Happiness A Little Early

I was getting excited thinking that with Abby mostly potty trained, I would only have one in diapers. That would save money on our grocery bill! However she has decided that she doesn't really want to go potty in the toilet anymore and would rather just go wherever she happens to be at the time. The past three days have been awful! I've been running the wash constantly because we're going through so many outfits. I guess the funness (is that a word?) has worn off. I'm trying not to get frustrated but oh my heck! The bright side is that she never goes poopy in her pants. That always makes it in the potty and she doesn't even tell me that she has to go, she just does! So we take the good with the bad and try to be a nice Mommy when she pees on the carpet just 30 seconds after I have asked her if she needs to go. I hate potty training!

Showin' some Dimples

Yep, Kaden's got some dimples like his Mommy....but it's big brother Josh that can make him smile. He smiles a little for me (refer to top picture), but he was all out smiles and coos for Josh in the second shot. What's up with that? Maybe he knows that he and Josh will be best buds in the coming years!

Doin' the Spike

There isn't much explanation or fun story to go along with these pictures. I just thought that the kids looked funny with their hair stickin' straight up so I thought I would snag a picture. You know that some people go to great lengths to get their hair to look like this....hairspray, gel etc. My kids just run their heads on the tramp and there you have it. Spike Heads!

Playin' T-ball at the Park

Here are some cute pictures of the kids playing at the park for Josh's birthday. They love to get out and play, especially if Mom and Dad are out there with them. Josh and Ethan are pretty good hitters. Abby just loved chasing the ball. And Kaden...well, he must have been bored because he just slept the whole time :-)

Happy Birthday Joshua

I can't believe that my baby boy is 8 years old! Golly, 8 seems so old. This year for his birthday he got a digital camera. He's been asking for one for quite a while. I can tell that he's growing up by the things that he's been asking for for his birthday. We had a great day. I took cupcakes up to the school for his class and joined him for lunch. He was very excited about that. Then after school we went and got some food and had a picnic lunch at the park and played T-ball. Then the real party started...we opened presents had a great cake and flopped into bed. It was a fun filled day. I hope Josh had a great birthday. He's my special boy!

Thank goodness for Sesame Street

This past weekend we (everyone minus Ethan) were all sick and throwing up. Can I just say how thankful I am for Sesame Street! Abby loves it. Abby likes to get into trouble when I'm not paying close attention to her so this allowed me to veg on the couch and sleep off and on for like 4 hours straight. Thank goodness that I had that many episodes on my TiVo. I guess it helped that she was feeling sick herself. I hate being sick. I usually don't get sick that often so when I do, it's awful. Thank goodness it was only a 24 thing and we're back running. Got to run some cupcakes over to Josh's class for his birthday!

It's Finally Gone

Ethan finally lost his first tooth! He's been waiting and waiting. It's been wiggly for a while, but he's a lot more patient than Josh and let it come out when it was ready. Josh has yanked out teeth at the slightest wiggle and as a result, he has many holes in his smile that the teeth haven't grown in yet.

Ethan put his tooth on the counter and yesterday it was gone. My guess is that it fell on the floor, and of course I choose that day of all days to sweep. Luckily the tooth fairy knows that he lost a tooth and Ethan raked in some money anyway! :-)