This Just In–
A certain Brooke Golden stayed, by herself, in nursery THE ENTIRE TIME! Dallas and I were able to enjoy Sunday School together for the first time in ages.
It was a glorious Sabbath in our neck of the woods.
Brooke
A Great Idea of How to Get Your Toddler to Stay in Nursery By Herself
Brooke has a wonderful time in nursery. She loves eating the snacks, singing the songs, coloring the pictures, playing with the toys, seeing friends, and popping bubbles at the end. The problem is she only loves these things if Mom or Dad is in nursery with her. The second we try to leave, nursery turns into an unbearable place and Brooke’s uncontrollable screaming can be heard echoing through all the halls.
I didn’t mind staying in nursery with her at first. I would stay for the first hour and Dallas took over for the second hour. However, with Baby Girl #2 on her way (and yes, at this point that is her name), I feel a sense of urgency to get Brooke to become more independent.
That’s when inspiration struck.
Brooke is a quick learner, especially when we explicitly show her exactly what to do. I decided to create a diorama of nursery. I used an old box to make the nursery room and Dallas printed pictures off of Brooke and her friends and us.
We unveiled the masterpiece at Family Home Evening.
Here’s Brooke with her friends:
Mom and Dad DO NOT go in nursery. This is a phrase we said at least 100 times.
Snack time!
Moving the table out and adding the blanket for singing time:
Bubbles at the end!
Throughout the week, we often pulled out our miniature nursery and Brooke practiced playing happily with her friends WITHOUT Mom and Dad in nursery with her.
It’s been two weeks since we introduced the play nursery to Brooke. It’s been two weeks that we’ve been drilling it into her head that Mom and Dad do not go in nursery with her. Has it worked either week?
Not one bit.
ARRRRGGGG!
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Cinco de Mayo – Day 31
Well, today is the last day of my thirty-one day marathon. Some of you are happy that I’m done since Rebecca hasn’t felt compelled to post anything and you are only here for Rebecca. For those of you who are going to have to have therapy from separation anxiety, I’m sorry that this has had to come to an end.
In honor of today’s last post I planned an event to give you something to read about. We celebrated Cinco de Mayo. The Latin American blood runs deep in our family. Rebecca and I spent a day in Tiajuana on our honeymoon.
To help us celebrate I built a pinata out of flour and old newspaper.
As it happens, the only spray paint we have is gold so it was our golden egg.
We invited the Fraziers and the Lintons to join us because it is more fun in numbers. We also invited another neighbor who was walking by.
I didn’t think it would take so much force to open up the pinata. It’s only newspaper and flour.
Ava, Emma, and Brooke loved the idea of candy!
We all got together on dinner and had a great Mexican feast.
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Daddy Day at Hill Air Force Museum – Day 27
Yesterday Brooke and I went with our friends for a Daddy Daughter activity. We took our girls up to the Hill Air Force Base Museum.
Emma, Ava, and Brooke all got to sit together on the same row in the van. Brooke seemed to enjoy it but she wasn’t entirely sure about it. When we were leaving, Brooke was crying for her mom. Watching Wall-e on the DVD player calmed her right down and kept the girls occupied for the trip to the museum.
This was my favorite plane as a kid. It is still really cool. We even had the G.I. Joe Blackbird.
Brooke solutes all our airmen who are risking their lives to protect our country.
On the way home Emma and Ava fell right to sleep but Brooke was wide awake for the entire trip home.
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Sunday Babies – Day 25
Last Sunday after church Brooke and her friends Ava and Emma were playing in our yard. They were so cute that I had to run and get the camera for some pictures. It’s great to have little girls the same age as Brooke in our complex.
