basketball 101

All the kiddos are playing basketball, but Adam Jr. might be the most challenged. Last week we worked on playing defense and seeing the ball, moving without the ball, and setting pics. After watching him in the game on Saturday we decided we should probably only work on one thing a week. This week's goal...CATCH the ball.

Sharing...

Laney was complaining to me yesterday, "Its MY chair at my mom's house and I DON'T want other people sitting in it!" I thought what about the spirit of the Christmas Season. So I probed, "Laney, don't you think you could share, especially this time of year, don't you think you could think more about sharing things with others?" She replies, "I think I will wait and see what they get first, and then decide if I want to do more sharing."

Oh no, not Santa too!

This morning Laney asks, "Jen, How old is Santa Claus?" I replied that I did not know. Clearly not satisfied with that answer, Laney says, "I am going to leave him a note and ask him how old he is." Ok. Ashley inquires, "Why? I bet he's old." Laney responds, "He probably is old and he might die soon." Ashley calmly corrects Laney, "Santa Claus never dies!" "Oh," Laney calmly replies, "Well I am still going to leave him a note and ask him how old he REALLY is."

The Terrible Twos

TJ is officially 2. Wow. That is amazing. To usher in his first month of being 2, he has completed the following tasks:

1. Mastered the word "NO" and all is magically uses. Even when he means yes, he might still use NO, just to be sure its not going to work in that situation.

2. Learned about Time Out. TJ was sent to the time out step for yelling and kicking at mommy. He was told after a short time that he could get up and apologize. He walked into the kitchen, and Mommy said lovingly, "TJ are you going to say sorry?" He turns around, heads back to the step while replying, "NO! I go back to time out!"

3. Practiced the fine art of back and forth conversation.
TJ asks for a cookie.
Mommy replies, "No cookie until after dinner."
TJ asks again for another cookie.
Mommy again replies in the negative.
"MOMMY I WANT A COOKIE!"
"NO," I reply firmly.
TJ stomps his one foot and clearly states, "MOMMY, you don't tell TJ NO!"

I love the terrible twos!