Last Day as a Fish

Today is Cassidy's last day as a "Fish". 

Her school classrooms are divided up into "Guppies, Minnows, Fish, and Dolphins."

"Look at my party dress!"

Their class is having a end of the "year" party as a celebration and Cassidy chose to wear her "party dress.

She sat very nicely while I braided her hair for her special day.

"Cheese!"

Cassidy has next week off, and when she returns, she'll be a "Dolphin"!

Fourth of July

For the Fourth of July, we went to the celebration at La Freniere Park. 

We ended up sitting on top of the hill overlooking the stage and food vendors because the ground in the field in front of the stage was wet.  This worked out perfect because there was another group of people sitting by us which had a couple families with children.  The 4, 5 and 7 year old spotted Cassidy's backpack full of toys and joined us on our blanket for storytime reading Dora.  They immediately took a liking to Cassidy and she spent our whole time there running, chasing, playing ball, and having fun with the "big kids". 

This super cute baby was sitting near us

Group trip to the potty!

The other family brought a box of glow sticks which the girls made into necklaces and bracelets.

We stayed up late, past Cassidy's bed time to catch the fireworks at 9.  As soon as the fireworks started, Cassidy dove into my arms and clung to me in fear.  She hates loud noises of any kind.  So we packed up and headed for the car.  It took us the duration of the fireworks to make it back to the car.  When we got there, Cassidy said she liked all the colors of the fireworks and they were her favorite, but it didn't stop her from clinging to me and jumping with every boom.

Toddler Sleep Training

On Sunday night, Cassidy had some trouble staying asleep and in her bed again.  We let her cry for 10 minutes at the baby gate in her doorway and then helped her back into bed.  30 minutes later, she was up and crying again. 

We let her cry it out. 

Eventually (I think about 15 minutes later) she stopped crying, closed her bedroom door, got back in bed, and went back to sleep with just a few more brief cries.

Monday night (after my volleyball tournament) she woke up early (12:30am) just as I was hopping into the shower.  Jeff went to her doorway, gave her a hug, and told her to go back to bed and go to sleep.  Then he calmly walked back into our bedroom and closed the door behind him. 

Wow, did she scream and cry.

But then she stopped crying (maybe 10 minutes later), closed her bedroom door, and went back to bed quietly. 

And slept the rest of the night!