Sunday, May 17, 2009

Dollar Store Decisions

Since attempting to have the girls sleep together in the same bed and room for the last couple of weeks, there have been some difficult nights and some rather easy ones. So, after a few days of them getting up out of bed, fighting, playing hide and seek, screaming, pinching, hitting, kicking and Jeremy or me having to go in and settle them down, I decided to do a reward chart. Each night they go to sleep in their bed together, go to sleep rather easy, and sleep all night, they get a star sticker. It's on a weekly basis, so at the end of the week we count how many stars they got and see if they got enough for a treat or surprise. Here's the reward chart:
3 stars-get to do bubbles
4 stars-get to play with play-doh (which is not one of my favorite activities)
5 stars-get to cut with scissors (Camden LOVES to cut and I never let her do it b/c she cuts the tiniest pieces up and they get everywhere)
6 stars-Mommy will get them a surprise
7 stars-a trip to the Dollar Store and they get to pick one thing

Well, the first week didn't go so good. They only got 2 stars, which left them with no treat. But, week 2 they did awesome. I'm not saying they didn't get out of their bed or they didn't hit/kick/fight, etc... And, they did get several swats on the bottom, but they did earn 7 star stickers for the week. So, after church today we went to the Dollar Store and they were in heaven. Claire found a bear, which she thought she wanted, until she found the babies. Then her mind was made up. Camden, on the other hand, took FOREVER to pick. She was so indecisive about her treat. She would find one thing and carry it around and then put it back and pick up something else. I finally had to give her a time limit. She, too, picked a baby doll. They were so thrilled to be able to pick out their own prize!! Way to go Camden and Claire for sleeping good ALL WEEK!!! Let's try for another great week!



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