Sunday, November 7, 2010

Spice Rack

Yesterday was Home Depot's Craft Day and the kids made a spice rack. Kaleb wanted a mohawk...or foe-hawk....anyways, he tried really hard to do it himself. Mom ended up cleaning up a few spots, but overall he did a great job.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Beds and Rewards

Kaleb finally got a new bed. He had been sleeping on a hand-me-down bed that felt like a sofa bed....very uncomfortable. He is now in a twin and his room looks so much bigger!! Then we have Klara, she has been coming to my bed at night and when I kick her out, Clif has been finding her curled up in the living room. The last pic is of the kids reward charts. I've been working really hard with Kaleb on his reading. He gets a sticker for every book he reads, as many as he wants per day but no less than one. Today he finished filling his chart and got a pizza hut coupon for his very own pizza. Klara had been working on a chart as well. She is working very hard on NOT sucking her fingers. So without complaining, she wears a sock on her hand when she sleeps and yucky cream during the day as reminders to not suck on those fingers. When she does good, she gets a sticker and if I catch her sucking then she removes a sticker from her chart. Her reward is a Cinderella doll that she proudly earned today as well. I'll keep both reward charts going since I've seen a huge success with their earned rewards. I'm very proud of them both!!

Halloween Fun

We spent most of Halloween night at the area churches this year. The kids did cake walks, crafts, jump houses, fishing. car races and more. We did end up going door to door a bit as well and certainly ended up with plenty of candy and treats.

Sea Monkies

Kaleb got Sea Monkies for a b-day gift (suggested by me) for his science class. Those "specks" floating in the water are the creatures. Not the best of pics, but it has been fun watching them swim around and grow. Just wanted to share them.