I Do Stuff I Find on Pinterest - Positive Reinforcement

Here's another Pinterest find that I have implemented. We only just started it within the past week and I'm already noticing a difference in my children's behavior. The concept is simple. If you notice your child doing something good, you add a pom-pom to their jar! Then they get something good. I'm finding my children already trying harder at things. I don't ALWAYS give them a pom-pom for good behavior, just when I think they have been exceptionally good! 

I Do Stuff I Find On Pinterest

Yes, I actually do stuff that I find on Pinterest. Usually it's just recipes, but today I started the jar you're supposed to open on New Year's Eve. You write down only good stuff that happens to you through out the year on scraps of paper and throw them in the jar. On December 31, you read them all so you remember the good times you had. We'll see if I can actually stay on top of this little project. 

Good Christmas

Here are most of the presents I got for Christmas. I'm happy with my haul.

New Faucet

Right before Christmas, Garrick finally replaced our old leaky faucet. I love the new one, it's beautiful. 

More Curriculum

Everyone everyone everyone keeps telling me that The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer is THE history curriculum to do if you are homeschooling. So, I ordered it on Amazon and it just came in yesterday. I also bought a gallon of Elmer's glue and got two new pairs of scissors for Christmas. Adding to the homeschool mess that we have going on. 

Christmas Eve Activities

Our activities for Christmas Eve included making snowflakes, decorating sugar cookies and writing a letter to Santa. We got some snow, big heavy flakes, in the morning but then it turned into rain. We cut out snowflakes to try and encourage the snow to stick around. Trent wrote his first ever letter to Santa Clause all by himself! We did help him with the spelling. Then the boys decorated our second round of cookies for Santa. All in all, it was a very nice Christmas Eve. 

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Tracking Santa

Here are the boys tracking Santa Clause on Christmas Eve using the iPad.