Sleeping:
We traveled back to Arkansas during this month and it was a pretty smooth transition and the girls did really well sleeping in the same room at my sister's house. We've all had a bit of a cold the last week and the coughing is really wreaking havoc with Faith's sleep. It will pass soon though and she is enjoying the kids' tea she gets when she coughs! As I mentioned last month I stopped waking her to take her potty at night before I go to bed. Well this month, she has done extremely well having a dry diaper after 12 hours! We have about one wet diaper a week on average and she cheerfully collects her sticker each morning, not for her chart but for her chest, leg, or Dolly! Pretty soon I am sure we'll get to the day when it is panties only at bed.
Eating:
When we got back to Arkansas I put her back in her high chair which just sits in one of our chairs but found that her legs were too long and it was really uncomfortable for her. So, that chair went to the other side of the table and now she sits in the bumbo with a place mat at the table and does very well. The bumbo is simply for added height. She does really well even when she sits only on a chair. She has to take 2 bites of everything on her plate at a minimum because she is 2 years old. She asked me one day how many bites I have to take, no comment :)
Skills:
Faith knows her birthday is in April (or Ape-A-Ril) and has become very interested in when everyone's birthdays are. We've only just started talking about months in the home school pre-school that I am doing with Sabrina so it doesn't mean anything to her really that her birthday is in April and Rebekah's is in October but someday it will and I love that her vocabulary is increasing. She continues to work on writing her letters. This month she has been working hard on K (straight line down, angle in, angle out). When we color she really would rather work on writing letters so it is obvious she is passionate about it. She loves pointing out letter she sees everywhere, especially F and R.
Play:
This month Faith really started to enjoy the snow, which was good because Utah saw a lot of it while we were finishing up our time there. She really likes to make snow angels and fall down and have me pick her up by the snow suit. 35 pounds of dead weight is no joke :) As we received Christmas cards during this month, Faith loved looking at the family pictures people sent. I usually gave her 2 or 3 while we were in the car and throughout any car ride she constantly asked what the mama, daddy, and children in the pictures names were. She just loved looking at them, especially the kids and babies. So, thanks for all the cards! She continues to concern herself with everyone's owies and making sure they are getting better, it is really sweet. I think she'll make a fantastic nurse if she decides to pursue it! This has been a big transition month for Faith with so much travel (Utah to Vegas to Arkansas to OKC and back to Arkansas) but she did have some time for play; her favorite book (and Rebekah's) was one we got at the library, Moo, Moo Brown Cow and she really loves to play with her Cutting Food Box
Our Schedule (back in AR):
0800 - Wake, get ready, eat breakfast
0900 - Bible story, craft, worship!
0945 - Freeplay
1030 - Baking together, learning time
1130 - Sisterplay with Rebekah
1200 - Lunch
1230 - Chore, Outside time
1415 - Naptime
1600/1630 - Snack, dinner prep, solo play
1800 - Dinner, reading, bath, Bible story, bedtime o/a 1950
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