NO WHINING!

I love having a little girl. Love it. But the only downfall to having a girl is that she's always saying, "You hurt my feelings!" to both me and Nick all.the.time. It drives us nuts. So, I got the grand idea to make Aubrey a chart. I ran to the craft store, got the Mickey stickers Aubrey said she wanted to decorate her chart with and came back home and Aubrey and I made her chart. She was SO excited. We decided that for every 5 stickers she earns (she gets a sticker each time Nick and I notice she does something without whining and/or crying) that there will be a prize. The 1st prize is a candy bar, the second prize is a trip to the ice cream shop for ice cream, the third prize is a trip to wherever she wants to go (she wants to go to the "bouncey house place") and the last prize is picking ANY toy she wants at Toys 'R Us.

Ladies and Gentlemen- let me tell you... this child was excited. She fully understood the rules and she could NOT wait to earn her stickers. Just look at how happy she is:

So, we did the chart on... Saturday night I think... and here we are on Wednesday night and she has earned 5 stickers and after she eats a healthy breakfast tomorrow morning, we are off to the closest convenience store to get her her candy bar. I don't know how she fell asleep tonight but she did. She was SO excited and SO proud of herself. Nick and I were getting a kick at how she would just not stop jumping around and laughing and being so silly- she was just beyond excited. And for the first time in a long time, I walked down the stairs after putting Aubrey to bed and I said to Nick, "Geez, it's really nice to have such a good day with her." So- this chart is turning out to be a really good thing. And I left enough room to add some more rows so we can tackle whatever issue inevitably pops up next. ;)

Here's a close up of her chart with her first sticker on it.

YAY AUBREY!!!!!!