On the Potty!

Let me apologize to all of you that are not parents!!! But the rest of you will totally appreciate this. Raidon went poopoo in the potty!!! He has been telling us for weeks when he needs to go potty and so every once in a while, we sit him on the toilet. We were hoping he would just get comfortable sitting on it but we did not expect any results. Well, Saturday morning there were results. Yay!!!! I actually wanted to cry..my last baby is growing up:( Now, peepee is another story all together but hey, any small step is good!! Reedley wanted nothing to do with toilet training until she was almost 3!! So far, we are ahead of the game. Keep it up Raidon!!

Learning to ride on 2 wheels!

Mark and Reedley are vigilantly attempting to ride a 2 wheeler. Mark bent the training wheels up so that she could feel the sensation of falling if she tilted but yet the training wheels would catch her. Well, it worked ok but I thought if she actually fell a few time, it would "motivate" her to balance. After Mark and I had a few discussions about it, he relented and took off the training wheels. My idea was a bust...she fell once and has since refused to get back on her bike. Hmmmm, what to do, what to do?

Our newest addition!

I have another baby and its name is Cricut!! It weighs in at about 6 pounds and 26 inches long. I love this thing!! It is probably going to break soon from wear and tear. I am cutting out everything and I only got it yesterday!!! I am going to label everything I own and then some. It is going to change the way I scrapbook!! Fewer stickers and fewer bought embellishments....I can make them all and I only have the two cartridges that it came with!!!!

Here is my little bundle of joy!!Sniff Sniff..isn't she pretty?

Swimming Lessons

Reedley has been taking private swim lessons. For some reason, she has this fear of drowning. She isn't afraid of the water, just of drowning. When we are in the pool, we will ask her what she would do if she started going under and her response is, " I would drown and die." We keep trying to say that she wouldn't because we are right there but she is convinced that if she goes under, she will drown. So, needless to say, she is getting lessons. She is doing a great job but she still has trouble letting go and enjoying herself.

Fishing!

Reedley has discovered that she loves to fish. We went to Big Bear a few weeks ago and her and her Daddy went fishing while Mommy and Raidon went shopping. She just waited patiently for a fish to come on her line. Unfortunately, they did not have the right bait for the fish that were biting. Reedley had a great time and she just occupied her waiting time by singing to herself.

Birthday Parties!!

Well, yesterday we had a combination birthday party for Reedley and Raidon. What a blast!! It was at Big Cheese in Yucaipa and the restaurant was virtually empty except for us. The kids had the run of the game room. Raidon was throwing the skee (?) balls over-handed and occasionally made a score. Then of course, there were the tickets. By the time the kids got their rewards we could have actually bought the items one thousand times over. Oh well, what can you do. Its the little cheapo items the kids seem to like the most.
Thanks to all of you who joined us and all of the wonderful gifts!!! I don't think there is a Buzz Lightyear toy Raidon does not have and Reedley is going to look so cute going to kinder in all of her cute new outfits.
Sorry, no pictures this time. We (and by we, I mean Mark) forgot the camera. Oh well!! We have the memories that we will hold forever.

Our ballerina

Reedley started dance classes this week. It is 1/2 ballet and 1/2 tap. She is taking the class with her two friends, Hailey and Kayla. She did great!!She listened to the teacher and had a smile on her face the entire time. Not once did I have to get on her to pay attention. She did much better in dance than when we tried gymnastics. This kept all of the kids active the whole time whereas in gymnastics, they had to wait their turn and sit out a while.
Of course her brother was a different story. He was out of control!!! He wanted to dance with the girls and when we wouldn't let him, he flipped out and screamed bloody murder!! We (Mark and I) had to take turns with him outside. Hello terrible 2's!!!