This summer

this year i have decided that i know that daycare is closed from a certain time. i will take some time off for the first time and spend it with my family and we'll do day trips. and maybe even get to go somewhere this year. we haven't gone on a family vacation in awhile.

by this summer he'll be 5 years old so i will have to look into places to go for a 5 year old. i can't believe i am thinking about summertime already.

Lead by example..

M learns so much by just watching D and myself. He sees how we are and takes in what we teach. I am slowly learning that 'do as I say not what I do' isn't a good thing to say to him anymore. If I want M to be the man I hope he will be D and I must show him by example too.

Right now I am trying to teach him to appreciate what he has. And if he doesn't play with a toy that we need to give it to another child that will play with it.. And that it is a nice gesture to give to people that have less than us. The other day I was cleaning his room to pack away the baby toys. Or the toys that he doesn't really play with. The next day he comes to me and gives me one of his toys and tells me that we can give this to another child. Because he wanted to share it. He just melts my heart.

Now what I need to learn is to not just buy random things. I want to teach him that when you buy something for yourself it's a reward. That you need to not only have money to buy items whether it be for yourself, a gift, gas, bills or groceries.. But you need to put money aside for a rainy day. As I am starting to practice this I will teach him after I master the 'budget'..

Bed battles....

Ever since we've M into his big boy bed he has never slept in past 6:30am... more like in our room between 1-6am.. and always up between 5-6am. Now lately we have been having a battle on going to sleep. It takes him over an hour to fall asleep.. But he still wakes up the same time. What should a mommy do? I have tried putting him to bed earlier and even later but that doesn't work..

I think I will have to resort to giving him rewards for staying in his bed and staying there to fall asleep....

what's a mom to do?

after getting my coffee for the morning i am ready for whatever the day brings..

i am thinking that maybe i should start waking up even earlier so that i can hurry and get ready and then eat my bfast with M while he drinks his milk. i love the kid so much but really tired of trying to get him to finish faster than an hour.. the question of the day is how do i get my little man to eat and drink faster. do i use the reward system??? do i bribe? what should a mom do in this situation???