Fingerpainting & Manners.

First off I want to talk to you about the thing I am giving my 100% effort into this week: Manners. 

Jeremy & I have both said that is one of our goals with Jace & I am stinking to it! (Jeremy is too but he is gone this week) Before Jace really understood I would just say it for him then proceed to go on just so that he would be familiar with it. Now it's getting to the point where he is proving to us that he knows because he will sign & say it when he wants to just not everytime. So, this week has been a week of patience for me. Yes, we even made a song about patience to interrupt fit throwing at our house so I even have to sing it to myself sometimes. (patience, patience, we need more patience.) Cheesy I know but it SO works with him! Anyway, yesterday we spent probably 15 minutes sitting in our high chair after dinner because we wouldn't say please. Finally, he gave in & did it. No turning back now! :) 

On another note, here are some pictures of us fingerpainting this morning. I thought this would be fun for Jace to get his hands dirty in something else besides dirt. It's good for this age to feel different textures & explore so this was fun! 

He wasn't too happy with me drawing on his picture.

We made this one for daddy :)

We also made handprints for our grandma's & aunts! Picture on top will go on fridge.. it was all Jace on that one!

Pretty sure bathtime was his favorite part of the whole thing!

We had fun fingerpainting & now he is down for a nap. I am enjoying my time out here on the patio... enjoying the fresh air until I hear a little one start yelling for me. Ready for Jeremy to be back in just a few days!