who knew that setting goals would be such an inspiration.
last week i approached isaiah and told him that he and alaythia each had goals they needed to accomplish before the baby comes. alaythia has one goal - get potty trained. no small feat, especially with a mother who has a mental block when it comes to that. i HATE potty training and would gladly change diapers for way longer than i need to, rather than get the job done. a total mental block!
isaiah had many more. BUT i am astonished to say that he's accomplished them all, plus put more on himself. he LOVES goals and he loves reaching them. who knew!?! the first 3 were the original three and were done within 2 days of each other.
1 - buckle yourself into the car.
2 - get yourself dressed every day.
3 - (part of #2) learn to button and zip your own pants.
i kid you not, he learned them all. and he's so proud. his new goals he's set for himself:
1 - is something to do with the bathroom, but it's too graphic to go into specifics.
2 - tying his own shoes...which he has declared 'the hardest thing he'll ever have to do'.
what are daddy and mommy's goals? good question. we'll have to think about that.
5 comments:
Before the baby comes? I TOTALLY MISSED THAT POST. How exciting!
I can't believe he set that second set of goals for himself! Those are currently Morgen & Micah's goals too, if #1 is what I think it is, and Micah's WAY more interested. Morgen is a middle-child princess. She thinks we will be...tying her shoes...forever!
LOVE it!
what?!?!?!?! you're pregnant?!??!?!
uuuuhhhhh, did you post that prior to now? word. congrats!!!!
If Isaiah learns to tie his shoes he'll be ahead of Justin. It takes some pretty good fine motor coordination...but where there's a will there's a way. Now to inspire him to goals like "keep my room spotless without arguments" and "take care of my sister so that Mommy can sleep in until 9."
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