Yesterday, the kiddos were drawing when Nuala came up to me and said, "I draw 'A'!" And sure enough, there it was. An almost perfect 'A'. She then proceeded to enjoy her newfound skill by "drawing" lots and lots of A's. It was so cute how pleased she was with herself! She's pretty good at them, but does she have to get big so fast??
We haven't been working on writing hardly at all. I mean, sometimes when I'm writing their names, I let them hold the marker or whatever and guide their hand, but that's it. Maybe she's ready to start... She accidentally drew an 'N' later, but doesn't quite have that down... It's really interesting having these guys and seeing their differences at exactly the same age. Bran will color for about 30 seconds before he's off looking for a sword or foraging for food or climbing something he shouldn't be climbing...Nuala will sit and draw and color for a good chunk of time. She loves it!I taught the kids' class (N&B and the only other little one, 4-yr old Mia) at church on Sunday, and brought a little Noah's Ark craft to do that involved some coloring and then gluing animals in the ark. Nuala and Mia enjoyed it, and took their time, but Bran...after his 30 seconds the boy was done and ready to bounce off the walls. Luckily I knew he'd be like that (I mean, he is 2), so I was ready for it, but still...the difference is interesting. And not to brag, but Mia did say, "You're a GREAT teacher!" Yeah...I know...haha ;) Unfortunately, I had to drag the compliments out of my own two, but again, I blame that on their age. Yeah.
And here she is with her potty chart! Filled it all up with stickers really, really fast. Actually, the potty charts were mostly to get Bran interested/excited about going on the potty since she was pretty much done training by the time we started them, but it hasn't really taken with him. In the 2 weeks we've had it, he's gone...maybe 6 times? Sigh. Nuala is potty trained totally, except we put a diaper on her at night just 'cause we haven't bought any mattress protectors yet. But even so, she's almost always dry in the mornings. It's great! Now if only Bran would decide he's ready...that boy loves his diapers!
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Fiona I feel your pain its a boy thing cause Mathias doesnt care if he goes in the toilet at all!! Annie on the other hand has come and got us a couple times to sit on the potty. Nualas A are great I finally just got Mathias to sit and color at all!!
How cool! Very nice A's by Nuala, and awesome job with the potty training chart. Bran is so cute, hopefully he will be interested in potty training soon! I'm sure you were a great teacher, it's nice to have the affirmations of a four year old ;)
Yeah Nuala! It is amazing the difference between kiddos! Paige was similar, starting to write around 2 or 3 and Jonah just started writing his name regularly this week (at 4 1/2). He's obsessed with this new skill just like Nuala with all her "A"s. Currently there are a LOT of "JONAH"s written all over the sidewalk at the park...
I hope you can get Bran going in the potty soon! Would he just go on the floor if you left him semi-nude? Or would he go right to the potty? I have found that my kiddos did really well with this method for a while- they were able to wear pants once they could make it to the bathroom and wait to get their pants down. Good luck!
Hi there ... that was wonderful :) Imagine one of your "babies" being able to write some of the abc's ... guess she knows them, just doesn't know how to write too many of them yet... Bran'll do it when he's good'n ready :) Nuala looks plenty pleased with herself and her cool charts! Thanks :) Love, Mom (Dad too) xox
Oooh, Nuala! Way to go on the writing AND the potty! Goodness, Fiona, her A's are great! She must have been motivated by wanting to write to her beautiful, wonderful, talented, rich Auntie Aislinn. Right? Huh? Huh? ;o)
Rowan has zero desire to be potty trained, either. Last week, he hid in a clothes rack at the store so he could, um, do his thing...without me watching. He knew I'd ask if he wanted to go sit on the potty. Too bad he scared the heck out of me by hiding! Anyway, yeah...no boy potty training going on here, either. Sigh. But KUDOS again to Nuala! :D Can't wait to see you guys in just a few short months!
Way to go Nula. Way to go Bran. They are both growing up so fast. Those A's make me think your kids are pretty smart. Maylee has picked up things really fast and her abc's are one thing she has known for a while.
Go Nuala!!!!
Wow an A and potty trained!!! She is doing great.
And Bran, well, with that smile of his, he can just wear diapers forever and steal steal a lot of hearts!!!
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