Springtime 2012/Easter pics

More family photos

Family Photos

Thanks again to my friend Kasey Bassett (Kasey Bassett Photography) for taking our photos. A few violin lessons were well worth it! (o:

It's been awhile since I last blogged because pictures were taking FOREVER to download. I tried these and they worked...quickly.... go figure. Maybe I made these smaller? I don't remember what I tried last time. Anyway, 3 of these are from Christmas. If you notice the two of Garrison on Christmas are a sequence. John hit Garrison over the head and Garrison's knee-jerk reaction was to elbow John and you see the consequence in the next picture. (Garrison looks pretty worried, huh?!!!, oh and we also see that John had been trying on Lorelei's shoes! (o:) John was okay at least. Oh, and Garrison made the indian getup at Thanksgiving time.

A little of what I've been up to...

John's been very aggressive with other children so do YOU have any tips? With biting, I've stuck a bar of soap in his mouth to bite, and believe it or not, I've seen a decrease and thought he was over it for a week or so, but then he bit me yesterday.

Anyway, I turned to supernanny, (not too much help, honestly, concerning John) and found a link on her site to "The Ticket Store Game" which I thought could really help motivate Garrison and Lorelei in a positive way. The concept has really helped so far, and I REALLY hope it continues to work. I really liked the game, but wanted to list the activities/chores they could do to earn tickets so that it was more clear for them. This Disney Family Fun magazine article helped me: http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/make-a-job-chart-1022607/

I tweaked it some to fit Garrison and Lorelei, adding clip art... which I could e-mail to any of you sisters if you by chance want it. Above, are the end results...

Just pics...

Thank you to Kasey Bassett for the professional photos in her studio!!!!