So this is my first contribution to the blog. Life has been very fast since we got married. Cali is well on her way to being two and I wonder where I was during all of this. Not that I've been absent, but little children grow up so fast; I can understand why some people say they miss it. Cali has been our entertainment over the last few years. She makes us laugh and makes us cry and sometimes both simultaneously. It certainly doesn't tickle when she opens our eyes while we are sleeping. :)
Cali does provide good entertainment from showing us new words to singing and taking care of her dolls so very well. She is very innovative, using baby facecloths as bedtime blankets for the two twin dolls in her care. She is quite the caretaker as well, willing to take the kleenex to unexplored regions up the dolls' nasal cavities. So needless to say, we haven't gone out for much entertainment; Cali provides quite a lot.
I'm continuing to teach all different subjects. I'm working on writing assessments that will be good indicators of progress so that will take a bit of time. It is sometimes depressing that the 4 or 5 hours I spend writing a good test, is written in 60 minutes and sometimes with little effort by the students. It makes me very relunctant to allow them to retest.
The basement has probably been a topic of discussion but we will leave that for another day...likewise for the basement...
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Potty Training in Progress
So today I decided to get serious about the potty training. I went out and bought reward stickers and a reward album. Cali is all about the stickers. I am pleased to report that we now have six stickers of progress in our book and one accident. I think that's pretty good; I will continue to report our progress. I found a great link to a few potty training songs if anyone is interested:
http://ca.pampers.com/en_CA/learning/pdf/LyricSheet_PPTDayCr_v1.pdf
They are pretty cute! Anything to motivate our little ones, right?
I am terrible at making banana bread, absolutely horrible! So today I decided to try a new recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com. It turned out lovely! Nice and moist with a soft top as oppose to my usual crunchy brunt one. I did burn the bottom though... but that's because I got distracted while it was in the oven. What a surprise getting distracted with a toddler in the house :) Anyway here is the link to the recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Sour-Cream-Bread/Detail.aspx
I will be sure to add more recipes that I like. I think that we could all use a few more good ones! Thanks for the feedback Chantelle!
Here are some new pictures from this year. Just click on that cute little picture below to get the slide show going.
http://ca.pampers.com/en_CA/learning/pdf/LyricSheet_PPTDayCr_v1.pdf
They are pretty cute! Anything to motivate our little ones, right?
I am terrible at making banana bread, absolutely horrible! So today I decided to try a new recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com. It turned out lovely! Nice and moist with a soft top as oppose to my usual crunchy brunt one. I did burn the bottom though... but that's because I got distracted while it was in the oven. What a surprise getting distracted with a toddler in the house :) Anyway here is the link to the recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Sour-Cream-Bread/Detail.aspx
I will be sure to add more recipes that I like. I think that we could all use a few more good ones! Thanks for the feedback Chantelle!
Here are some new pictures from this year. Just click on that cute little picture below to get the slide show going.
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Stupid Facebook
Okay, I have been spending too much time on facebook. So I decided to turn my attention to my blog. My poor blog!
Not too much has changed around here besides Cali. She is getting so big, I suppose she is no longer a baby. She often tells me her name is Cali and demands to do things on her own by clearing stating "self, self". She can pull on her own pants but often misses the back part, so she walks around with her diaper hanging out. Potty training is... going... today we had a great morning, no diaper but then this afternoon we had an accident. Oh well there's always tomorrow.
Work is great for both Ed and I. I myself an experiencing information overload. I have taken 4 courses in the past two months and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. Although I must say that my assessments and knowledge base are much improved.
Ed and I are both looking forward to our holiday in the summer. We plan to take a trip home to Nova Scotia. We are going to meet Uncle Steve there, I haven't seen him since he moved to Scotland in 2006. So this will be Cali's first encounter with her Uncle. I am excited to smell the ocean breeze... I had a dream about it last night. Only 5 more months!
This is a new video of Cali wearing my glasses that she broke... they are hers now. Here she is seen talking about the importance of using coupons before they expire. Something I have a hard time with.
Not too much has changed around here besides Cali. She is getting so big, I suppose she is no longer a baby. She often tells me her name is Cali and demands to do things on her own by clearing stating "self, self". She can pull on her own pants but often misses the back part, so she walks around with her diaper hanging out. Potty training is... going... today we had a great morning, no diaper but then this afternoon we had an accident. Oh well there's always tomorrow.
Work is great for both Ed and I. I myself an experiencing information overload. I have taken 4 courses in the past two months and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. Although I must say that my assessments and knowledge base are much improved.
Ed and I are both looking forward to our holiday in the summer. We plan to take a trip home to Nova Scotia. We are going to meet Uncle Steve there, I haven't seen him since he moved to Scotland in 2006. So this will be Cali's first encounter with her Uncle. I am excited to smell the ocean breeze... I had a dream about it last night. Only 5 more months!
This is a new video of Cali wearing my glasses that she broke... they are hers now. Here she is seen talking about the importance of using coupons before they expire. Something I have a hard time with.
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