A day at the park

Another preschool playdate day. The kids really enjoy these, though Doogie was a little bummed that a couple of the boys that he has been playing with (from the last couple playdates) weren't there today. Jaxon used the potty for me while we were there (though he was slightly damp). He's biggest problem is he waits a little too long before he runs to the bathroom, gotta get him to realize he needs to get in there a little bit earlier. He did really well yesterday and even pooped in the potty for me! However, when we got home from the park he went out in the backyard to play and pooped in his pants.... :( I think we are starting to get there though. CJ ended up stubbing his toe really good while we were at the park (he had taken off his shoes to get the bark out and he took off before I could get them back on. He didn't fuss very much though, in fact I didn't even realize how badly he had stubbed it until we had gone into the bathroom for a potty break. He's a tough little guy, that's for sure. Luckily I was able to find some bandaids in the first aid kit in the car for him. He was getting a kick out of showing his "owie" to everyone though and getting lots of sympathy.

Making Progress???

I think we are making some progress on the potty training with Jaxon. I have to admit I was a little worried there for a while and thought it was going to take forever like the girls did. But ever since Thursday he has been doing alot better. He's also been starting to tell me when he has to go potty as well. Now we just have to work on that dreaded #2...he's still not crazy about doing that in the potty yet. But I think we are getting there with #1. So hopefully soon we'll just have Mr. CJ down to diapers (well except at night) and he has been showing some interest in the potty himself since we've been working on Jaxon. So who knows maybe he'll be potty trained soon too! Hey, I can dream can't I???

More swimming on Sunday

Talk about a weekend full of fun in the sun! Sunday we headed back over to Grammy and Papa's house for some more swimming. I think the kids were pretty much swimmed out when we left that afternoon. All but Doogie (who got up before 7:00 for some reason) slept in until 9:00 this morning.

4th of July

The kids had alot of fun on Saturday. They swam with their cousins and then we did some fireworks when it started getting dark. All of them (but CJ) got to help Daddy light off some fireworks. It was fun watching the expressions on their faces!

Out on the boat

Friday we took Aunt Jenni out on the boat to do some tubing and waterskiing. While Doug, Jenni and Doogie stayed on the boat to ski, they dropped the rest of us off on a beach so that they would have more room in the boat and less confusion. The kids had fun playing in the sand, collecting seaweed and playing in the water. I was able to get a few pictures of Doug and Jenni skiing from the beach. I guess Doogie even got in to try and ski and actually "kind of" got up for a couple seconds. Of course they didn't do it where I could see it so I wasn't able to get any pics. Doogie was pretty pleased with himself though and can't wait to try it again (and hopefully this time I'll get pictures!)

Fun in the sun...

Today we headed over to the park for another preschool playdate (Doogie has made some friends there too, an older sibling and we got their phone number). After the park we headed over to Grammy's to say hello and had lunch with her. Then we drove her to costco to do some shopping, it was crazy, I couldn't believe how many people were at costco on a Thursday at 1:00! After Costco we stopped by Dairy Queen to get some ice cream. When we got back to the house the kids ate their ice cream in the yard while we unloaded the groceries. Then we headed back home to get a little rest before we head back over to Grammy's for some swimming and pizza. The kids are excited that Aunt Jenni will be there tonight, we haven't seen her since February and the kids have been missing her.

We've also had a great potty day today! Jaxon has been doing awesome, no accidents so far today (knock on wood). For some reason he seems to do better when we aren't at home! He went for me before we left for the park (I told him if he had an accident in his pants we would have to go home). While we were at the park he went and used the potty and then he used it again while we were at Grammy's and at Costco. We also bought a big bag of Gummy Bears while we were at Costco and everytime he uses the potty he gets to have one and also hand one out to everyone else. He seems to really like that, so hopefully we are on the right track to getting him potty trained!

Where I've been finding CJ lately...

The little stinker has been figuring out a way to get up on the top bunk in the kids' room without the use of a ladder. My two best guesses are 1. He climbs onto the bottom bunk than gets on top of the dresser and then somehow pulls himself up onto the top. 2. He uses the end of the bunk bed as a ladder than gets up on the toy shelf that is next to it and than once again some how pulls himself up onto the top. I have yet to see him do this, I need to catch him in the act. But I must say he is quite pleased with himself when he does it and than will sit there yelling for me to come and get him down.