The kids have sticker charts that they fill up for doing things around the house or for good behavior. When they fill it up, they earn 2 Shedd dollars where they can buy items off of the list of rewards. Things cost 1, 2 , and 3 dollars. The kids can pick things off the list to "buy" like a piece of candy, a coin to ride a ride outside the store, a Sprite, 20 min computer time, etc. They also have a Super Duper Chart that they work on together. They can earn stickers for this chart by going above and beyond what is expected of them. It has worked really good and they get excited for each other when someone is rewarded with one of the Super Duper stickers. After they fill it up they will get a surprise reward. After 4 months, they have filled up the chart! Jonathan and I had seen this playground tucked away in the back of a bookstore. We thought it looked like a fun place to bring the kids to, so that was their reward. The kids loved jumping on the trampoline and all of the other cool stuff inside (we did, too!).
This was Lauren's first time to play in one of these cars and she had so much fun driving them around. She kept saying "qi che" (ride car). It reminded me a lot of when the older two were little and used to ride in the little cars in the gym on Sunday mornings.
They had a little zip line for the bigger kids...
a climbing wall...
and one of the biggest ball pits I have seen.
One of Lauren's favorite toys right now is a ball, so she really didn't know what to do with herself with so many balls surrounding her. She was so excited!
Katherine wouldn't slow down enough for us to get a picture of her, but Regan managed to get this picture of her. We all had a blast and the kids came home worn out...bonus! Bedtime was a breeze! :) We also decided to have pizza for dinner since it was a special day. Yum!The next picture will give you a little insight as to why we have a hard time getting our 2 year old to sit at the table and eat at dinner time.
Our Ayi rides around with Lauren and feeds her while she plays. It is very common here for kids not to feed themselves for a while and for the parents or whoever to just follow the kids around wherever he/she wants to go and feed them. This is why we have a very confused two year old at dinner time. She wonders why we don't shovel food into her mouth and we expect her to sit with the rest of the family at the table. We have seen some improvement recently on this, but it is still a daily battle.FYI for our loyal followers and so that you don't worry...
We will be on vacation next week, so we will not have a blog post. We are very excited about our trip and time with family. It's already been an adventure in just trying to get tickets! (more on that anther time). I'm sure we will have plenty of pictures to show you soon!
