We've Created a Monster!

So we told you that we are now motivating David with good ole' Greenbacks. Well, actually, mostly the metal kind, but money anyway.

John had a brainstorm and decided to tell David that every time he caught David leaving a light on, he'd charge him $0.05. It backfired on Mommy. See, I'm not the best at this skill either. So, the first time I left a light on, David noticed it and asked Daddy if he could GET $0.05 every time he caught Mommy leaving a light on! "Of course!" Daddy says, because Daddy's nice and generous like that. And so it began. Now we have become a bit obsessive about lights and turning them off. David's probably lost $0.20 or so and made about $0.15 of it back. I told John he created a little "green" monster!

Another little habit we want to rid David of is saying "WHATEVER!" to us. He says it in a nasty little tone with attitude when he wants to blow us off. Yeah, it's real nice coming out of the mouth of an almost-5-year-old. Anyway, at the lunch table today, David said, "Can you start taking some money away from me when I say 'Whatever'?" I told him it wasn't very smart to ask us to take money away. John told me, "Nope, look where he's going with this." Sure enough, the next thing out of his mouth, "And I can MAKE money when Mommy says it!" Little twerp.

This weekend we also had a date night on Friday night through our church. They keep the kids for a few hours and we get a date - it's really wonderful! John and I ate at Love & War in Texas, then we walked around Grapevine Mills Mall a little bit. It was nice to have some time alone!

Saturday night, for church, I dressed Katherine up in this A.DOR.A.BLE. outfit I got in Canton with my two of my BFF's. They got matching ones for their daughters, so now I just need those pictures (hint, hint) and I'll try my mad Photoshop skilz to get them all together!
Isn't she just the cutest thing! I got no less than 20 second-takes at her, and 3 people came up to me to ask me where I got her dress. That was before I even checked her in to the childcare! She really did look all coordinated and adorable. I don't pull this off very often, so when I do - watch out!

Oh yeah, now she's workin' it.
Finally she smiled at Daddy!
I would have had about 3 or 4 more smiling pictures, because she was *really* smiling for her Daddy, but my darn flash kept making my camera say "Busy". OH - SO FRUSTRATING!! She'd just be smiling away and my camera is flashing "BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!" So, I might have to invest in an external flash. So annoying.

So, we had a great weekend! We're ready for this week (we think). On the calendar, this looks like a busy one, but it will be packed full of super fun stuff...so more to come!