them each a dollar to spend on an item in the Target bargain aisle the next day. They were very excited.
I’m not always very good at explaining things, so I’m glad this exercise seemed to work to show them the value of a dollar. Or at least, the value of getting bribed to do household chores! Here’s a video of my joyful Danny and his belly laugh. At the end, you’ll notice that I briefly call Danny by the wrong name. I must mix up Jimmy and Danny’s names at least ten times a day. Think they’d let me stick nametags on their foreheads? I was browsing through my phone’s camera app the other day and laughed out loud. I saw this picture:
And then I saw this:
And then I saw this:
And this:
And this:
And at least FIFTY similar shots! I can’t get enough of this girl, and I guess she can’t get enough of herself, either!
Danny: “Mom’s so silly! She’s trying to take a picture of us in the mirror!”
Danny: “Good thing I’m photogenic enough for the both of us! The baby gate. It doesn’t just keep a baby in…
…it keeps a destructive toddler out! Last Saturday, Jim watched the boys so I could take the girls out for our very own “Mommy/Daughter Lunch” at Panera’s Bakery. The girls were excited about leaving their brothers behind!
Before we left, I had told the girls that since this would be a very special time, I would let them have cookies after lunch. Becky thought for a moment, then replied, “If we’re going to have a special time, then we should have a cookie FIRST!” I didn’t go quite that far, but I did let them each have their own cookie, and that’s significant considering Panera’s cookies are about the size of one’s head. See?
So between the company, and the sugar, we had a very special time indeed. Silly Daddy…don’t you know the kids are too big to all fit in your lap at once?
1. Sledding downhill is more fun than trudging back up.
2. There’s just something hilarious about kids lying down in snowsuits.
3. Slides are even more exciting and slippery in the snow.
4. Kids can peel off layers in 2 seconds that took approximately 20 minutes to put on.
Danny: “Who says you can’t pair stripes with prints?” |
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