What makes a good day at our house? Let me tell you what's been working in our favor lately. This sweet girl has been in such a good mood for 3 major reasons.
1: Her teacher has been allowing less homework. Holy cow! I cannot even begin to tell you what a burden this has taken off of our shoulders. Instead of making her do every part of the homework, her teacher has started "x"-ing out parts that Breanna really struggled with, so she doesn't have to complete that portion. This is AWESOME! Finally we have made a connection with this teacher! It has made a world of difference. She still fights a little to do homework (but really, what kid doesn't.) but she's getting it done in half the time, and she's not crying and arguing as much throughout the whole process.
2: The weather has been beautiful!! Now, we're not having a tropical heatwave, by any means, but it has been nice enough for the past 2 weeks to let this energetic, Big, "little" girl, get her wiggles out by playing outside after school. She has jumped on the trampoline so much, and just played in the grass...oh it makes me happy! Trying to keep her cooped up during the winter months has really not been easy. She did go play in the snow when we had it, but she got cold quickly, and cried because of it. So, this is a nice, much needed change in our seasons.
3: And last, but not least, we have had 2 birthdays in our house, plus a visit from Grandma and Grandpa--all within the last 10 days. She is always asking "what are we doing today after school?" or constantly needing something of significance to her, to look forward to. So, being able to celebrate little brothers' birthdays have been a great "upcoming activity" for her to look forward to. And she's been so surprisingly happy and understanding on their special days.
I'm hoping that with the weather changing, that her attitude will start to take a turn to the positive for the majority of the days ahead. And I'm also hoping it will help with her sleeping habits. She's hopefully going to use so much energy, she'll just tucker herself out, and sleep well, and through the entire night.
We are on a year round school schedule, so we have a break coming up. Breanna is also looking forward to some time off of school. The challenge for me, is to keep her semi-structured, enough so that I don't have the crazy fits while she is home. I don't want her to get bored, or spend too much time watching t.v. and movies. I need to make sure she stayed intellectually challenged and stimulated. Wish me luck!
Hope you have found what makes it a good day for you today!!
