November 11, 2011

Friday - Happy Veteran's Day. I was off work today for the holiday but I worked 6 hours at Holiday House. My shift was in the Merchant Lounge. We prepared meals, snacks, and drinks for the merchants. It was hard work! 

That night my sis came over for visit. We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse and came back to the house for a little silly fun! :)

November 10, 2011

Thursday - My dad came for a visit to babysit Alec on Friday. I was late getting home from work and the dinner I cooked in the crockpot didn't work out so we headed to Corky's for a dinner. Eric took this pic and I stole it from him - it's only funny to those who know the story! :)

November 9, 2011

I was too fast and I couldn't get a pic of him wearing his pirate eye patch.

Alec and Daddy having dinner at McDonald's

Wednesday - Tonight I went to the Holiday House preview party. I shopped till I dropped! I didn't get home until almost 10 and was pretty tired. Eric and Alec had a boy's adventure and went to McDonald's for dinner.

November 8, 2011

Tuesday - Some pics from dinner tonight.

November 7, 2011

Monday - We've had a terrible case of the terrible 2's lately, mostly on work/school mornings during the week. Alec doesn't want to get dressed or brush his teeth - he screams and fights us the entire time. He's also started biting again at school, which is serious and upsetting to me. It's hard to discipline Alec when he does something at school because we aren't there when it happens. So, we decided to try a reward chart to help with the problem. Alec gets a star on his chart every time he does one of his "chores" without throwing a fit and he gets a star for not biting, hitting, or kicking at school. If he gets all stars during the day he can watch Dora, Thomas, or Sesame Street when he gets home from school. If he gets 22 stars during the week, he gets a special surprise on the weekend.

So far, the chart seems to help, he gets really excited to get stars. It's not a given reward though, we've already had some days where he only got one star. As he gets better and masters the 4 "chores" we'll add some more to help with other problem areas. We'll see how it goes.

November 6, 2011

Sunday - Alec spent the night at Grandma's last night. So, Eric and I woke up early today went for our long run for 1/2 marathon training and then headed to Ya Ya's for brunch. We ate so much! I snapped this pic while were eating.

November 5, 2011

Saturday - We found Alec a fireman's suit on clearance in the Halloween costumes. He loves the hat and will just put on and run around the house. In these pics, he's standing on our bed looking in our dresser mirror at himself - I guess he found it funny. I think it's cute. :)