Titles

So, I’ve discovered that one of the major reasons I don’t blog more is that I really struggle coming up with titles for my posts!  Maybe I should switch to using titles that are just the current date.  But that’s so boring!

We are now less than a week away from the arrival of our new puppy, although I’m not sure arrival is the right word since we have to drive 8 hours to get her and then 8 hours back!  We have her kennel and play area ready to go.  We have a sport picked out for her ‘potty.’  We have food and treats ready and collars and leashes all set.  We have a bell by the door to train her to use it when she needs to go out.  Of course, it’s low enough right now that Alex can ring it, but we’re pretty sure he doesn’t need to go out.  It’s very cute… the kids have been pretending to take care of a dog all week.  Or they pretend to be a dog. 

Braden’s latest saying is “Dad, you’re up to your old tricks.'”  I honestly don’t know where he gets it.

It’s nice that springs seems to have sprung this week.  The kids got outside and played some this weekend.  It’ll be nice if it stays a little warmer for when the puppy is first potty training.  It’d be even better if it stays dry!

Alex has had quite a couple weeks.  Before this last week, he was unable to pull himself up to standing.  Now he can get stand up holding on to pretty much anything and everything.  He especially likes standing up by the tree in the living room… it’s fun to play in the dirt!  He can also climb stairs a little too easily now.  The other night I heard “Look at Alex!” and came into the living room to find him one step from the top of the stairs looking down at me and giggling!  I had only been out of the room for a few minutes and thought the stairs were blocked off.  We’ll definitely need to be more careful! 

And since I seem to be rambling so much, I thought I’d share a thought I had today.  Emma bit Braden pretty hard today.  It was a bit of a struggle disciplining her.  She was actually laughing about it.  We ended up sending her to her room because she wouldn’t apologize to Braden.  Eventually she calmed down and came to apologize to Braden.   That finally gets me to my thought… Braden’s reply was “That’s ok.”  And you know, I think a lot of us do the same thing.  Someone apologizes to you and you say “That’s ok…” or “No problem.”  And for adults, that is probably fine because we understand the apology and the underlying concept of forgiving people.  But when considering the same situation with a 3 year old, I have to think that’s probably not the right response.  Because the original action is most definitely not “OK.”  I wonder if a better reply might be “Thank you.”  Who knows… maybe I’ll switch to that response.