Angry Like Snow

I was reading an article of what to do when a child is angry.  When they are young they have to learn to contain some big emotions.  Process.  And it is hard.
So I had noticed that the little man has been having some real issues with anger and not getting his way.  And I'm a reactor.  Not the best combination.
In this article it said to have the child use words to describe what they are feeling.  But not like happy, mad, sad.  The example that sticks out is like weather words.  And it worked.  He was very angry the other day and I stopped before I reacted.  I asked him to describe what he was feeling like weather and he stopped.  Looked at me and said "snow".  He went on to explain it was a lot of snow and it covered the window.  And when he was done he wasn't angry anymore.
Now I just need to keep it in mind when the next time he blows up comes around.

Soda

I realized today that the little woman doesn't like it.  We have root beer in the frig for root beer floats.  A nice treat on occasion.  Well the little man will just devour it.  He will sneak any soda that he can find.  Mostly we don't have it in the house.  I don't want them drinking it on any regular basis.  I want them drinking water, milk or juice.  And that is what she prefers.  She definitely doesn't do the floats.  The other time I buy soda is when we are camping and she doesn't drink it then either.  Funny girl.

Babysitter

So we had finally found a great reliable babysitter.  Haven't needed her for a few months because Aunt Traci has been down just enough to cover a break or two for me.  So I contacted the babysitter to see about sitting soon.  And alas, she now has a paycheck job.
Now we knew this would happen.  She is very responsible and reliable.  She has a work ethic.  So we wished her happiness and gave her congratulations.  And that is when she said her sister would be interested.  Yeehaw.
So I contacted her sister and we have a new babysitter.  We will have our trial run next weekend to see how the three of them connect.  Here is to hoping for a positive time and then we will have her for well over a year before she moves into the paycheck world.

Saturday

Pat decided to have Mom over for awhile today. So we took Phoebe over to his house so Mom could have some time with the dog.  I guess the visit was kind of short.  They got Wendy's for lunch and then before nap time Mom wanted to go back home.  So Pat took her.  She did enjoy her dog time though.
We left Phoebe there at his house overnight to have a sleepover with Betsy.  It is so funny watching Phoebe and Betsy play.  You would almost think Phoebe was a young pup rather than an old girl dog.  We enjoyed our time with a cat who didn't have to hide or run.

Celebrating Dr. Suess

There was a celebration for Dr. Seuss's birthday at the little woman's school tonight.  We went and had a lot of fun.  Now when we got there I wasn't sure how long we would be staying.  The littles were wound up.  But when we got to doing the activities they settled into it.
We made moustaches and got dressed up.  We did sentences and sock matching and bean bag tossing.  We made hats and had our hair done in a Seuss kind of way.
I was surprised at all the people the little woman knew.  I liked it when she introduced people to her brother.  I liked it when he introduced himself to people.  I don't care what they say when asked....they really are each others' best friend.
I heard lots of good things about the little woman.  Her teacher gave her high praise and her technology teacher said she is awesome.  I agreed.  Technology and art are my girl's best subjects.  She should do great this semester.

Groceries

I managed to go grocery shopping by myself.  Doesn't happen all that often, but I am appreciative when it does.  When we all go, I like it best when kids are in the cart and entertained.  The problem is there isn't much room in the cart for anything else.  So this trip being by myself I was able to fill the cart.  And I think I pretty much got the pantry whipped back into shape.  The problem with not taking them is I get more groceries.  And that costs more money.  ;p

Fresh Air

After the little woman got home from school we decided to take a little walk.  We are still trying to find where the gaggle of geese land.  And no we did not find it, but we did find the field with the big cows with big horns.  That could be fun when the cows are out there.
We did spot a cat in a window.  We saw crocuses, daffodils and the beginnings of tulips.  We made it almost all the way home before it started sprinkling on us.  I considered it a good walk with pretty good timing.  We needed a little fresh air.  Happy first day of March.