It’s Hayden!

Tonight I was putting Hayden down and tried to get a video of him reading “It’s Spring”.  He saw that I was video recording so he decided to see what he looked like.  Below is a link to the video on You Tube. Watch “It’s Hayden!” on YouTube I’ll try and get a video of…

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More Please

Yesterday evening, I received this email from my daycare provider… Hi Libby, I wanted to show you this when you got here to pick up the kids but it did not work out. Anyway, this afternoon Hayden had asked for some cereal at snack and I gave him about a handful or two then, closed…

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Llamas In Pajamas

Last night, Hayden requested Llamas in Pajamas as his first bedtime story of the night. Since that book was in Violet’s room, we all sat on her bed for story time. Violet LOVES that book and LOVES “reading” it to us – especially to Hayden. She read the whole book to us, even with a…

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Ant Infestation

Tonight we had tuna fish sandwiches for dinner.  Hayden ate two sandwiches and his veggies and baked beans.  Violet ate a well rounded meal but not quite as much.  After they got done eating dinner, we let them go play while Libby and I finished our dinner and sat down and talked. After a bit,…

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Time-Out Routine

Hayden has been rather rude as of late. I’m sure it has mostly to do with his learning to assert himself, but his repeated “NO!” has earned him a fair number of time-outs. Most times, he is given the option of a time-out or saying he’s sorry. Occasionally we just ask him, “do you need a time…

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New Bed

Libby was brave and took both kids to get shoes today. In addition to this, she also took them to Mattress Mart to get a bed frame for Hayden so he could have a big boy bed. It’s a good thing Libby got a bed frame because Violet was waking Hayden up from afternoon nap…

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Go Fish!

Monday nights are Mike’s class nights. He is able to come home home between work and class to have dinner with all of us. Tonight, we had the pool set up for the kids to play in, since it was 80 degrees and all. They loved it. Not as much as yesterday, but they still…

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