New Schedule

Ok.  Seriously, I have been pulling my hair out, getting frustrated, and getting a little mad at Kate, because we are having a hard time getting all the exercises in.  I say we, because really this is a team effort.  I tend to blame it on Kate, but I know that if I was miss happy sunshine like the coaches at Brain Balance then she would be more responsive to me.  So, I take responsibility for my part in all this.  Again, it would help me to read the book Happiness is a Choice by Barry Neil Kaufman.  Good old Bears, he knows where it's at.  And I just don't have it sometimes.

Soooooo, I needed a new strategy.  I talked with Tammy(the director at BB) and she gave me some good ideas about how to encourage things to go a little smoother.  Because (and I am reeeeaallly grateful for this) Kate is cooperating with everything the coaches ask her to do.  So basically it is just me.  Sucks to realize that.  But it is how it is.  So this is what I decided:

Get up, shower,eat breakfast.
Do 5-7 minutes of exercises (the 4 that Kate has to do 5 times a day + some core, extra credit)
GO SOMEWHERE FUN!! PARK, SPLASHPAD, ETC....
11ish Go home and eat lunch.
Noon-ish: 1st set of all primitives (about 20 min if done easily)
Play at home together or go to library, or do some shopping
3ish: 2nd set of all primitives
Reading, or something relaxing, or pool on these hot days
4:30- 2nd set of 5 minute exercises(4 primitives as above)
5ish- Dinner
6ish- 3rd set of primitives


It went great today!!!  She was super cooperative, earned bonuses each time (if she starts within 5 minutes) and got ALL the exercises in.  This is the first time she has done all 5 sets.  YAY!!  And her mood was really happy most of the day!  The exercises really help her stay happy after she does them.  Before??? well that is a different story sometimes.