Elizabeth was able to go to the fire station with some of her cousins and their playschool group. She sure does enjoy spending time with cousins. She has been practicing her STOP, DROP and ROLL and how she would get out of the house if the fire alarms went off. She was enthralled with the fireman putting on his suit. It was so cute to watch the fear in the kids after he put on his mask and started talking with the oxygen going. Soon, they all warmed back up to him and realized he didn't magically turn into a monster.
Elizabeth has been so into puzzles lately... she concentrates super hard on them. She can sit there and do them for hours! In this picture, I couldn't even get her to look up!
If any of you know Elizabeth, she is so stubborn! I have really struggled this year with the terrible 3's. I felt like I had tried everything (positive attention, negative attention, a reward system, etc. etc.) She was really starting to drive me crazy because I just could not get her to do anything that I wanted her to do! This is really a new thing for me because my other 2 kids just listen to me. Well, I call it inspiration because I didn't think about it until I was on my knees about it one morning. Rewarding her with MARBLES? Silly me, this idea that has been around forever and I've never tried it (In fact Christian's teacher uses it in their classroom). We found this really cute snowman jar and told her that we would let her put in a marble every time she quickly obeyed us or did something nice without being told to. It has been a week and I tell you what, it has been the ticket to better behavior for this stubborn girl. Last night she said, "I'm going to just keep doing good things until the jar is all full!" I then said, "then we'll get another jar!" I have had so much more fun with her! I sure do love my Lizzy Lou!
