Pee-Pee in the potty...FINALLY!

Luke turned 3 in March and I have been hoping that he would just kind of potty train himself...no luck. So last Saturday, Mia and Luke had a sleep over at Nana Bighouse's--(Beau's parents house) and we forgot to bring Mia some undies so Nana went to Walmart and bought her some, and when she came back and presented them to Meemers, Lukey-boy got very upset that he didn't get any and so Nana told Luke that if he went pee-pee in the potty that he could get some big-boy undies too. And wouldn't ya know he went, not once but twice! So I kept it going after hearing that spectacular news and he went for me too! A few times in the potty, a few times on the carpet, wood floor, and yes, even my kitchen counter to which Brooke (my niece) promptly came running to me yelling "Luke peeped!" After disinfecting my household and doing many loads of laundry we will continue to press forward--without anger or frustration of the next days, weeks and hopefully not months to come. For I desperately want this child in pre-school this coming school year for both of our sakes. So, if any of you who have gone through such trials as these, please comment of what worked, what didn't and what you would do different.

Side note: We do have a potty chart and he gets to put stickers on it everytime he successfully goes, and we have treaters for him.

Easter, soccer and dance..picture overload!

Fun, Fun, Easter! My little rag-a-muffins Easter morn so excited for what the Easter Bunny has brought... And through the magic of a bath, a little gel and a curling iron...waalaa two presentable children!

This is the best I could do to get the kids to take a picture together.

The second Easter egg hunt of the day! Little Luke the first out of the gate.

Again..the best I could do.

Mia has started soccer this year, and I think she likes it. She is definitely the fastest on the team.

Beau is one of 3 coaches for a 5 year old team...how many do they really need?:)

Great kick girlfriend!

Meemers and her bestie after the big game.

Competition season of Mia's dance class has started. She danced away to "Splish Splash" and was completely adorable.

She is waiting around with the other dancers for the awards.

The pool's progressing..

Just a quick update...the pool will be totally finished this week, however, do you spy that orange faux fence? We still need our fence put back up before we're in business. So the fence posts will be put in this Wednesday, then next Wednesday, they will finish up by putting the panels in. Pool party anyone?

Patio and flower beds.

Lower patio under our deck, and oh yeah Beau needs to put our stairs back on!

The full monty.

Cool stamp they put in. And yes, it is pointing the right direction.

Upper views.

Pool in progress

Here's a little update of what's going on in our backyard currently:

The walls of the pool are up...

Ripping out the grass....

We are digging under our deck so we have another covered area...

Beau doing a little drainage work...

Our yard had to be elevated a ton because of the water table, so we'll be putting in a new fence for privacy.

Get in touch with your crafty-side.

This is a little "pay it forward" blog entry with a homemade craft. I was the recipient of a darling little craft from Mary Jane and it is now my turn to pay it forward to the first 3 comments on my blog. I will make you something and truly get in touch with my crafty-side (which will be a real stretch) and in turn, the 3 winners will have to pay it forward by posting this same type of post and spread the love.

Toothless Fairy

Well it's official, my little baby girl is no longer a baby. Since she's losing her teeth in all. Beau yanked Mia's tooth out and another on was already on it's way in! This ended up very traumatic at first but through the next few photo's you'll see her "magically" transform. Ouch, so sad...

Post tooth pulling...

There it is, in all it's enamalized glory.

The toothfairy came, and man was HE generous! I told Beau to place just one $2 bill under her pillow, and guess what the next morning it multiplied into $10 bucks...WHAT? The toothfairy must have really liked that tooth.

Daddy-O felt so bad about pulling out Mia's tooth he gave her $10 bucks, flowers, and a lovely note.

Someone deserves an award

Recently Luke drew on the walls with pencil in his room and mine...big surprise huh? I tried scrubbing it off with a rag and water and no luck...so I decided to try the Magic Eraser. Holy Crap! It's the most magical thing ever invented I think. So who ever invented this magical device, you deserve every accolade there is, a pulizer, nobel peace prize, and oscar, a golden globe, or a grammy! I know they have nothing to do with it, but still this made my day!