Friday, June 18, 2010

Kristen week!

Well this week has been a fun adventure!
Adam and I have had a pretty crazy week but it has been really fun!
This last weekend we went to the temple which is always really refreshing and fun. We work in the laundry area at the temple every other Friday.
Kristen
This semester I got a calling of being a Choir president. I really like the calling because i get to help motivate people to come to choir and have excuses to make treats for people who do come. I also have the calling of Relief society directory specialist. It is always fun to finally get the directory finished and then 5 new girls move into our ward. But it is a fun calling because it helps me to get to know the girls faster.
I had a test this week for Anatomy and Physiology. Our teacher said it was the hardest exam that we would take all semester. So there have been some long hours put into studying and going to a tutor really helped me to make sure i understood everything. We are also studying muscles in my A&P lab class and we just started studying the muscles with cadavers. Interesting. The chemical the bodies are preserved in make my eyes and throat burn and when we have the test on the muscles we will be tested using the cadavers.
I babysit for a family that lives behind us. They have a little boy that is (i think) almost 2. He is really cute and super smart and most of the time is pretty helpful but this last time babysitting him you could tell he was getting into his terrible 2's. He is super smart! He can unload the dishwasher and put everything in the right places, change the load of laundry from the washer to dryer and put it in the right setting and then load all the dirty clothes into the washer. THIS IS A 2 year old! But yesterday when i was babysitting him he ate breakfast and wanted a snack. it was almost lunch time so i didn't want him to not be hungry for lunch. So i said "no" and he flipped out and started crying. I let him cry for a few min seeing if he would stop and it didn't so i gave him a few animal crackers. once he finished those he wanted more so again i said "no" and he started crying again. I tried to distract him with other things to see if he would stop. like i tried to get him to play with his blocks or drink some juice (which he loves) but he kept crying. If this were my kid i would probably let him cry it out but he was crying for a while so i finally gave in and gave him some apple which is at least healthy. does anyone have any suggestions on what to do in situations like this?! i am open to any!
The relief society had a fun activity this week. we got to bring a couple wedding pictures and talk about how we met our husbands, tell engagement stories and anything else that was funny. It was really fun getting to know some of the girls in our ward that much more. I loved the stories that some of the girls told! so funny!
This week in general went really well though i really enjoyed watching a movie with Adam! We got Alice in Wonderland from netflix and it is pretty good. I thought it was a fun twist on the classic alice story! We decided that it wouldn't be a movie we would buy but it was worth watching.

2 comments:

  1. I agree with your assessment of Alice and Wonderland. I think I liked it better than any other Alice movie I had seen, however, not well enough to own it.

    Your relief society activity sounded like so much fun. I'm going to have to store that idea away. I just got called to be on the enrichment board.

    I hope you did well on your test. Sounds like you put all sorts of preparation into it.

    As far as the little boy you babysit, I think you were trying the right thing with distraction. Consistency works too though it may take awhile for him to realize you really mean it. :) He sounds pretty smart to be able to do all those chores at his age. Maybe it would work to reason with him and let him know why you are doing what you are doing. I doubt it would have worked for any of my two year olds...but then they weren't doing the laundry either. :) Sometimes kids don't know the proper reaction and need to be taught what to say or do when they feel upset. If you feel upset that I didn't give you something to eat you can say, "Too bad, I hope I get to eat soon."

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