My babies are growing up.

Mostly I was tired of the toddler bed in our room taking up space. I figured we would approach it the same way we did with Axl...just put it in the room and start her out in it at naps and bedtime just to get her used to it. This afternoon, the shoe drawer was just too tempting so she ended up back in the crib, but tonight I just went in to see this. :)

(side note: If Erin or Erica are reading this, please still come get the bed whenever you need it. :) Coop and I will have fun picking out a new one!)

(Amanda, the blanket it perfect and oh, so snuggly!)

Also--I'm on Fall Break and I kept Axl home from school and stayed home from the gym to get some serious potty training in. The morning was seriously unsuccessful. We made a potty chart with a picture of some roller skates at the end. Axl was so excited that he would NOT get off the potty, but could also NOT pee. I would say that he probably sat on the potty for atleast 2 hours total just this morning. When I pried him off of it because I was tired of sitting there he cried and cried for roller skates...poor guy. He finally peed on the potty once (Well, he said he did and I saw just a little drip) after Tyler got home, and tonight before bath I asked Tyler to show him peeing standing up. Worked like a charm. Too bad I am the one home this week, because, well...peeing standing up for me would be quite difficult. Anyway, he went to bed with 2 stickers. :) Maybe we're getting somewhere...

Funnies

Tonight at Penn Station Axl kept trying to "claim" the large fry we had ordered to share as a family. "Dese are my fries," shoving them all into his corner of the basket. Tyler quickly snatched up a handful to put in his basket, I guess hoping Axl wouldn't notice. Axl looked up at Tyler and said, "Are you tidding me?".

On the way home from dinner I asked Cooper if she was ready for night night since she was being awfully cranky. Tyler then said, "Are you guys ready for night night?" and Axl replies, "Aye Aye Taptain". And, no, we do not watch Spongebob; Tyler thinks it came from "Pirate Movie" (Peter Pan).

Maybe I'll have more luck with her??

sick Axl + mom at home = the first time I've baked since school started...

Who wants cake? :)

Presh.

My eyes are almost never closed during the sacrament prayer...sad, but true. When you have two little ones it's too dangerous to close them for that length of time. Most of the time my eyes are glued on Axl, but I looked over this past Sunday to see Cooper doing this.


Sadly, I have never attempted to work with Coop on folding her arms. We're always just bugging Axl. But she obviously picked up on it. Love her little sponge of a mind.

Saturday Morning

...and the ugliest tooth ever. I really want to push it back up in there. ha. but I love her.

Day 11 and Classroom Update

11. A photograph of the town I live in.
Good old Nicholasville, Kentucky. A slightly bigger version of Paris that happens to be in closer proximity to Lexington (to which you must travel from both of these towns to do pretty much anything other than grocery shop). I like it. :)

Well, I survived the first three days of school. and more than survived; I actually had fun. :) My kids are the sweetest and I really think that the "bad" things that happened can be shaped pretty easily in the future. Some notable moments.

1. One child insists on calling me "Hamilton". All day, from across the room I hear, "Hey, Hamilton! Did you know..." "Hey, Hamilton! I like..." I really hesitate in correcting him because I CRACK up every time I hear it.

2. After reading aloud a story and asking the class a question about the main character, one child raises their hand and I call on them.
Student: How 'bout we answer that question...with another question.
Me: Ok.
Student: (long pause) How did God really get her here anyway???
Me: (shocked expression) Ok, I see that (insert another student's name here) has a question. Let's move on.
:)

3. I lost a child. Only for a very short amount of time, and to little fault of my own (I count heads approximately 5,397 times daily) but it scared me to death. This child, bless her little spacey heart, will be attached to my hand the rest of the year, ha.

Also--Axl said his first independent prayer today. We have been asking him for a while but he refuses and will only repeat what we say. Today he was READY to eat some rice, so when asked he folded his arms and said "Heavy Fada. Tank tu for daaaaay. da da du. ayyyyyyyyyymen.