Well, it has been a while since I've posted a blog. Life is mostly boring with a few fun bumps along the way. That's how life is...right? When you're in the stage of life that I am everything revolves around your kids. They're what make you want to write a blog, so you can share your triumphs and defeats. Kids whine, they make you laugh, they make you cry, they make you want to pull your hair out, but at the end of the day you're glad you have them! Sometimes I wish I had fascinating adventures to write about. Like trips to faraway lands and huge goals accomplished, but alas the adventures always have to do with potty trained kids, little smashed fingers and heaven bound balloons.
Dan's care bear cake
I'll start with the potty trained kid........I have been telling Kerry for months that little Dan will potty train herself when she's ready. And I was right. A couple days after she turned three she announced to me that she was going to be doing #1 in the toilet from now on. Just like that. Like most typical kids she had issues with going #2 in the toilet, but that was ok because I knew when she was ready she would cross that bridge too. For some reason I am more laid back with kid #2 than I was with kid #1. Maybe it's because I've learned, or maybe it's because kid #2 is naturally more laid back than kid #1 and I react to that. I don't know why, I just know it's true. Anyway, a week or so into the process I started the bribing(nothing wrong with a little bribing right?) It's not so much that I minded putting a diaper on her once in a while for #2 duties, I just thought it would build her confidence to have the whole thing conquered. Promises of carebear cakes and a brandnew carebear were seriously thrown around and seriously paid off. One day that cute little 3 year old came into the living room where I was sitting and very casually told me her mission was accomplished. What a little studette! I seriously have a case of the proud mommies going on for that little girl! The next day we went to buy her a new care bear and Wal-mart did not have ONE SINGLE CARE BEAR in the whole store. Seriously, what's up with that? Don't they know promises were made! All was good when she found a Tinkerbell doll she couldn't live without!
Next in our little story are the little smashed fingers......This is a very sad story with an ok ending. Remember how I mentioned that kid #1 was not so laid back? Yeah, well this particular day she was particularly not laid back. Somehow kid 2 made kid 1 mad and kid 1 proceeded to slam kid 2's fingers in the bedroom door. She then proceeded to lock the door so mommy couldn't open the door. What a NIGHTMARE! Poor little Dan standing there with her four fingers imitating pancakes in Nanny's door. It was really bad and gross looking, not to mention heart breaking, but surprisingly no fingers were broken. In Nanny's defense, she honestly didn't know sissy's fingers were in the door when she slammed and locked it and as soon as mommy pounded on the door she opened it. She felt really bad for little sissy's road kill fingers and even gave Dan one of her prized possessions. Having a sister is hard work I tell ya! Thankfully those two little girls really do love each other and are really starting to play cute with each other. I love that! A little freedom for mommy!! Priceless :)
We had a fun Valentines Day, did you? I hope so! I bought the girls cute little princess suitcases at Wal-mart for their little trips to aunt Joeys. I left them on the porch and rang the doorbell and ran back in through the garage. They were so excited and cute to watch. Dan wanted to use her suitcase rightaway and go sleep at Joeys. Kerry and I dropped the girls off that night at grandpas (with suitcases packed with toys) and went to dinner and bowling. It was fun, ever seen a dizzy blonde bowling? I didn't do very well, but Kerry had a lot of fun!
Nanny has really been missing her grandma Jeri again lately (heartbreaking I know) and she has been drawing her a lot of pictures and cards. On Valentines Day she made her a Valentine and really wanted to give it to her, so we got a helium balloon and tied it to it and sent it flying! It was the sweetest thing to watch, Nanny and Dan yelling at the sky "here grandma, here's a balloon and a Valentine for you".
Dan's care bear cake
my cute little Valentines with their cards and suitcases
Nanny holding grandma's valentine and balloon
releasing the balloon
balloon on its way to heaven
