Tomorrow is the day that Russell's and Meghan's world will be changed. They are going back to just having mom at home. And, I'm not nearly as nice as Ben is. I figured I better give an accounting for our bucket list items we were hoping to achieve this summer.
Ben
1. Check to all of those house things except al the trim. We still have to put trim in the kitchen, but there is a lot we want to do there, so we worked on other things not listed in that list.
2.He came back mostly unscathed from High Adventure!! The only thing that got him was the sun and mosquitoes.
3. There is no LLC.
Joanna
1. I survived high adventure week.
2. I survived the longest road trip ever. Both kids were pretty good.
3. I did not lose any weight, but did not gain any weight, either. My new goal is to get of this weight loss plateau.
Russell
1. He can get himself dressed though he frequently tells us it is too hard for him. But, he does like to pick out his clothes.
2. He is day potty trained. We need to start on night time training, but his diaper is always SO soaked in the morning that I don't know how to do that.
3. He doesn't know all his letters and numbers, but he learned some new ones. He also has been very happy to write the letter 'p' for us.
Meghan
1. She can use a spoon and fork, but is still much more efficient at the grab and shove method of eating.
2. Her hair started growing pretty fast at the start of the summer, but it has tapered off and doesn't appear to be growing at all.
3. She is now tall enough that she has to duck to get under the table.
Well, there you have. We mostly met our goals, but are definitely going to be working on those we didn't accomplish. It will be good to have a set schedule so that we can keep ourselves motivated to work on our goals.
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I'm always more than happy to get back into a schedule after a break. We also decided that instead of new years goals, while Jacob follows a school year schedule it is much easier to do school year goals.
I recently noticed that Owen has to duck under the table, too. I noticed this because he hits his head daily on the table.
I wouldn't bother with night time training until he is waking up dry more often than not. And Andrew still doesn't dress himself. I try to make him, but it takes so long that I eventually just do it myself.
I had all sorts of goals for the summer, like getting Andrew completely potty independent, teaching Lauren to tie her shoes, working on her writing, reading, math, and piano skills, getting Grace to sleep through the night, losing 10 pounds, etc, and they all went completely undone. Lauren gave me such a hard time whenever I wanted her to do something that I just gave up. I've decided that I just don't like summer. I don't handle heat well, I don't handle the lack of routine well, I don't even like the beach that much. I am so looking forward to fall.
You got some things done this summer. As for night training Russell, my experience is that you take them to the potty about 1 hour after they go to bed, and in the morning they wake up dry, or at least not as wet. I tried this when I read a study that documented that most kids get wet after that first hour than get wet later in the night or early in the morning. It worked for the most part for my kids. Lori does it with her boys and it usually works. Something to try anyway.
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