We're falling behind on posts! Noah started school (we covered that - he hasn't had another bad day since the first), Myra celebrated her seventh birthday by playing putt putt and arcade games with her friends, Davis Day care is back in full swing, Myra has started second grade (Meet the Teacher was last Thursday) and soccer. All of this occurred in just the past two weeks! Maybe this weekend we can patch up but we can't guarantee that ... We're headed to Stroud to meet the newest addition to the Davis Family! Yet another thing to post about. So, be looking for a few posts here soon.
August 2008 Archives
This year, August 18th wasn't just Myra's 7th birthday. It was also Noah's FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL! We were able to meet his teachers Ms Sherry and Ms Selena last Friday. Noah was so excited that he actually posed for a picture with them.
Sunday night, I tucked him in at nine (as always) telling him "Get some sleep so we can go to school tomorrow." All smiles, he says "Okay, I going to go to sleep now." Before going to bed, I checked on both kids (as always) making sure they were sound asleep. Myra was out cold but Noah was still awake! It was 10:45pm and this boy was still awake! I talked to him for a bit. We imagined all the fun things he would be doing and learning (ABC's, 123's, new games and new friends). He started yawning (finally) so I left to finish getting ready for bed. 11:15pm our little school boy was ... fast asleep.
Monday morning, Noah was out of bed by 6:15am. He was dressed to the shoes AND backpack by 6:30! After Jacob arrived, we headed out for a special first day of school breakfast ... of donuts! We dropped him off without any problems.
After school, Myra had a doctor appointment so Anna and Ricky had the honor of picking Noah up from his first day of school. (Yes, it was VERY difficult for me knowing that someone else would hear of his big day before I would.) Turns out we had a few problems with transitioning from one activity to another. He'd be having so much fun doing the activity that he wouldn't want to move onto the next. His response after being told the teacher would call Daddy? "Okay, but just for a little bit."
How to help remedy the situation? Out came the sticker chart last night. (It's one of his potty charts that he took all the stickers off of. It's now his "Good Day Chart". Reduce ... Reuse ... Recycle right?) For every good day he has at school, he gets a sticker. Once he fills up his chart, it's off to Walmart to get "a big Henry!"
I know it's a HUGE adjustment for him being that he's been home with me for the first four years ... the only four years of his life. He's not used to so much structure. As long as he was enjoying what he was doing, we'd stick with it. We didn't change activities every 15-20 minutes. However, he needs to learn. He will learn and hopefully his Good Day Chart will help encourage/motivate him.
This morning Noah was a little reluctant to go to school. He told me "I don't want to go to school. I hate my teachers. I want to stay and play with you." So I made a deal with him. I would play with him for five minutes and then he had to go to school "for a little bit". Amazingly, this worked. He climbed into the car without a fight. I'm hoping he'll have a "good day."
UPDATE: Noah's second day was much better. Both his teachers and the day care coordinator said they were pleased with his behavior. They figured he must have just been tired yesterday which could very well be it given the short amount of time he slept. He says he's ready to go back to school tomorrow ... and he likes his teachers.
Sunday night, I tucked him in at nine (as always) telling him "Get some sleep so we can go to school tomorrow." All smiles, he says "Okay, I going to go to sleep now." Before going to bed, I checked on both kids (as always) making sure they were sound asleep. Myra was out cold but Noah was still awake! It was 10:45pm and this boy was still awake! I talked to him for a bit. We imagined all the fun things he would be doing and learning (ABC's, 123's, new games and new friends). He started yawning (finally) so I left to finish getting ready for bed. 11:15pm our little school boy was ... fast asleep.
Monday morning, Noah was out of bed by 6:15am. He was dressed to the shoes AND backpack by 6:30! After Jacob arrived, we headed out for a special first day of school breakfast ... of donuts! We dropped him off without any problems.
After school, Myra had a doctor appointment so Anna and Ricky had the honor of picking Noah up from his first day of school. (Yes, it was VERY difficult for me knowing that someone else would hear of his big day before I would.) Turns out we had a few problems with transitioning from one activity to another. He'd be having so much fun doing the activity that he wouldn't want to move onto the next. His response after being told the teacher would call Daddy? "Okay, but just for a little bit."
How to help remedy the situation? Out came the sticker chart last night. (It's one of his potty charts that he took all the stickers off of. It's now his "Good Day Chart". Reduce ... Reuse ... Recycle right?) For every good day he has at school, he gets a sticker. Once he fills up his chart, it's off to Walmart to get "a big Henry!"
I know it's a HUGE adjustment for him being that he's been home with me for the first four years ... the only four years of his life. He's not used to so much structure. As long as he was enjoying what he was doing, we'd stick with it. We didn't change activities every 15-20 minutes. However, he needs to learn. He will learn and hopefully his Good Day Chart will help encourage/motivate him.
This morning Noah was a little reluctant to go to school. He told me "I don't want to go to school. I hate my teachers. I want to stay and play with you." So I made a deal with him. I would play with him for five minutes and then he had to go to school "for a little bit". Amazingly, this worked. He climbed into the car without a fight. I'm hoping he'll have a "good day."
UPDATE: Noah's second day was much better. Both his teachers and the day care coordinator said they were pleased with his behavior. They figured he must have just been tired yesterday which could very well be it given the short amount of time he slept. He says he's ready to go back to school tomorrow ... and he likes his teachers.
Yesterday, I was eating lunch. Noah had said that he wasn't hungry so I didn't make him anything. While I was eating, he come over, looked at my plate and asked "Hey! What's that spot?" I told him, "It's a pepperoni." He said "Oh!" and proceeded to take it off my plate and put it in his mouth. Or, at least, he tried to put it in his mouth. I got onto him telling him how it's not nice to take things without asking ... especially food off of someone else's plate. He, of course, put the pepperoni down and walked away with his head down and lip out. I guess it's better than a fit.
Today, Josh had a drink on the table. Noah approaches and says "Okay, I just a little bit thirsty" while lifting the cup to take a drink. While gulping away, Josh jokingly says "Go ahead, Brother, take whatever you want." Noah, not understanding, drinks every last drop. Afterwards, he says "Okay, your drink is just all gone but you can just have some of Mommy's drink." As you've probably guessed, no, Noah did not ask for my permission before offering MY drink.
I think we've found something we need to work on before starting school ... next week!
Today, Josh had a drink on the table. Noah approaches and says "Okay, I just a little bit thirsty" while lifting the cup to take a drink. While gulping away, Josh jokingly says "Go ahead, Brother, take whatever you want." Noah, not understanding, drinks every last drop. Afterwards, he says "Okay, your drink is just all gone but you can just have some of Mommy's drink." As you've probably guessed, no, Noah did not ask for my permission before offering MY drink.
I think we've found something we need to work on before starting school ... next week!
Tuesday morning, we went to Davis, OK to drop the kids off with Granny and Papa for a few days. During that time, Josh and I were able to celebrate my birthday ... peacefully. We did some shopping and had several quiet meals. Josh had even made arrangements at a bed and breakfast near Ardmore for the night before we were to pick the kids up. I won't go into too much detail mostly because I can't find all the right words to describe it. I will tell you that it was ... well ... perfect!
Shiloh Morning Inn - we stayed in the Tranquility Suite (middle room, second floor).
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Shiloh Morning Inn - we stayed in the Tranquility Suite (middle room, second floor).
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While we were driving through Sulphur, OK on the way to get the kids from Granny's house, we slipped in behind a car whose license plate had us rolling. As you can see, this cowboy fancies himself a drifter.
I'm sure in his mind, he looks something like the guys from the Fast and the Furious who drift their souped up imports all over Southern California. Something like this:
After we passed the "Drifter" and saw that he was really a 50 year old grandpa-lookin' guy, I got to thinking that maybe his idea of drifting was more like this:
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