Merry May

Adrian

I'm so happy he is all healed and happy this week. Now I have to teach him how to sleep without pacifying himself while feeding again! So far he is starting to hate his room because it's where mommy leaves him to sleep all alone. I've moved my rocking chair in there and spend time with him but today, just going in the room made him get really upset. He was already on the verge of being upset because he was getting tired, but going into the room set him off and he was crying the whole time I was trying to do his bedtime routine. I know he isn't even 4 months old, but he already knows I'm trying to get him in his own room instead of sleeping while feeding! I'm going to see how introducing him to a pacifier goes this week. 

Claire

Last week of school! She is sad she doesn't get to see her friends and teacher anymore. I like that she is sad and not already excited when school is over. She had an eventful week though because they had a mini field trip to eat lunch across the street at a park, and the field day, and no school work basically. She got a yearbook signed by her classmates and friends on the playground and then because her birthday is in the summer they celebrated her birthday and gave her a book gift. Now I get to be driven crazy all summer with everyone here at home! I thought they would play more games together, but they seem to come to me and Chris more often to ask if we will play with them! Hopefully someone will want to use me as a daycare and they can have new friends. I've shown her how to handle Buttercup a little better but she is still hesitant to play without me present because she's scared.

Shay

She still doesn't understand that we have to have summer before she starts school and when Claire came home saying they celebrated her birthday, Shay thought she would get to go to school now. I guess that's what I get for telling her she will start school after Claire has her birthday! I've been working on my daycare schedule hoping someone will be interested in using my services, and now have a working summer schedule that will be structured, even if no one else joins us, the girls have a set time they have to do some kind of school work and reading every day. We are going to get prizes from the library for reading each day and Shay needs 250 more books before kindergarten to get her prizes. I really like that they enjoy library time and reading! I thought I had a picture of Shay with the garden she has been helping me with a little every day but its missing...so here is my garden...she has had fun helping me and its finally almost finished...I can still fit a few more herbs on the top sections and I'm waiting for some of the seeds we planted to grow.