4 year old accomplishments

4 year old accomplishments:

Ann learned to float on her own in the big pool with her floaty jacket and a noodle. That made swimming much more fun.

Ann had her 4 yr checkup at the doctor this week. I left Lynsey at home with Caleb so that I could hold Ann for her 4 shots! After that torture I took her to get ice cream.

Ann no longer gets a pop-ice every time she poo-poos. She took the news really well (I thought it would be hard to break that reward). And she is learning to wipe her own poo-poos. One less dirty butt for me to wipe. :)

We went to orientation tonight for the Pre-K class she will be going to. Florida offers all kids pre-k for free. Starting Monday, Ann will go to school M-F from 8:30 - 11:30. I'm so thankful the church/school is only 5 min from our house. On our way there tonight she said, "I"m so nervous"... but I think she was more excited than nervous.

For other mommies out there... I had been struggling with Ann's naptime. She would go 4-5 days with no nap and be really whiney by dinner time. The 6th day she would crash in the afternoon for 2-3 hours and be up until 10:30 at night. So I started sending her to bed for naptime with a timer. This has been a lifesaver. She stays in bed for 25 min until the timer goes off and most days she falls asleep. When I hear the timer - I go in and wake her up. This short nap prevents most meltdowns at the dinner table and she is still tired enough to fall asleep by 8:30. Naptime problem solved for now!

Logan had an early birthday party because their family will be out of town during his b-day. It was a really fun morning/lunch. Logan is really into horses. The kids are usually jealous of the turtle floaty that Lynsey rides in the pool. So while I was looking for something for Logan - I found a blue donkey (or horse) for 3-5 year olds. He loved it. Kristie said - "thanks to Stacy, my son will never learn to swim now." :)