Berry picking and pull ups

Three exciting things happened yesterday! Very exciting if you ask me.

First - all three children slept through the night! Yes, you heard that right. I am jumping for joy. Rosa slept from 8pm till 5am. She did wake up, but was easily put back to bed with a pacifier insert and then slept through the rest of the night. And both of the older ones slept through the night in the basement on the bunk bed.

Second - both older kids kept their pull ups or diapers dry last night. Mateo actually finished 10 nights of keeping his diaper dry, and so he got to wear his McQueen pull ups for the first time last night! (He was very proud of himself, as were we.)

The deal is that if he keeps the pull up dry, he gets to wear one again the next night. If it is wet, he wears a cloth pull up the next night. Whenever he has a dry night, he gets to wear the McQueen pull ups again.

I can now see the day, at some point in the future, where the older ones will be completely out of diapers. How fabulous is that?

Third - Mateo picked 5 half baskets of blueberries yesterday, and Natalia picked 1 half basket. I made a deal with them that I would pay them each a quarter for every half basket they picked. This was highly motivating, and had them picking tons of blueberries the entire time we were out on Sauvie Island.

Previously, they would lose steam after 20 minutes of picking and want to be carried, entertained etc. With the quarter incentive, Mateo was so industrious the whole time. Natalia wasn't as impacted by the quarter, but she enjoyed earning her first one and then was content to eat berries on her blanket. All together, we picked 8 full baskets to save for winter time!