3 Years Old

Three is great! We can have conversations about his day and talk about our dreams and plan tomorrow's exciting activities. It is true what they say... "you will love every stage more than the last." Now I feel like I have a pal and someone to hang out with who is funny and kind and imaginative and a great friend. My three year old has a personallity all his own and every year we get to learn more about who he is and who he is becoming. We love our little man. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Owen

Our little bug turned 3!
It was a wonderful birthday bash with lots of friends, family and bugs. The kids had so much fun hunting for bugs, shooting "spider webs," making bug critters, eating lots of buggy food, and of course playing in the ball pit.

It was a family effort though to put this party together. Aunt Marisa did all the decorations and the games really brought the bug theme together. And we couldnt have made all the fun buggy food without help from Grandma, Aunt De and Cousin Ryan. What a great team!

Happy Birthday Sweet Madelyn!

July 4 celebration

20 kids, a water slide, kiddie pool, and sparklers = a great 4th of July for all.

Owen, tell everyone who is coming in November

Just say no to diapers

This must be one of the very best milestones to check off... potty trained! It is even worth writing about, (even though it has been awhile). For months he has successfully been peeing in the pot on a regular basis and we were tossing more dry pullups than dirty but we could not get him to go number 2 in the potty. There was lots of hiding from us just so we would stop asking him to go to the bathroom. And forcing it would just cause the whole process to stop and that is not helpful at all. So we finally resorted to a bribe - any toy your heart desires. And you  know what, it totally worked. After talking about this "present for pooping" for just 3 days he came right out and asked to poo in the potty. And has been happy to do so ever since.

I am pretty sure my sister and I were raised on bribes. "A quarter if you will get mom a glass of water." "Ice cream if you finish all your peas." I think they were on to something. That pressent was such a strong motivation to my toddler who was doing everything in his power to keep from having to poo on the pot.

What animal has a long black tongue?