Potty time

I've told several people about this already, but I want to remember it... so it needs to be committed by computer keyboard. 

I was watching my brothers twins last week.  Ada's potty training, the twins are interested... but not understanding that you do more than just sit on the toilet.  Well, I took Ada to the bathroom and everyone decided that they NEEDED to go potty... So I wiped up Ada (Aubrey wanted to, but I didn't want her getting into the habit of wiping her cousin up after going potty.)... then took off Aubrey's diaper and put her on the potty... washed Ada's hands... got Aubrey down... got Devin on... washed Aubrey's hands... got Devin down... washed Devin's hands... turned around in time to find Sammy playing in the toilet water... washed Sammy off... closed the bathroom door and turn around to see the three two year olds streaking bottomless around the living room... I wanted to take a picture but I wasn't sure if I should in this case!  I finally got panties and diapers on everyone and smelled something nasty coming from Sammy's diaper.  I kind of wish that I had timed this particular potty break to see how long we spent taking care of everyone's bodily functions!

my dad

My dad loves his grandkids... and vice versa.

Ada's first boy crush

My two-year-old has a crush.  My parent's neighbor boy that's like 7ish... he came over while we had all the kids playing in the back yard yesterday and Ada just adored him.  It was hillarious.  They walked around holding hands, he helped her get her shoes on, she stopped crying because my sister suggested that she show Ammon how brave she was, and every other sentence had the word "Hammon" in it.  And Ammon proudly told me, "My name's in the Book of Mormon!"

McKay and Sophie Family Pictures...

Sophie, tell me what you think and which style you like better so that I can get them all done by the time you get here...

Kite flying

We flew kites yesterday because it was nice and windy and we had 5 kids to entertain... Here are some of the pictures...

 

 

McKay's partay...

So there was kind of a good luck/love you send off for my brother McKay today.  He's getting shipped out to Afghanistan at the end of the week... We promise to love and care for your family while you're defending our country Mickey dough... Here are some pictures we took of the kids... sorry, adults just aren't cute enough...

We found the girls being really girlie... the shoes, dress ups, and even cell phones for a little while.  It was fun.

Aubrey actually helped me take this one... he adores her and vice versa.

Violin

I thought this was so cute.  Mom was in the Mormon Youth Symphony... and the violin belonged to her Grandpa... so it's Ada's Great-great-grandpa's violin.

Easter pictures

So I wanted to take some cute Easter pictures... both my kids said... no way.  Here are the only ones that sort of worked... and of course they were the ones with bad composition.  Oh well.... at least we got some pictures...

Sammy's first steps

Sammy took his first steps on Friday night.  It was almost a total accident and he probably won't do it again for a while, but it was cute.  My sister Janelle and I were passing him between us just making him walk by holding our hands... if someone lets go of his hands he usually stops moving and dives forward towards you instead of walking.  But when we tried to show my mom how he dives forward... he walked instead.  Huh.  That came as kind of a fun surprise to me.  He took 3 steps before he fell into Janelle's arms.  Within the space of a month Sammy started to really crawl, do stairs, stand and walk... I think he's figuring things out. (Though I doubt he'll really walk on his own for a while... it's going to take some practice I think.) 

It's really funny the difference in Ada and Sammy about things like this.  Sammy has to test it and try it... ie: walking around pushing things and holding onto things.  While Ada just decided one day that she was ready and just started walking... none of the one or two steps for her... she just walked back and forth between mom and dad until she was tired and that was it.  Both ways are fun... but it makes me wonder how each of them will handle school and friends and other challenges!

I know it's a little late

I know it's a little late for an Easter post, but I'm trying very hard to be positive about my willful two year old that has decided that she's not potty trained anymore.  So here's something that she did the other day that was really cute.

The family night before Easter we told Ada about how Jesus went to Jerusalem, his last week, the garden of Gethsemane, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection.  She sat with acute attentiveness for most of it and when we got to the part that they nail Jesus to the cross and that it hurt she shook her head and said in a sad and kind of pouty voice, "Poor Jesus." Then when we got to the part about the Resurrection and showed her a picture of Jesus and Mary in the garden she said very enthusiastically, "Jesus is HAPPY!"

I don't know how much of the story she actually got, but it was really cute for her to react to the parts that we tried to explain the importance of... and it made it less frustrating than our usually FHE where she kind of ignores everything we say and tries to jump on the couch instead.  Overall she is a very good two year old.  I just wonder if she's a little too smart for her own good.

Sammy

Sammy did our stairs for the first time safely today.  He usually gets about half the way and falls... He got all the way up them!  He still tries to go face down when he's going down the stairs... but now we're half way there.