These are just some random pictures from the last month or two of what we've been up to.
Potty training is not going well lately... I swear this kid has no bladder control. So, it's back to Pull-ups for now. Ugh. I can't even talk about it without feeling super frustrated. Anyway, my latest motivation for her is that she can take ballet classes if she will work hard and wear panties and keep them dry. Because, after all, ballerinas do
not wear Pull-Ups. So, in keeping with this motivating theme, I've gotten a couple of Angelina Ballerina books and DVD's. This is a picture of her watching her show all dressed up like a ballerina.
I can't remember if I already posted this photo or not. Jason decided to have a backyard camp out with Allary one night. I enjoyed the evening off and a good night's sleep indoors.
I try to do a "learning time" activity with Allary every afternoon. These are a couple things we've come up with and enjoyed the past little while. For this activity, we were working on her colors. I cut out a bunch of pictures from magazines that were all either blue, green, or yellow. Then she got to paste the pictures on the corresponding colored sheet of paper. She was simply thrilled to be allowed to use the glue stick.
This day, we got out the big butcher paper and the paints. I cut out some simple shapes from sponges and let her dip them in the paint to make shapes on the paper.
Good thing it's washable.
I got this idea from a cute book we found at the library called "Shape Capers." I used construction paper and cut out a variety of shapes in all sizes and colors. Then we made pictures out of the shapes, all while learning the names of the shapes.
This is Allary after helping Daddy out in the yard one day. I had to laugh.
One of Allary's very favorite things is coloring. I got this GIANT coloring book for Allary to give her something special and fun to do while Jason was out of town. She will spend hours working on these large pictures. It's great. I did the castle and one bird, but she did the rest by herself. She is quite talented, if I do say so myself.
We have a zoo membership and so we have been to the zoo several times this summer. Allary's very favorite thing at the zoo is the train ride.
The carousel is also a big hit.
The heat has been letting up a bit the past few days and so we ventured out to the park last week.
In other news, Jason finally got a calling in our ward, two callings in fact. He is a teacher in the Elder's Quorum and also the Cub Scout Master. He is excited about both and glad to finally feel like he is being put to use.
That's it for now.
I've really been pumping Allary up for this and pushing her to do well with the potty training and getting her all excited. We drove all over yesterday trying to find her some beautiful ballerina clothes, and she wore them all last night and wanted to sleep in them. So this afternoon, she was pretty much bouncing off the walls with excitement when I told her she could put on her ballet clothes and get ready to go.
We get there, get her officially registered at the desk, only to then find a sign on the studio door that class has been canceled today because the floors are being refinished. What??? Oh man, try to explain that to this little face.
