Not exactly what I had in mind.

I had a lot of errands planned for today while Elijah would be at pre school. Just as I was waking up to cook breakfast for Elijah my cell phone rang. It was the preschool's director. They desperately needed a sub and had called everyone. She knew I was staying at home and so she called me. It was to sub the 15-19 month old class and I could bring Sadie. I felt so sorry for her - she sounded so stressed- so I said okay. I got there just a few minutes late, but we jumped right in. I was so glad I had the "babies" so they didn't really care that we didn't do much today. I felt more like a chaperone than a teacher.

Doing our only organized activity of the day. Coloring a cross. Our letter of the day is "C" and the color is blue...

Sadie really got in to coloring page...

Not coloring so much as eating...

By the way...It was Crazy Clothes Day.

One thing that was pretty fun was getting to watch Elijah go thru his day. I saw him and his friends painting in their room...

I'm just guessing, but I think he was really having fun...

Sadie was fabulous as usual. She is the BEST BABY EVER!! She just sat in her walker and played all day. I even got the kids to volunteer to help take her from the classroom to eat lunch...

Such a good helper!

The new leg warmers I got for Sadie...

Elijah's crazy clothes. He also had a conductor's hat at one point...

I tried taking a pic, but considering it was the end of the day I didn't get much cooperation. You can't really tell, but I'm wearing rainbow striped socks (that's as crazy as I can be on such short notice)...

All in all it was a pretty good day. It will make things extra busy tomorrow, but that's okay.

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I can see you!

Elijah made binoculars in class last night...He loved them! He kept looking at people and saying "I see you!"

The Daily Show with Elijah and Sadie

Just a few randoms...

Elijah at Oak Dale Steakhouse. My parents took us on Saturday night. This is one of the bar stools. His head is cut off because I spent a long time trying to get him to look at me and he wouldn't. I put the camera down and he finally did so I just shot really fast...

I went shopping this morning with some gift cards to buy outfits for Elijah and Sadie. They're having their pictures made on Saturday. I came home feeling really upset for 2 reasons:
1. Boy clothes are either all the same or just not cute.
2. I need to be a millionaire to get all the girl clothes I want. They are so cute!!

I loved it when Elijah would fall asleep in the middle of playing and Sadie is getting there now too. I love it...

Shopping is hard work...

I had my eye on this toboggan a long time ago. I made myself not buy it, but today it was on sale and I just could not resist!

Sadie has been experimenting with no nap lately. She'll go ALL day without napping (except maybe 10 mins in the car). Its not too bad because she still doesn't get very cranky.

BTW I tried the Cheerio thing today...no go. There's a chance he just didn't have to go though. I acted like it was a really cool game called Sink the Cheerio and he was excited, went to the bathroom, pulled his pants down, then decided he didn't want to do it. Oh well. Better go get dinner on the table.

To Train or Not to Train...

Okay, so many of you know I'm in the middle of a dilemma. Elijah shows all the signs of being ready to potty train. He even went one day and "went number one" in the potty all day. Now he totally over going in the potty. Two things that let me know he's ready and just not doing it:
1. He told me "I'm too busy to tee tee in the potty"
2. He was naked after his bath a few days ago and needed to "go". Instead of going in the potty like I asked him to he went and got a diaper, peed in it and then brought it to me.

I have two things I haven't tried:
1. Cheerios as target practice
2. Sticker chart

I offered the stickers once and he didn't care. He doesn't care about candy or prizes. I have one thing I can try that I think will work. I heard from a lady who had a very smart 3 year old. She said she tried everything and nothing worked. Her son knew it was easier to just go in his diaper (just like Elijah). She said she finally just quit buying diapers and told him there were no more diapers and the child was like "okay, I guess I just have to go in the potty". The problem with this method is if by chance Elijah's not ready there's no going back. I can't say "oh, I found some more diapers" and try again later. He'll never trust that they're really all gone.

On the other hand should I just let it go. He turns 3 in a few weeks. His preschool doesn't require that he's potty trained and its actually nice not to have to worry about taking him to the potty (esp when I'm out by myself with both kids). It would be nice to save that money, though.

So let me know what you think. There's a place to the right to vote...

Labor [Day] of Love

Last Sunday after a quick lunch Beau and I took the kids to Stephenville. All of my family was there (minus Zac's girlfriend). We started off swimming in Mom and Dad's new pool.


Zac - of course- being goofy...

Brooklyn posing any time she sees a camera...

Elijah called me over to the other side of the pool to show me what he could do...

Where'd he go?

After swimming for a few hours we cleaned up and headed to Jannie and Papa Larry's for dinner

We had a great time visiting with Larry's kids and grand kids. Rusty even let the kids paddle out in Larry's pond in his kayak...

Sadie and Ethan playing before dinner. I love their faces. Sadie is a little surprised (she looks like a cartoon character) and Ethan is like "how long do I have to sit here with her?"...


We had a great dinner. We went back to Mom and Dad's for the night. Monday morning we had a big breakfast and let the kids swim some more...

Then we headed back to Jannie and Papa Larry's for a wonderful lunch before heading home.

Katy and Sadie. Two of my favorite girls...

Sadie and Mom (another one of my favorite girls)...

I tried taking a picture of my sweet kids. Did not happen...

Then Larry wants a picture with all the kids and it did happen...(count them...11 kids under 10!)

The kids were both asleep before we even got out of the subdivision (which only takes about 45 seconds)! We had a great time!

Boy with a Thousand Faces

Last Saturday Janice and Crystal took Elijah to the zoo here in Waco. They said its a great zoo. I'll have to take him back, I guess. He had a great time. Janice bought him some little toy animals which is just the way to get to his heart. They haven't left his side since he got home. Janice sent me these pictures. I think they're so funny. He will not smile at the camera anymore and makes the funniest faces...



Add about 100 lbs and you've got twins...

I'll try to post later about our Labor Day in Stephenville.

Maybe the name does say it all

When I was pregnant with Sadie almost everyone I talked to about her name told me either their dog's name was Sadie or they knew a dog named Sadie. Well, that seems to be coming to life. She has started this new thing. When she gets excited she pants. Its pretty cute, and funny. I recorded her on my phone and can't figure out how to save it to my computer. If anyone knows how please let me know.

Btw a sentence I said today that I never thought I'd say: "Its okay if your sister spit on your hippo...you have the same spit!"