Toilet Training and Wedding Progress

For all those parents out there, toilet training is a frustrating and time-consuming experience. I guess we have crossed a major hurdle in this area after last night. Stan went to get Katie up this morning only to find that after we put her to bed last night, she apparently took off her pull-up and nightgown. He found her asleep wearing panties, jean shorts, her Easter dress, and black dress shoes. This is somewhat of a feat considering the dress was hanging in the closet, the shoes were put up in the shoe holder, and she can't reach the light switches... Here's the biggest news: She was DRY (she has been dry most of the time lately, but not wearing panties)!!!

On another front, wedding plans are continuing for Josh. Every few days he gives us a new update on what they want to do. His latest idea is that parents shouldn't spank, they should just buy their kids toys to make them mind. This seems to be the philosophy of many of the parents we see in the school system, but it is particularly funny considering that Josh has told us that they will be having 10 kids.

Wedding Bells!!?!

Josh announced to me on the way home today that one of his friends that he has been friends with for a long time told him today that she wants to marry him. He added that she says she wants to have 10 kids. 5 that are girls and 5 that are boys. The whole conversation was very matter-of-fact. However, he does seem much more preoccupied with who will be attending his birthday party in May and what we will have at it. :)

Soft Spot

Each morning, I drop of Katie at daycare on the way to school. Since Josh is in Kindergarten at my school, he is in the car with me. The kids usually eat breakfast before we leave home, and sometimes finish in the car (pop-tarts or dry cereal). Katie gets her milk at school when I drop her off, so I always bring a cup of milk in the car for Josh. He drinks it while I take Katie inside. This morning, I was in a hurry with it being the first day back after spring break, and I forgot to get his cup of milk. He grumpily asked me where his milk was before I shut the door to take Katie inside the daycare. I told him that I forgot and I was sorry. He was quiet when I came back and I asked him if he was mad at me. He said "No. It's okay. Sometimes I forget too, mama." I don't know why, but that made me feel bad. It sorta hit me in the soft spot that parents have for their kids.

Our Son the Theologian

On the way home from school today, out of the blue Josh asked me "Was God the first person to be born?" Not knowing exactly how to respond to this, I told him that God wasn't born, he has always been alive. He wanted to know how that could be, and I just said that there are some things that we can't explain as humans and that is one of them. He seemed okay with that answer, but then asked, "Why is God so powerful?" I told him that that's just the way God is and that we couldn't explain that either. He seemed to understand...

Fun at Fry's

We have been thinking about buying a Wii for awhile. Stan saw an ad in the Fry's circular for Wii at the regular price (the key is that they actually had some in stock), so we decided to go and get one for us and the kids for their birthdays. We were standing in the checkout line and Katie gets sick multiple times. Everyone was staring and some people were coughing etc. because of the smell. The two young asian female employees seemed helpless and just stood there staring. I asked if they had the powder that you sprinkle on body fluids, but alas they didn't understand what I was asking for. I ended up wiping it into a smaller area and covering it up with paper towels, holding the wet and sobbing Katie, while the other customers watched. What fun times!

2009 Vacation

Well, it's official. Or at least partially official. We booked our Alaskan cruise/tour last week to celebrate our "official" 10th anniversary a few months early. We leave Dallas on Wednesday, June 10 and will be touring Fairbanks and Denali National Park on the land part and then taking a cruise from Seward down to Vancouver with several stops along the way. We plan to spend a couple days in Vancouver (since we went there on our honeymoon.) We should be home on or around Friday, June 26th.

For those who might be interested, the cruise lines are offering some terrific deals right now due to the slow economy. Our package cost of half of what it was listed at back in November when we first started investigating prices.

Jay Bird

We spent most of the day yesterday in the front yard getting rid of the bushes that had overtaken our front flowerbeds. As we were beginning to clean up, I walked around to the backyard to get the kids to come clean up their toys. I found Katie laying on top of the picnic table naked as a jay bird! Apparently, she needed to go #2 and didn't want to have to come into the house, so she took care of her business outside and then was enjoying her new freedom without clothes! I sure hope none of the neighbors saw that!!