Potty Training

Why is it so difficult? Little boy is almost 4! He wants the party that we keep promising if he goes potty in the toilet, but he just doesn't want to go!

When we were on vaca this weekend, he went once in the toilet and Daddy immediately went out and got a chocolate chip cookie that was almost the size of his head. We broke it in pieces and he got to eat most of it. (He shared a little bit with his sisters.)

Now everytime he thinks he wants to go to the bathroom he says, "I'm ready for another celebration!" (Meaning, "I gotta go potty.") However, he'll sit there and sing and touch the walls (very gross in public restrooms, can I tell ya!) and not go at all. Errrr....

Oh well... I guess I'll be homeschooling this one. :)

Hiking, The Natural Child Sedative

We went camping. Well, actually we stayed at a resort with little cabins, so there was no yucky camp food, or tent, or anything remotely camp-ish. Just the nature part. We had so much fun. We woke up, took showers, then went to breakfast. After breakfast, we would go on a "nature walk". It ended up being 2 hours walking through the woods.

"Why would you do that?" you ask? When was the last time YOU were able to take a nap while you were camping? :) We came back, had lunch, played at the playground for a few minutes, went back to the lodge and EVERYONE took naps.

Sweet sleeping bliss. And fresh air. Gotta love it!

Don't Worry... They Weren't Sharp

Little Monkey #3 was playing in my craft room. I knew she was making a mess, but I knew what was in there to "play" with so I wasn't worried. I went in to check on her. She was sitting on the floor and had pulled out the drawer with all my craft scissors with decorative edges... She had gotten the pinking shears ones and was holding the scissors in one hand and her foot with the other... I think she was trying to trim her toenails. I'm sure I have a pair of gardening pruning shears around here somewhere she could have used...

My New Blog

Okay. So here is my new anonymous blog. I have the other one. But I thought I could get in on this "tell the world about your crazy family in an anonymous way and maybe you might get rich in the meantime" thing.

I'll let you know how it goes. :) In the meantime, all the cute family pictures will be posted on the private blog and I'll just be doing double duty and adding only the funny, non-identifying information on this blog. What do you think? Have I completely lost my mind yet? Yeah, I thought so too....