So far so good!

Two days down and the charts are working wonders!! Anytime my daughter's behavior becomes out of control or she won't obey with ease, I simply tell her I will remove her 'Happy Heart' star and she will not earn all of her stars for the day. She immediately complies and says 'Please don't take my Happy Heart star Mommy." I tell her she can have one more chance! She giggles with joy and then hours later she asks me "Mommy, do I have a Happy Heart right now?" I tell her yes and she is pleased! I guess she likes this!? I hope this works because I am tired of begging her to obey. It seems as though SHE is carrying the desire to behave now and with a happy heart! I like it and I hope it becomes contagious! The best part is I have not mentioned a prize or reward. So she is motivated by the stars. I don't know if or when to add a reward. It may be naive, but I hope she just gets it without the reward as the focus.

On another note, my son is now in a big boy bed too! Last night we took off the 'bars'! :o) haha Now that I look back, I do NOT think we planned it out too well though!! It was an innocent mistake! We were getting the kids ready for bed and an impulsive bug bit us! Let's take JB's bed rails down since he did so well the other night. The kids were ecstatic, jumping and screaming and dancing! What were we thinking? So then, this was the ultimate worst! My husband was caught up in the joy and the freedom-vibe racing through our veins, when the question came! "Can I sleep in JB's bed too?" Before he realized what he said, my husband enthusiastically says 'Sure'! I knew we had gone too far.

Two minutes later, we hear 'pitter, patter, pitter, patter, door opening, then DaAad'. It was JB feeling bold with his new found freedom. That was round 1 of at least 10 (no joke!). After 2 times we separated the kids and so by the 10th time JB was down for the night. Tonight he was only up 3 times. I hope he will not get up at all next time!! Progress!

Ok, I debated whether or not to share this picture. Here it is! I had to share it because I have had this on my to-do-list all week long! I finally cut the pattern and the material (not pictured) last night! I had to share this because it took so long to get this step done! Once the material is cut it is a breeze! Looking forward to sharing the finished product with you by Monday! It is going to be a halter dress! Keep tuning in to see the final product!