More Good News! (and a few cute pics.)

Another update that I have.......
After seven long years of wipes and diapers "WE ARE DONE!". We have had Huggies, Pampers, Luvs, even CVS brand when I was stuck a couple times. Size 1, Size 2, Size 3, then Size 4 and 1, Size 4 and 2, Pull-ups and Size 3, then Size 4 and 1 again, as of lately we have been down to just size 4 Luvs, but it is all over! Our little turtle is officially potty trained!!!! She also was the one who gave us the least resistance. Pretty panties did the trick! NO MORE DIAPERS! NO MORE DIAPERS! NO MORE DIAPERS! She still needs pullups at night but otherwise we are done. Our family has totally changed. The oldest has been "promoted" to the Second Grade, the middle one just graduated from pre-school and will start kindergarten in the fall, and our baby is now potty trained. I remember when the boys were 2 yrs and 2 months and we took them to the circus. There was a couple with their kids in the row infront of us and it was their first trip out without a diaper bag or any sippy cups. Now that's us. I remember those people being much older, I thought???????????? Hmmmmm, maybe they were? Nothing sad about turning 30 (in 7 weeks by the way) and being rid of diapers, diaper bags, sippy cups, baby carriers, and high chairs. No more baby food or"Gerber Graduates", no more onsies or bibs, clothes we buy for the year now and not in 3 month installments, bed time is when WE decide, crying and whinnying can be frowned upon, "NO" is only for us to say, and spelling things so they don't know what we are talking about is also no longer an option(thanx to my 7 year old who spells better than me, shut up Colleen!). We have begun a whole new stage of this parenting thing, wish us luck! This one I am afraid will not be as easy.

Look at that cute little butt!

Happy Memorial Day!

I hope you all had a nice weekend. Ours was nice and quiet, we stayed home. Our kids played outside, we had some friends over with their kids. All very "Apple Pie American", suitable for Memorial Day weekend. It always warms my heart to watch them run around outside with all the kids in the neighborhood eating ice pops and running under sprinklers.
The monkey was "trying" to look tough

Hanging on the front porch

The Bear on the grill

Preschool Graduation!!

Preschool graduation seems a little dumb to me. To graduate from playing, painting, singing, and parties for every occasion to..... playing, painting, singing, and a couple less parties in a new school hardly seems like a reason to make a big deal. Unless of course it is my kid, whom I have been driving 3 days a week to the same school for 3 years, where both him and I have made friends that we will not be with us next year. I guess as good of a reason as any to celebrate, or have one last party together. CUTE! 60 five year olds walking down the isle in a cute yellow cap, waving to their moms and dads, singing a couple of songs and getting a "Graduation Certificate". Followed by a trip to Rita's with Grandma and Grandpa also.

Not a great shot, the lighting was bad, but the subject was CUTE!

Loving the attention!

I love that kid so much! May his smile stay as bright and heart stay as pure, and may we all be there and as happy when he graduates high school. We are proud of you little bear!! Good luck in kindergarten!

Another Extravaganza!

Well I'm sorry for those of you who might actually read this, cause I have left that sad post to my Aunt up for awhile. Miss her as I do much more has happened since then! We have had another "Never Ending Birthday" in our house. The Bear has turned 5! And it was another week long celebration. Thursday the 18th was his actual birthday. We took him to McDonald's for lunch with a friend, and had nachos and cake for dinner. We bought him a basketball hoop for his birthday which he was very excited about!

Enjoying nachos infront of the TV (inside our coffee table cause the glass broke)

Shooting hoops!

The party has only started! Friday he had his birthday at school and we made 30 cups-of-dirt. Later that night we had a "kid party" for him with about 23 little kids. It was at a place called BounceU and it was GREAT for them! I is like a huge bounce park the kids can run and bounce and box and slide in. Wears them out!! And the parents too.

Singing "Happy Birthday!"

Bear's in the green. They loved the slide, but I did not (way to high)!

THEN on Saturday we had family over to celebrate this joyous occasion. Not TOO many but enough to have a good time, and Aunt Lisa bought him a Kareoke Machine which they are having a blast with still. The weather was beautiful so the kids ran around outside all day! A fun day for all of us.

Finally, as if that was not enough we went to the circus on Sunday morning. The Ringling Brother's, which by the way I was not impressed with at all. They had no lions, or tigers, or tightrope acts. They did acts with trained birds, cats, and dogs. Weird!! The kids had fun anyway, but not overall impressive. On Monday morning we were all back to normal, the husband and I with a few less dollars in our pocket. Enjoy the pictures!