Hide and Seek

I've been trying to teach Kendra and she's getting the hang of it, but not quite. Here's how it went:

We start in the Kitchen and I tell her to count to five and then come find me. On try number 3, she kind of gets it. "One two three five!" I am running like crazy to the bedroom a few feet away. I make it. 1 second later she finds me. This continues a while longer when she realizes it would be easier to find me if she knew where I was to begin with so she starts telling me where to hide!

"Hide here mommy" ... yes, I hide behind the door like she says. She runs to the kitchen and says, "One, three, five!" She runs to the bedroom and looks 3 different places before finding me.

This goes on for a while.

So then I try to her to hide. I tell her to hide behind the door. I run to the kitchen and count but each time I get to five, she comes out laughing, screaming and giggling, "found me!!!!"

We switch again. She counts, "One, Five!" I'm running like hell now. You should see me fly over the bed to the other side on the floor before she gets around the corner.

So, she's learning. I'm proud of her and she's having lots of fun.

A Day at Echodale

We went out to Echodale with Candace, Kristie and Theresa. The weather wasn't overly hot. It was just right for us. The girls took Kendra in the lake and played and played and played with her. They then went over to the farm to say the baby animals. When they came back, Kendra wanted to go in the water again. She kept them going! She had some ice-cream and fries too. They played on the sand and built sandcastles.

I have almost set up for the Garage Sale. I wonder if anyone will come? It'll be held on Friday and Saturday. There really is so much stuff. Perhaps I'll have another garage sale at the end of the summer.

Parentlink

Today we went to Parentlink for the third time. The first time was when I had a day off in the spring. Kendra did ok and seemed to enjoy herself. We went again on Tuesday and Kendra seemed bored. She was tired because she'd been up late because of the new bed. I had to be next to her at all times and during song and story time, she was glued to me. Today she did much better. She participated in the activities, helped clean up and was one of the first to sit down when story time was announced. She sat right at the front. She looked so grown up. After a bit, she did come and sit by me though. At snack time, she raced to the tray and picked out some cookies. She knew what she wanted and how to get it. My baby is growing up!

We then went to Central Park. Kendra wasn't interested in the waterpark, so we headed over to the swings. She went on the swings, the slide, the merry go round, and the 'rides'. We tried the waterpark again, but she wasn't interested.

Lunch was chicken soup and crackers and yogurt for dessert. Naptime was easy.

After nap, we went outside and played in the sand. She watered all my plants for me and then played in the water with her dump truck, bucket and shovel. What a cutie!

Tonight she talked to Grandma. She also has a new imaginary friend. She keeps looking in the glass of the door and saying, "monkey!"

Bed was easy tonight too. I think we she take down the crib.

Bed Success

I think we have her in her bed now. She happily jumps in with her toys and goes to sleep. Last night she seemed wired though and wouldn't go to sleep. We had to take her for a drive, but she slept all night. She's been getting up early though so less sleep for Kendra. I'll try to get her to bed early tonight. She is just having so much fun now that it's summer.

Yesterday we went to Kindergym and ran into Tish and Terry-anne. Then we went to Kin Coullee and ran into Toby and Sarah. I miss those guys. We haven't been out with them in ages. We are going to the park next week together, but I might try and call them to get together sooner.

Her bed.

We are bed training if that is what you can call it. We got her a cute little princess bed. She can say princess well and can identify it on the bed. Tonight I slept on the floor for a bit beside her while she was in her bed, but she wouldn't go to sleep. Then she had a crying spell. I talked her back into the bed by telling her that she could take any toys she wanted into bed. She liked that idea and grabbed her dolls, some more stuffed animals and anything that would fit on her bed. She crawled in and I said good night. She played for a while longer and then cried. Not fiercely, just sulking kind of cry. She finally went to sleep at about 10pm. Her usual bedtime is at about 8pm.

Funny things that she did this past weekend.

She demands to wear a seatbelt when she uses the potty. When I tell her that she doesn't need one, she grabs her little broom, lays it across her thighs and screams, "That, seatbelt!"

She's on the swing. John lifts her up and is ready to let her go swing. She screams, "Say When!!!" Apparently John always tells her "say when" just before he drops her.

I tell Kendra she is a funny little girl and she says ,"funny face!" and immediately puts her fingers in her mouth to pull it open as wide as it can go.

We're in a restaurant and she lets out a big fart. A LOUD one. I whisper to her to say 'excuse me'. She turns to the restaurant and screams, 'scuuuuuuuuse me' again and again and again.

I'm sure there is more, but those are the ones that are sticking out in my mind.

Potty Training???

So school is out and the yearbook is done. I'm so happy to be out. Kendra's last day of her dayhome was Tuesday. She is really going to miss Kandace, Kennedy, and Kylie.

On Wednesday we went out to Echodale. Kendra loved the water and tried to venture out to the deep area before I caught her. I then tried to take her out deeper and she cried. What a mixed up child. We had McD's for lunch.

On Thursday I decided it was potty training time. She has been pee on the potty lots before and even went poop last week. I bought her 7 pairs of underwear and some training pants. I got her up and put her on the potty. Success! I kept her diaper off and put underwear on. I gave her lots to drink. I put the time on the stove for 20 minutes. Well, in the next hour we went through 4 pairs of underwear and she peed on the carpet. I don't think she is ready. So on went a pull up. I give up.

Today (Friday) , she went on the potty when she got up again. I decided to use Dora as an incentive. (We have a Dora video.) We kept the pull up on and went to the waterpark at Central Park. She had a great time with all the kids there. When we came back, she started to grunt like she was going to poop. I put her on the potty and a bit came out and then told her to do more and then we'd watch Dora. She did! That's actually the third time she's pooped in the potty. She didn't pee in the potty anymore today.

I think I just have to take it more slowly.

Anyway, we have new neighbours. Victoria (mom), John (dh) and Sidney (dd). Kendra loves Sidney. We went over to their balconey and Kendra played bubbles with her. They had a neat blower from Gymboree. I have to find Kendra one of those.