Ms. A has sucked her fingers since she was a baby, What was so cute, now needs to be fazed out. Before Ms. A's third birthday we talked about stopping her finger sucking and determined what item she wanted to earn. Her birthday came and we implemented the plan. We tried to tape her sucking fingers, but that didn't work. The next night Reed suggested we tape one of the fingers she sucked to one she doesn't, but the tape came off. Finally we discovered that band-aid work. So far we have had three successful nights. To night Ms. A wanted to say hello to her cousins and Aunt Sara and tell Ms. E her big news! (at the beginning of the video). I tried to email the file to Sara, but it was a bit big for email, so I here it is.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Sweet Pea and her 'hiccups'
Sweet Pea has an interesting way of letting us know she is thirsty. She hiccups or coughs. We finally caught her doing it at home, usually it is in a restaurant and she is very loud! :)
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Caitriona
I was so EXCITED to receive an email from my dearest friend, Caitriona. My spirit smiles whenever I hear from her. For those of you who haven't heard me talk about her, Caitriona is a friend I met on my mission for my church.
My missionary companion and I received a referral to deliver the Bible to Caitriona, who was living with her aunt in New Hampshire. We gave her a copy of the Bible and introduced her to The Book of Mormon. Over the next several weeks we taught her and she decided to get baptized the night before she left for her home in Ireland. I was so sad to see her go, but so happy she decided to join the church. It felt like my sister was moving away.
She is an amazing individual. I have been so blessed to know her and to hear about her growth in the church. She has gone through some difficulties lately and I haven't heard from her since 2006. I have been thinking about her for a few months, so I was tickled to receive her email and find out that things are settling down. It's great, we think of each other and usually one of us will call or email the other. I love reading her emails because she always talks about how a prayer was answered through temple attendance, priesthood blessings or a good friend. Her child-like humility reminds me where my heart needs to be. I feel so BLESSED to have her for a friend.
I wish I could see her, but she is in England and I'm here in Malaysia. It's a good thing we have email and telephones. :)
My missionary companion and I received a referral to deliver the Bible to Caitriona, who was living with her aunt in New Hampshire. We gave her a copy of the Bible and introduced her to The Book of Mormon. Over the next several weeks we taught her and she decided to get baptized the night before she left for her home in Ireland. I was so sad to see her go, but so happy she decided to join the church. It felt like my sister was moving away.
She is an amazing individual. I have been so blessed to know her and to hear about her growth in the church. She has gone through some difficulties lately and I haven't heard from her since 2006. I have been thinking about her for a few months, so I was tickled to receive her email and find out that things are settling down. It's great, we think of each other and usually one of us will call or email the other. I love reading her emails because she always talks about how a prayer was answered through temple attendance, priesthood blessings or a good friend. Her child-like humility reminds me where my heart needs to be. I feel so BLESSED to have her for a friend.
I wish I could see her, but she is in England and I'm here in Malaysia. It's a good thing we have email and telephones. :)
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Happy 3rd Birthday!
Happy Birthday Sweetpea!
Things I love about you:
Alan, Sonja and Caitlin came over to celebrate Sweet Pea's birthday. We had a wonderful time and Sweet Pea loved being the center of attention. She was so excited for her friends to come. She raced to the deck to watch for them and then we ran to the front to see if they had arrived. :) Sweet Pea had to show them all the balloons and made sure everyone had a birthday hat on. When I asked what she wanted to do first, she thought about it for a couple of minutes then excitedly said "Open Presents!" She loved the wonderful beach toys, pencil set and bag Alan and Sonja gave. She went everywhere with the scissors and asked if we could go to the beach. Caitlin gave her two books, one played music and the other was about My Little Ponies Friends. She was in Seventh Heaven. Sweet Pea had to go to sleep with her music book playing "I'm a little Teapot." We gave her some My Little Ponies, so I think her pony collection is set. She loved playing with the mail truck and giving mail to all her pony friends. It was a wonderful evening.
Thank you Caitlin, Sonja and Alan!
Things I love about you:
- I love your laugh.
- I love your smile.
- I love your zest for life.
- I love your adventurous spirit.
- I love your giggles.
- I love your hugs.
- I love your kisses.
- I love your sweet spirit.
- I love your peacemaker personality.
- I love listening to you talk.
- I love listening to your singing.
- I love listening to you play.
- I love playing with you.
- I LOVE YOU!
Alan, Sonja and Caitlin came over to celebrate Sweet Pea's birthday. We had a wonderful time and Sweet Pea loved being the center of attention. She was so excited for her friends to come. She raced to the deck to watch for them and then we ran to the front to see if they had arrived. :) Sweet Pea had to show them all the balloons and made sure everyone had a birthday hat on. When I asked what she wanted to do first, she thought about it for a couple of minutes then excitedly said "Open Presents!" She loved the wonderful beach toys, pencil set and bag Alan and Sonja gave. She went everywhere with the scissors and asked if we could go to the beach. Caitlin gave her two books, one played music and the other was about My Little Ponies Friends. She was in Seventh Heaven. Sweet Pea had to go to sleep with her music book playing "I'm a little Teapot." We gave her some My Little Ponies, so I think her pony collection is set. She loved playing with the mail truck and giving mail to all her pony friends. It was a wonderful evening.
Thank you Caitlin, Sonja and Alan!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
ABC's with Ms. A
Before we left for Penang, I purchased a few items at one of my favorite stores, Office Depot. One of them were alphabet flash cards. They have two sets of letters with the letters and a picture on one side and the picture spelled out on the other side.
Reed decided to play a game with Ms. A and her ABC's cards or as she says her ABCD's. He set them on the floor and they played a matching game. They were having a great time, so we decided to share it.
Reed decided to play a game with Ms. A and her ABC's cards or as she says her ABCD's. He set them on the floor and they played a matching game. They were having a great time, so we decided to share it.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
I love a rainy night
I was watching a bit of tv, when I saw lightening and heard thunder. I just had to go outside and revel in the storm right above our apartment. As I was watching the storm the words from an Eddie Rabbitt song from 1980 popped into my head. The lyrics are a perfect description for the way I love a rain and thunderstorm at night.
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