So far so good on things still being better. I was afraid after my last post that it was going to be more along the lines of, "famous last words." Not so. At least yet. LOL
I still get attitude now and again. It's usually short lived though. There was a green bean incident a few days ago. She doesn't like them and said they'd make her throw up. Now, I know there are some things I just don't like to eat. If she would confine comments about throwing up to a select few things I probably wouldn't make her eat those things. When it's anything she doesn't feel like eating though.... She was very dramatic about putting a bean in her mouth and then grabbing her drink with both hands (very quickly, mind you) in order to wash the bean down in one piece. Good grief. I just ignored her, for the most part, until I couldn't stand it. I offered to show her what she looked like. I did and then asked her if it was cute. She still complained about eating the rest of them (she'd only been given a few) but at least the drama was gone.
The glasses have gotten slightly better. She's been taking them off at school, I've found out. Now that I've been on her again, she's been better. At least the last couple of days, she has. She's also having trouble teasing the boys still. I've talked to her about it again so hopefully that will diminish as well.
We're a couple of weeks into our new poker chip system. There are 4 colors and each is a certain time. Red = 15min, blue = 30 min, Green = 45 min, and black = 1 hour. On Sunday both girls get 2 hours worth of chips. These are to be used for anything electronic. Movies, computer time, iPod time, Skype, Wii, etc.... If we watch a movie together it doesn't cost them time, but if they want to do it on their own (or even the two girls) then it does cost them. Every once in awhile I will give "free" time as well, but never when asked for. It's actually been working out quite well. At first I thought 2 hours wouldn't be enough for a week, but considering that Grandma's house is free and the limited time they really have to use them anyway...it's worked out well. It's also good incentive to be good. Like Ira got 30 minutes taken away the other day for not having been wearing her glasses at school. Little One gets time taken away when she keeps refusing to speak English. It's more like Engski.
Ira is doing quite well on her English. She still has interesting words for things though. Root beer was "blueberry." LOL She also called her toes, "fingers." Makes me wonder if they have the same word for both fingers and toes in Russian. Speaking of toes, she showed me last night that she can play cats cradle (remember that string game??) with herself. She uses her toes as well. Quite the talent. :)
We've had lots of rain lately which has made for an adaptation on my running schedule. Now that I'm far enough into the program that it's a straight run I can go up to Mom and Dad's and run on the elliptical machine. I've been really enjoying the difference. It works my thighs a lot more than street running. Street running works my lungs more though, so both are good. I like switching it up during the week. The nice thing about the elliptical machine too is that I'm still plugged into my iPod but I can set it down and watch something instead of just listening to music. Yesterday I watched a Star Trek: Next Generation episode and it was awesome. :)
