Target practice

Today we worked on standing up, if I could get away with him sitting down, I would. Someone told me that he would be tortured later for this in his teen years, so we're getting it over and done with now. What a messy procedure. Whoever decided that men should stand while peeing really ruined it for us moms training our boys. I threw cheerios in there for target practice, he was a little peeved that I threw his delicious snack somewhere and actually expected him to PEE on them. He did do it though. Two times today and will try again before bedtime. No wet pull up yet, well except overnight, he woke up wet, but I'll give him time on that.

Potty Training...oh boy

Well, we have been trying to potty train nicky, not too much though. I pushed Madison too much and it turned for the worse, so I tried to be more lax with Nicky, but he wasn't catching on fast enough. Our goal is to have him done by 3. Yes, I know thats old, but thats where we are. Stickers are out of the question, they will be EVERYWHERE. Kiddie crack (candy) is a no go, he already has enough energy. We're trying pennies, he loves his dollars (ha ha, I'm such a cheapie). That wasn't enough either, he needs to be on a schedule, he does better that way. We ordered him this nifty potty watch that reminds him to go every 90 minutes and it came in the mail today! I figured I wouldn't delay it, might as well start right away, especially since he saw it and I showed it to him when I was ordering it, so he couldn't very well wear it without actually using it. He went each time it went off tonight and got 2 pennies! Way to go Nicky! We also got some super cool Cars pull up training pants. I've never been a fan of pull ups, but I figure it will be best for him to learn later when he starts to go by himself. Of course I took some pictures.

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers day all you moms out there! We had a super day here today. Toby woke me up with 'surprises.' It was early, and he asked me to go get some water from the kitchen, I walked in and saw beautiful lillies....I LOVE lillies...they are yellow hybrids. SO pretty! He also had 3 Willow Tree figurines, one of a man and woman, one of a taller girl (Gwen) angel, and one of a shorter lighter hair girl angel holding the hands of a little boy (Madison and Nicky). I've been wanting some of our family for a while now and it was perfect! I also got 2 best of Will Ferrell DVD's and a SNL collection DVD set! That rocks! I love me some SNL, they are the older ones too...my honey is so awesome. After he got a few hours of sleep we went over to Grandma Susans house for a BBQ and visiting. We had unexpected sprinkler time, hence the reason the boys are just wearing diapers. This is not my desired swim attire, but the kids had a lot of fun, so that was just fine! And thats a wet full diaper on the boys, theres not a load in there.

Since so many people question why there aren't any pictures of me ever in the bazillion pictures I take while we are out, I included one for once. Thats me in Ame's eye, can you see me? I'm squating (not homeless), you can see my legs and black shirt, and arms....kind of. Well, thats me!

Updated with pictures...here is my beautiful Mothers Day card Maddie made for me, she did such a great job, don't I look purty? I love the dress she put me in! I also put a shot of the figurines that I got, love em!

Altered Dimension

I made this picture one night while I couldn't sleep. Doesn't it look like the boy in the mirror is jealous that his look alike is in color and he's trapped in black and white world?

Festival was a bust

Yep, I don't know if it was because we got there too early, although it was 2 hours into it, it should have been decent, but there wasn't much going on. We walked up and down the waterfront and the kids were amused by the music coming out of the fake rocks. Went over to the bouncer, thought that they would both like that, Ame did, but Nicky wasn't going for it. I then struggled with him to put his shoes back on. Didn't want to jump, but wanted to walk around like a homeless with his shoes off. shrug. The 'petting zoo' consisted of some llamas that looked like they had a dose of chemo therapy and the kids were only allowed to touch the necks. The kids were not impressed. I got one pic of us walking over to the festival of Ame and Nicky holding hands, so cute. Anywho...we then went over to Grandma Susans for Ame's birthday party. Blew some bubbles, ate some grub and then moved on to cake and presents. Neither Ame or Nicky are very good sharers.

Nicky: Oooooo pressssents

Ame: Dos Ame's presents

Nicky: nuh uh...my present

Ame: NO, dem mine!

And repeat.

I expect the same thing to happen vice versa in two months at Nickys party. It was nice though, the kids over all had a good time. Sam was pleasant as always, such a cutie...always smiling!

Looking forward to the weekend

We've got a couple things planned for this weekend. Looks like it will be just Nicky and I in the morning Saturday since Toby will have just got home from work and will be sleeping. He will be joining us for the birthday party later though. At ten we are going to the local Kids Festival and Kite Day down at the waterfront. During the spring through fall months, every first Saturday of the month, they have an event at the waterfront. This weekend they are having: petting zoo, face painting, pony rides, jump houses, jet ski demonstrations, arts & crafts and of course kite launching! We will only be able to stay a couple of hours, but we're getting there at the beginning, the weather is supposed to be beautiful and I just can't wait. I think I'm more excited than Nicky!

After the festival we are going to Ame's (Tobys niece) bday party, she is turning the big 4!!! Such a sweet girl, she's a tiny little thang, but her personality makes up for it. Miss Ame is very much into Dora, so we've got a few Dora things for her. Nicky saw the stuff and assumed that it was for him, he too loves Dora. Nicky and Ame are good buddies and they are so excited to see each other, both have been talking about each other are super excited about Saturday.

Sunday I'm sure we will be outside again, more than likely in the water. I will spare the pics, since they will be very similar I'm sure to last weekends.

Choo Choo

Looks like we will be going to see Thomas the train in a couple of weeks. Nicky isn't the hugest fan of Thomas, but he sure does love choo choo trains, so I think we'll have fun. I will of course take pictures to share. Wanted to post a link to the place where we are going in case you live in No. Cal and want to take one of your little ones to see Thomas and Friends!

http://www.sacramentorivertrain.com/thomas-body-08.html