No pugger!

We decided to take the pacifier away from Addison last night. We weren't sure how it would go since she sleeps so well with it. But she doesn't get it any other time and she naps at daycare without it (she does get it for naps at home). We put her to bed with it since she was too wound up to just go to bed. I took it way once she was sleeping. She woke up crying around 11 and I got all setup to spend the night on the floor...pillow and blanket. She cried pretty hard for about 5 minutes then just snapped out of it and relaxed. I held her for a few more minutes then laid her in her bed. Waited until she was asleep then I went back to my bed. Didn't hear from her the rest of the night!!! She woke up the usual time in the usual way...6:15 banging on her door, but not crying for her 'pug'. Let's hope today's nap and tonight go at least as well.

Addie's Bedtime

Addie's bedtime usually consists of putting her in bed and then having her gently rattle her door a few minutes later. This happens once or twice on a usual night. If she's being a stinker then it's several times. Well, tonight she is being a real big stinker. Not only is she rattling the door but she was playing with a nightlight. We moved the nightlight then a little while later we thought we heard her closet door moving. I went to check on this and when I opened the door she was nowhere to be seen. She had gone into the closet and closed the door!
It's bedtime...why aren't you sleeping?!?

WOW Payton...

So as you all know Payton is in the 4 year old preschool room at the girls daycare. She has been doing very well in there. Her teacher sent home flashcards to work on her phonics because she could see that Payton was really excelling with her letters and sounds. Because this really is a kindergarten readiness room they split the room to work on different things and the kids that are starting kindergarten in the fall are put into reading groups. Payton will be put into a reading group next January because she will be started kindergarten in the fall of 2010 because of her late birthday. Well.... her teacher pulled me aside this afternoon when I picked up Payton and said that Payton has really been doing exceptionally well on her phonics. So much so that she would like to put her into a reading group! She feels that she is ready and that she really is more advanced than the rest of the kids in her group. We are very proud of her! She said that she will just gradually introduce this to her, but she thinks she will be fine. Nice job Payton!

Not much

Facebook has been taking up a bit of Tina's time lately (a bit of mine as well) so the blog hasn't gotten any attention.
Nothing too exciting going on lately. Most of our snow is gone since we've had 40+ weather with rain and lots of wind. I'm sure we'll get hit with at least one more below zero snap and a few inches of snow before winter officially ends. It has been nice not having to bundle the kids in the arctic explorer gear every time out of the house.