Eventful Day!

Today was full of adventure! We started our day by going to Ethan's Courage Reigns Class at 9am. He is so funny in that class; a natural cowboy. After his class we went to Costco and discovered they were having a safety fair. The kids got their picture taken with Smokey the Bear and climbed in all the fire trucks. Ethan was so mad when he had to get out. Then the kids had school pictures and that is always fun to get ready for. NOT! After school, we decided to go to Thanksgiving Point Farm Country. The kids saw all the farm animals and rode the horses. Then we walked over to the Farmers Market and had a strawberry lemonade. Liv got a free apple because she was so cute! Here are all the pics.

Forks Trip 2008

Over-Observant

So sometimes I think I am a little too observant. Many people complain of road rage, many people experience road rage (my husband included), and many people like me just enjoy the scenery. While driving down the road one day, through the construction, I noticed this sign and thought "Wait, that isn't right". Now every day I drive by this sign I laugh to myself or sometimes out loud because if you only crossed out one letter. . . how funny that would be!

Bittersweet

Today was officially the first day of Kindergarten for Liv. She was very excited to go. We got all dressed and got her backpack on. Then Ethan felt left out and thought he was going to school too. So we had to put his backpack on and take his picture. We had to go 15 minutes early so she wouldn't "be late for school". The kids all lined up outside the classroom door. Then it was time to say goodbye. I said "bye Liv have fun"! And she said "Ok bye Mom"! She didn't have any problem saying goodbye. Me, on the other hand, had serious issues. My baby girl no longer needed me. She was growing up right before my eyes. I made it to the car before I broke down into tears. Then I went to pick up Ethan from Christy's and cried my eyes out to her. I don't know why I am so emotional about her going to Kindergarten. I am excited for her to experience all the things I remember about school. I hope she loves it as much as I did! When we got home, Ethan went around the house calling for Liv. I told him Liv was at school and he said "Liv asleep?" and I said "no Liv is at school" I guess he didn't believe me because he went to check in her bedroom. When he didn't find her there, I guess the truth sank in.

Oh What Fun!

So this week I decided it was time to potty train Ethan. Little did I know how easy it would be! Liv was so hard to even get to sit on the potty let alone allow pee to come out. She actually got a UTI from this. Anyway, I put "big boy choo choo panties" on and we sat in the bathroom for about 20 minutes. I decided I had better check on Liv so I went out on the deck and he followed me. Then the next thing I know he goes running in the bathroom and went pee in his potty by himself! The next time he had to go, he went running in the bathroom and went pee by himself. He did, however, forget to pull his underwear down. Oh well, the idea was right! The next time he decided he wanted to pee in the big potty. We had bought one of the seats you can put on the big potty. I had a feeling these weren't REALLY made for boys even though they say they are. He actually DID go pee, but none of it went in the toilet. These seats are dumb. There is not a guard tall enough, if you know what I mean. This was all yesterday. So today he is 3 for 3! He had one poo attempt but he said it was "stuck". When his pee started coming out, he said "it's working mom it's working"! I laughed so hard! Everyone always told me how hard boys were to potty train, but I am actually enjoying it!

Our San Fran Trip

Anti-Climatic Birthday

So turning the big 30 this year was very anti climatic. I have planned numerous surprises for many others to celebrate this milestone. Mine. . .very boring. I found the only person who really cared was my wonderful husband who TRIED to surprise me and take me on a trip. Well, he got a little nervous and so he told me he was taking me "somewhere". So I said "ok well don't tell me where because I want to be surprised when we get to the airport." So he didn't tell me. So my birthday started out with Liv waking me up at the crack of dawn to tell me it was my birthday. Then Trent let me sleep in. (yeah) Then when I finally got up, I had to get me and the kids ready to go to Lauren's blessing. We went to that and then went to Marilyn's for the luncheon. Trent's aunt gave me a card that said "Have fun on your trip to San Francisco"! So the surprise was ruined. Oh well, she didn't know it was a surprise. Then I thought, well maybe my friends and family will surprise me later today. The day went on, and on, and on. We decided to go to my moms and pick up my birthday cards. No surprise there. Then I thought, ok it will be tonight when I get home. Nope, no surprise there. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything. So, now I will just look forward to flying out tomorrow morning to San Fran and just have my own little pity party.