Sunbeams

Elliot is in sunbeams...how did that happen? He is certainly not old enough for that! He happens to agree and would much rather be in nursery. It has not gone well. I have a feeling it will be a long time before I get to go to my own classes again :(  He basically throws a tantrum the entire singing time, yelling "I wanna go home!" and then class time does not have toys or snack so that doesn't go great either. His teachers are from Brazil and don't speak super great english either so that makes it hard. They have tried really hard to get him to be happy, even bribing him with chocolate. Unfortunately he just yells "no" at them or "don't talk to me." They watched a little video about the plan of salvation and the whole time Elliot kept loudly saying "NO! I wanna watch Cinderelly! CINDERELLY!" I tried to convince him we'd watch it at home and that it was jesus's turn, but he did not care. Luckily he does pretty well during the coloring portion of class, but if I even stand up he freaks out. Sundays are rough. Thankfully Eleanor continues to be awesome and went all of church without eating and fell asleep in my arms while I tried to convince Elliot to be reverent during primary. She didn't make a peep. I was so amazed.

I started the potty training too. Its pretty horrible as i expected, but someday he will go on his own. Actually I should go check on him.

It's a good thing he is so darn cute though. I sure love him, even when he's being a little turkey.

New Year Resolutions

I like the Annaliese posts her resolutions so I am copying that.  I hope it will help me feel more accountable for my goals. I am trying to make them attainable too. I think these will work for me. 

Becky's New Years Resolutions:

Physical Heath Goals 

1. Work out 2x a week at the gym plus add at home exercises too. I have a decent amount of baby weight that needs to leave.  

2. Learn to like salad. I hate it so much, but I know its good for me and I want to eat healthier. I guess just eat more veggies in general. I don't know if I can actually like them or not.  

Family Goals 

3. Teach my kids. I was so much better at doing "mommy school" type stuff when Libby was little and I didn't have 2 others vying for my attention. Now that we are getting used to having 3 kids, I want to do better. Elliot the ABC's, shapes, numbers (he's got about half the alphabet and I've actually heard him count to 13 correctly). Libby to read (she is getting really good at sounding small words out, so I think this will be fun and not too hard if I get consistent) and Eleanor to crawl, walk, talk and hope she stays the happiest baby ever! 

4. Potty train the boy. It's past time. (Sigh). I really don't want to, but it needs to be done.  

Organizing and Etsy Goals 

5. Sew down my fabric stash. I want to have a sewing day like 1x a month or something where I just get as many projects done as possible. I have a lot I should do.  

6. Get into a better/more productive cleaning routine and be more organized. I got a filing cabinet for Christmas and I am hoping to cut down on paper clutter and file the mail as I open it. 

Spiritual Health 

7. Go to the temple 1x a month 

8. Read something uplifting everyday 

Liberty's Ballet Recital

Liberty started Ballet in August at a studio walking distance from our house (the main reason I chose it).  She has made lots of friends there and is doing well. It's pretty cute to watch them and about half the kids have a sibling close to Elliot's age that's in the waiting area so we all enjoy going. In June the class will be performing with all the older kids in a production of Sleeping Beauty. I"m excited, i'm sure it'll be adorable.  For Christmas they did a little in class recital for the parents. It's the Chinese dance from the Nutcracker.  Libby did much better in class practicing then on the video, I think she must have gotten nervous. All the girls were very excited when the teacher told them they got to wear special sparkly tutus for the performance. (Sorry for the shakiness, we were holding kids while recording)