in an effort to encourage positive behavior from ely, we started a button jar. i did this in my classroom and it works great. whenever ely does something positive, like following directions or being kind to her brother (which is the real reason for the jar!) she gets to put some buttons into her jar. when the jar is filled, she gets to choose a special treat. the first time she filled the jar up, she wanted to spend the at daddy's work. how cute?! we couldn't spend the day at daddy's work, so we decided to have a special lunch with him.
this time when she filled up her jar, i picked her treat...i took her to build-a-bear. i knew that she would love it and she did! she can wrestle and get dirty with all the boys, but she is definitely a girly girl! she loved trying dresses on her dog and looking at all the accessories. boy, there are ALOT of things to waste your money in at that store! we were trying to keep costs down, so she got to pick a less expensive animal and one dress. because we went on a weekday, there was no one else there, so the staff spent alot of time with her making the trip worth while. so here we are with ely's new dog kelly...
filling kelly up
each animal gets a heart inside the fluff. the lady had ely touch different parts of her body to help bring kelly to "life." here she's kissing the heart so kelly knows she loves her. ely loved this!
you have to give your dog a bath!
brushing kelly
dressing kelly
