New Favorite Sayings

Here are some of the funny/cute things I noted Sydney saying over the past few months:

• Mommy, can you help me get all the icing off this cupcake?  Sure – where do you want me to put it?  In my mouth.
• Here Mommy – you take this (her flashlight), since you can’t have this (the popsicle I was in the middle of eating)!
• I have to collect all my things in this bag Mommy. Where are you taking them? I’m packing for college.
• I’m blowing hot air on you Mommy.
• Tigger and Puck are the nicest pets in the whole world.
• I didn’t get enough sleep last night.  I need to come cuddle with you (peeking her head over the top of the bed while I’m taking a nap on Sunday morning)

Time Outs

We’ve been testing time outs for a few months, really waiting until Sydney was three to enforce them on a regular basis. Sydney gets several warnings before a time out unless she isn’t gentle, which results in an automatic time out. She’s been getting time outs for two main reasons. The first is pushing Sabrina over, or sitting on her, or stomping on her, or being very “ungentle” in some other way. The second is for the everyday things she knows she isn’t supposed to do – like throwing things – but she does anyway to test us.

Here’s an example of an interaction after one of her latest time outs.

Sydney – “Can you ask me why I’m crying Mommy?”  Me – “Why are you crying?”  Sydney - Because you put me in a time out and I don’t like time outs.

20 minutes later: Sydney – “I decided I like time outs Mommy.”

Hmmm.  Maybe this time out thing isn’t working. I guess time will tell.

Swim Class

Sydney is taking swim classes once a week at Emler’s Swim School this summer.  We’ve been careful to call it “swim class” instead of swim lessons after the disaster we had last year. This time around we’re going slow and so far she’s enjoyed it. We started with the mommy and me class but our teacher recommended Sydney move uo to AquaTots where they swim with other kids and their teachers can be the “bad guys”…

We’ll have to wait and see how she does this week – it’s time yo go under the water!

Best of Hawaii

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