New plan...

Well... since swimming outside is about done (maybe a few more days), but summer is over (can you tell I'm bummed about this?!? I keep mentioning it!).  I needed a new plan with the kids.  I read these blogs (not people I know), just through random searches, and some people do TONS of awesome stuff with their kids.  It makes me feel pretty lousy to be honest.  I mean, we watch Mickey Mouse, "Bob" (Veggietales) and read books.  Seriously, our days get pretty boring and I feel bad about that.  So... our new plan is to make every Monday library day.  Yes, it's more books, but it's also time to play with puppets, learn to listen to others (during library time, which won't start until Sept) and basically get out of the house.  Caylee and I used to do library time in Lexington every week.  We moved up here and I never really got settled with a library.  So we headed out yesterday, got a library card and checked out 2 books.  This will also be good for me because I can read more in the evenings.  I enjoy reading and it will be a nice down time for me.  Caylee loved the library.  She loved all the books and the special kid chairs and everything.  Hopefully, this will be fun and encourage more fun things for us to start doing.

I'm also looking into buying more craft supplies.  We're doing well with our ABC's (she repeats after me, but still... and Micah is very attentive when I do the signs for the alphabet- so funny!) so now I need construction paper and basics so we can work on other crafty things.  Glueing, coloring, stickers, paint... all things she enjoys, but I don't do enough of.   

This is my new plan... clearly, not well worked out, but I also realize the older she gets (and Micah gets) the more I need planned out and the more I need to be teaching them to do things since we don't get anything else (a mother's day out program or even craft stuff during SS- it's all just childcare-- my kids can definitely handle more than that!).


First time she checked out a book...