Becca's Birthday Ect.

Today is Becca's 4th birthday man how time flies! It is hard to belive that she is that old and that we really do not have a baby any more. I have to keep telling my self that she is old enough and that she can do things. Today I made her take a shower and wash her self. I had to put her in and make her do it, but then she was ok with it. I have been pre-paring her for almost a week that she was going to have to start taking a shower when she turned 4. That way I was not just sprining it on her at the last second. I think if I would have done that it would have been much harder on her. She is very independent, but if she does not want to do something she will tell me that she is to little to do it. My responce to that is "oh are you a baby" and then she will usually do it. She is having a hard time with the other 2 in school all day. I have now become her play buddy of course I do not mind. I think she secertly likes all the one on one thime that she gets with me that the other kids do not get. I have been trying to teach her some things that she will need to know for kindergarten next year. She is a very happy girl who loves to dance and sing and play games with you. When you call her by a different name like "stinky" (as a joke) she say no that is not my name my name is Rebecca. We love her some much and are glad that she came into our family. I decied that I was tired of telling the kids that they need to do things before school so I made a chore chart of things that they have to do. I know this may seem weard to you, but I even got tired of telling the kids to take a shower in the morning so that is on the list. I think that are excited about it because it gives them something to do and they can get rewarded for doing it. They have to do it for 20 days and then I will give them a small reward. I put somethings that thay have to do twice a day on there to try and chalange them. Forinstance, thay have to do homework and brush there teeth twice a day. I reminded them when they went to bed what they had to do in the morning. They all got happy. I am also hoping that this will help with Lizzy too. She get so mean with me when I need to do home work with her. I am hopeing this will help her chill out. If I am reading with her and she dosen't know the word I make her sound it out she gets really mad and yells at me I do not know what it is tell me. I tell her that she needs to know what the word is and that she needs to become a better reader and the only way that she is going to be able to do that is by sounding it out. I am hoping that as the year progress that she will mellow out. I only hope that I was not like that for my mom because if I was I am sorry. We have been having some problem with our neibors. They have 5 yappy dogs and we have been worken up by them so we have called the police a few times. Now the wife is telling some people that Issac yelled at her so they have not been beeing very nice to us. When we try to say hi they will not talk back. I am very happy for Issac because of all the things that they have said or done he went to there house tonight and is helping them repair there roof. They are getting a new one and he is helping to take it off. We thought this might mend fences with them. Of course he only went over to help when there was someone else from the ward there who Issac could talk too. I think that made it less weard. I am proud (if I can say that) Issac for being the bigger man and going to help and not holding a grudge.