New Year's Resolutions.
Well, I never wrote down my resolutions cuz they are the same as every year.
Excercise more, drink more water, don't eat junk food, read more to kids, keep house clean, etc....
So far I am doing really good at exercising.
Terrible at drinking water, not eating junk food, keeping house clean. (clarification it is messy and disorganized, not dirty as in unsanitary)
Okay at reading more. We have been doing more actual reading time and also more stories on tape which I give myself 50% credit for as far as reading to kids. It is missing that cuddling element, as well as the ability to discuss the story and answer questions as we go. It is far better, I feel, than TV or movies, though. What is working well for us is I read picture books and other "one-sitting" books. Usually during the day. We have two or three times a day when we tend to pile on the couch for stories. We have been using story tapes for chapter books, which I tend to either misplace before we are done with them, or we forget to keep reading them. So far we have done all the Little House Books up to the Shores of Silver Lake (listening to right now), (original)Mary Poppins, Hank the Cowdog, James and the Giant Peach and most recently completed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Which they loved and did not find at all scary. Jossy has picked up a frightful British accent though and refers to herself often as Hermione Granger (say that in the thickest British accent you can and you will have approximated Jossy's pronunciation.) J has a tape player in her room which she can listen to Shores of Silver Lake whenever she wishes and after bedtime story. We have listened to most of the others in the car.
Well, that's it from me for today.
Well, I never wrote down my resolutions cuz they are the same as every year.
Excercise more, drink more water, don't eat junk food, read more to kids, keep house clean, etc....
So far I am doing really good at exercising.
Terrible at drinking water, not eating junk food, keeping house clean. (clarification it is messy and disorganized, not dirty as in unsanitary)
Okay at reading more. We have been doing more actual reading time and also more stories on tape which I give myself 50% credit for as far as reading to kids. It is missing that cuddling element, as well as the ability to discuss the story and answer questions as we go. It is far better, I feel, than TV or movies, though. What is working well for us is I read picture books and other "one-sitting" books. Usually during the day. We have two or three times a day when we tend to pile on the couch for stories. We have been using story tapes for chapter books, which I tend to either misplace before we are done with them, or we forget to keep reading them. So far we have done all the Little House Books up to the Shores of Silver Lake (listening to right now), (original)Mary Poppins, Hank the Cowdog, James and the Giant Peach and most recently completed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Which they loved and did not find at all scary. Jossy has picked up a frightful British accent though and refers to herself often as Hermione Granger (say that in the thickest British accent you can and you will have approximated Jossy's pronunciation.) J has a tape player in her room which she can listen to Shores of Silver Lake whenever she wishes and after bedtime story. We have listened to most of the others in the car.
Well, that's it from me for today.
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