Love At First Sight

I love this girl. I love the cheeks, the chin, the scowl, and especially her sweet demeanor.

"Sit on that potty and go poopoo Caleb."

"Sit on that potty and go poopoo Caleb" is what I hear Paul saying in an authoritative voice. I come around the corner a few minutes later after some other bossy remarks made by Paul, and this is what I find:

So I was feeling rather generous the other day because Paul was having a rough day. I promised Paul I would take him to ChuckECheese if he was good during our errands. While we are at the store Caleb poops his pants for the forth day in a row. I take him the restroom to clean him up and somehow end up with a big smear of poop on my pants. I loose my patience and storm everyone home. Paul has crocodile tears for the 3rd time that morning because we are no longer going to ChuckECheese. I promise the kids I will take them to ChuckECheese when Caleb can successfully poop in the potty.

Paul was so determined to go to ChuckeCheese that he kept demanding that Caleb sit himself on that potty and GO. The good big brother that he is blocked his escape and read him stories. Caleb finally went poop while Paul was reading, but it was unfortunately bedtime. Paul was fuming when I told him it was too late in the day to go. I had to rearrange my schedule the next day to fit ChuckECheese in. Caleb hasn't pooped in his pants since. He keeps thinking it will reward him another trip to ChuckECheese...

Coming of Age

According to Paul turning 5 qualifies him for all sorts of activities that he was not "big" enough for prior to his birthday. He is officially old enough and wise enough to attend swim lessons, ride roller skates, rock climb, etc. (any activity that he has previously been too scared to try). Everyone under 5 is now little. Oh the workings of little minds.



This rocket launcher is the greatest. It provides hours of non-battery fun. Happy Birthday Pauly-wog.

Potty Training Woes

I think this speaks for itself.

He's a superstar one day and then the next day a complete failure (pooping on the carpet included). I am frustrated because he knows how... I know I am not the only one to go through this, and I do understand that he is still in the learning process, but right now I just want to complain a little. Feel sorry for me today and I will feel sorry for you when it's happening to you another day.

To The Beach

We discovered a gem here in town. The Aurora Reservoir. I have a feeling we will be there a lot this summer. Pat helped the boys build a sand castle. They had a great time.


The water was pretty cold, but kids don't seem to mind that sort of thing. I have become a regular ol' wuss.


It was windy when we went and Camille kept catching her breath in hitches because of it. I found it amusing. I am cruel, I know.


They sure do like each other.

We are Warming Up

The weather is warming up and we are getting into the swing of having three kids. It feels good to be exercising again too. I wasn't able to exercise while I was pregnant with Camille and I craved it.

We are potty training Caleb which takes quite a bit of warming up of my patience. It has been a roller coaster so far. I gave up last week and put him back in diapers declaring he wasn't ready. He is now refusing to wear diapers(good sign), but he is also cool with going in his underwear and not telling me. May the warmth be on our side.


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Paul had a program for his preschool. This is Paul with his teacher Ms. Angie. He loved preschool and is going to miss it over the summer. He has come a long way with his letters and colors. He is still confusing greens and browns which is a little of a worry, but we will continue to monitor it as it might be a sign of color blindness.


Hiking! When Paul was Caleb's age we would go hiking and 2 miles was about his limit, and we are finding that consistent with Caleb now. Now that Paul is a little older 2 miles isn't long enough for him. He wants to keep going. It's fun to watch them grow and change.


Camille is a pretty good hiker as well.


Ready for church.


Our first swim of the summer (she peed as soon as I put her swim diaper on). We went a few times this week. The kids are loving the sun.