Things we are working on at home...

The latest things that we have been working on with Kateli are:

1. We sit on our bottoms while at the table eating.
2. We say "all done" when done eating (in her case, she says "añe", which means "ya termine" or "all done" in spanish.
3. We ask for permission to leave the table once done eating. She says "up peas"
4. She has to take her dish(es) from the table to the kitchen and hand them to mommy.
5. We are trying to convert her "peas" into "por favor" when speaking to mommy.

I know, it looks like a long list, but it's not that bad--it all happens during mealtimes (except for #5). She's doing really well with all of it, except for those days when she's just too tired to do as she's asked--which is understandable, don't we all have those??

Things we are working on with Joshua are:

1. introducing him to books--Kateli helps in this dept as she likes to show and read books to her brother (well, she mumbles--but it is super cute!!! I've got to get this on video)
2. getting him on some kind of sleeping schedule. I know, I know, he is still a bit young for an actual schedule--but we are working mostly on getting him to fall asleep on his own.
3. setting a good bedtime routine--so that he doesn't spend up to an hour and a half fussing off and on in his room trying to fall asleep. It's exhausting for both him and us.
4. getting him used to napping in his crib--up until this point he's been napping in his oh so comfy swing--but we need to slowly break him of this habit.
5. getting him to sleep more through the night. We still have nights during which he wakes up every 3 hrs or so to nurse.

Yep, we're busy over here....seems like very little time for the two of us....so we really need to be intentional about it.....