Karalyn's Goody Jar

A few years ago I was shocked to find this entry written by my mother in my baby book when I was a year old: "very naughty and hard headed." How in the world could she have made that assessment about me when I was barely even old enough to walk?

What goes around comes around, it seems. A kid doesn't have to walk in order to have a stubborn streak but it sure doesn't help matters either. Karalyn definitely has my temper and hard-headedness. She will absolutely not give in to anything or anybody. I've never seen anything like it. Karl just laughs. "I have," he says. "She's just like you."

Today I bought a glass canning jar and a heavy bag of medium-sized, twinkly, mulit-colored "stones." The teachers at CCLC suggested I try this. I call it Karalyn's Goody Jar. It's a reward system. For each good behavior, Karalyn will have the privilege of putting a colored stone in her jar. When the jar is filled up she can have a treat. I haven't decided what treat yet, but something she likes. Maybe more playdoh. I just showed her the jar and stones. She was in a bad mood. She didn't respond. *sigh* No stones in the jar yet.

Sarah and Tara are going to implement this reward system in the classroom too, so the whole concept will be reinforced by them as well. I'm hoping Karalyn will catch on soon. I'm looking forward to her putting lots of stones in her Goody Jar.

Hey Karalyn, did you read the fortune before you put the cookie in your mouth? Whoops. Guess not.

6 Random Things About Me

I was tagged by Allibrew to share six random things about myself.

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post these six rules on your blog.
3. Write 6 random things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

Six random things about Tabitha:
1. I've attempted to play musical instruments 3 times in my life (Violin, Clarinet, & Piano)
2. Mosquitos loooooove me, in fact, I got over 10+ bites to prove it while standing in the park near dusk with Erik & Chhimi (FYI, they got NONE!)
3. I am a junk food addict, love the salty chips & fry foods
4. I was a Colorguard (aka flag spinner) in high school
5. I love to travel and already trying to plan out the next trip (probably back home to Bhutan...we'll see though)
6. I can't wait until I finish my Master's program (semester just started...SIGH!)

I tag (participation optional):
Shelby
AdventureDad
Brenda
Oliver
Kristy
Anyone else who still visits this site :o) hee hee