Reward Night

As I mentioned before, I didn't set any crazy, big, new goals for this year...but that doesn't mean I wasn't setting any. There is always room for improving something or accomplishing something. I just like this little system to keep our family in check. We are setting goals a month at a time. During FHE the first week in January, we set our goals. Throughout the month, we worked on them and encouraged each other. The first Monday in February, we had "Reward Night" and went out for ice cream to celebrate our accomplishments and then set new goals to work on in February. Each of the girls worked hard and completed their goals. I don't think anyone was more excited than Aubrey! (She learned to spell and write her name.) Alexis learned to count from 10-20 in French (she's known how to count to 10 in French since before she was two!) and Allie's goal was to count to five...and she learned to count to six. :) They loved getting their ice cream and they are all working hard on a new set of goals. Alexis has a spelling list of ten challenging words to learn; Aubrey is learning to recognize and write all the letters in the Alphabet and Allie is learning to recognize four shapes. (Easy goal in February...she has "hearts" mastered!) This has been a lot of fun to work on together. The girls are great to encourage each other. It's also a great "filler activity." Whenever we have a minute or two to stall before dinner or at the doctors office, etc., we spend a few minutes working on our goals. Learning new things and improving is envigorating!

(By the way, I take absolutely no credit for Aubrey's outfit. I don't think I even purchased any mismatched part of it! She is wearing crooked pj bottoms, a t-shirt, a Hannah Montana jacket with sequins, brightly colored socks that are almost upside down, and her shoes (which also don't match the socks) are on the wrong feet! (I wouldn't doubt that her underwear was also on backwards.) Perfect to go with her "cotton candy" ice cream (-yuck)! Her tongue was pink for days -she loved it! I told her she might turn in to "Pinkalicious." Allie is sporting a "kak-kak" (aka back-pack), which she absolutely HAD to stuff her blanket into and wear to the ice cream shop. Lexi, (I mean, Alexis,as she prefers to be called) altough dressed normally, is missing her two front teeth, which is a special look of it's own. Kids! They are great!)