February – Exciting After All

We stayed pretty busy in February, and I think it went by quickly. I thought this month would be less than average, but it turned out to be full of adventure.

The potty training was quite exciting for the first week, but then the novelty wore off, and Henry really didn’t care if he accidently peed in his underwear – and now, neither do I. I will try again later.

Jonathon had a major Science Project due this month. Steve thought it would be fun for Jonathon to try out a Mythbusters theory. They drilled dimples into PVC rockets to see if they would travel faster than non dimpled ones.

 

They decided to call the project “Lucy In the Sky With Dimples”

Today I found out that he is going to the District level with 26 others. I think I will play the Proud Mom Card – He worked hard on the project, but I didn’t think he would actually be one of the winners!

 

On the 18th, we had our annual Blue and Gold Banquet to raise money for our scouts, and this year I only made one cake. I think this is why I didn’t totally hate the day of the Blue and Gold. I even kept my house clean so that Steve didn’t come home to a HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMP like the previous years.

Yes, it was a hot POPCOM cake – the red gel got carried away.

I’m going to stop here, because the next two posts might be lengthy and I would hate to bore you to tears.

Stay tuned for Jack’s Birthday and Hannah’s Destruction.

Let the Games Begin!

This week I took Henry to the store and we bought “Big Boy Diapers” (pull ups) just for him. Thus launching us into the
Wild World of POTTY TRAINING.

Things started off slowly, but soon Henry wanted to go potty every 5 minutes – fun fun! However, he still found time between frequent potty breaks to soil his Big Boy Duds in a bad way.

Today though, was a day for celebration. No messy pants for
us – YAY! Yes, I do realize that it might not happen again for a while, but still we were excited.

Because Henry loves to play (read make a mess) in the bathroom,
I have had a child lock on the bathroom door. But after two days of having to open the door every time Henry had the urge, I decided to take the lock off the door.

Today I came home to this

You can’t really see it, but there is a hand towel in the sink covered in liquid hand soap; and yes, the water is running.

You would probably think that he is undressed so that it will be easier for him to just drop his undies and go potty - right? Nope, this is just how Henry likes to spend his days. Who needs clothes in the middle of winter anyway - huh?

The boots though, what a fashion statement! He loves his boots. Sometimes he can only find one boot, and then he throws a black tennis shoe onto the other foot.

He is going to be a trendsetter, this one.

January = Uneventful

I am not the best at documenting all of the baby firsts. Jack has already rolled over, smiled, started crawling and has cut his first tooth plus 3 others. He gets around pretty good, but doesn’t walk yet. He loves to wave, dance and play with Henry. He has said his first words and is starting to make sounds and point for things he wants. I don’t know when they all happened, they just did.

It’s not a big deal though, because if I decided to document all of these things when they actually happened, the rest of my kids would be mad and I would have to listen to them whine to me about how “it’s not fair” and why didn’t I keep track of all of the things they did when they were babies.

Where am I going with all this? Well, I cut Jack’s hair today (his first haircut) and then gave him a bath to wash off all of the little hairs stuck to him. He was all clean and dressed so I decided to take pictures of him. So now I have at least documented one of his firsts.

He just turned 11 months old. He is a pretty happy little guy.

 

Henry has a little backpack that he fills with toys and then he puts on his jacket and boots and tells me that he is going to school. I guess I will have to decide what he is going to do this fall – Joy School anyone?

Since Church now starts at 11:00 am, it has thrown a wrench into our Sunday nap schedule. We are getting used to it now, but at the beginning of the month Henry would fall asleep on Steve’s lap. One Sunday Henry wasn’t quite awake when we put him on the bench, and he slid forward and knocked his head on the bench in front of us. He got a nice rug burn on his forehead. I don’t think it hurt him, because he didn’t really cry, but it looked awful. It used to be worst than this.

Well folks, that’s it for January – Hopefully Feb is filled with just a touch more excitement and adventure.