PS again.

I forgot this FUNNY story.

You may know I'm having potty training issues. Well not ME, I know how to use the potty like a big girl, Stephen is having issues. He keeps taking his diaper off when no one is looking THEN going potty. He doesn't want us to know... It's a messy gross problem.

We encourage him to tell us when he has to potty.

This evening he run up to me, "Uh Ohh, mommy peee!" (It's ALL pee to him) So of course I drop everything and race to the bathroom with him. Rip off the diaper and stick him on the toilet. I turn on the water (this helps) and he starts peeing. He pees for at least a minute, maybe more the whole time FARTING too! It gets better! Over and over he says "Uh Oh mommy, BROTHER fart" and points at Ethan who is watching from the hall. He is blaming his farts on his brother even though I'm standing right there watching him do it..

AND today when he pooed in his room during nap time he told me "puppy", his stuffed animal did it! This was LESS funny due to the poo I had to clean up.

PS...

Ethan wants the digital video recorder from costco that's just under $100 for his birthday, he told me.

Or a little kids table.

Brian wants an electric hedge trimmer for his birthday. (Depot GC?) Strange guy!

I'm just passing this along. Do with it what you will. ;)

More fun than a box of toddlers.

Ethan's birthday is Saturday. Yesterday I came home from errands with the boys and guess what was on the front porch? A fun car. It was a pain to put together, but when it was done they loved it. Even better? The BOX of course!
They tunnel through it.
It makes Ethan smile.
Stephen on the car
Ethan pushed Stephen out of the box and sat on it. That thing in his hand is a paint brush of mine they keep stealing.
Stephen INSISTED I take this photo of his feet. "Mommy picture feet?"

More tunneling.
"Make a face for Mommy" always results in this same face.
You know, tunneling again.
Little guy getting in on the action.
Earlier today I tried to teach Ethan how to color. He didn't "get" it...

Also was it my Dad or my friend Pat who made the chocolate poop comment? EWWWW. We didn't get to go to the chocolate factory either.

Random

Don't know what to say. I'll tell this story.

Stephen has issues with the word "Yes"

It's had a progression for us

"Sure" (Always said super happy)

"Ass" (mispronounciation of YES)

"uh huh" (my least favorite)

"O Kay!" (super happy again)

Also he has issues with M sounds. He does say Mommy (MomEEEE) now but for ages it was Bockie. And milk

is "Bilk" and more is "Burr"

The number one thing I hear is "Caliou" which is the name of this cartoon he likes with a bald headed kid. It's pretty cute.

Ethan says "uh ohh" a bunch now, he did say "Stop That" today but it was a one time thing, (I had to say it a FEW times this morning, he wants to pull over the diaper pail all the time) he says "daddaddaddad" and "mom" but he growls "mom" it's funny! He has taken just a few steps and stands all the time.

Least favorite thing to hear is "Ewwww Pee" Which means "Ewww I pooped and took my diaper off because I'm a freak and won't just tell mommy to change me or better yet to let me go on the potty and now I'm standing in my poop and it's all over"

We might be touring a chocolate factory with playgroup tomorrow. I'm waiting for a call with details.

Happy Birthday to me!

Well we are back from our weekend in Charleston. It was fun but crazy too. We went up on Saturday. We drove right into the cute little downtown historic part and parked. It happened to be a little "Charleston Dog Show" down there so everyone had dogs. How fun! We got food at the Farmers Market and it was fresh and wonderful. I had an omlet with fresh eggs. Yummy! Brian got a gyro thing. Stephen ate off our food and had tons of these fresh strawberries we got. Ethan ate baby food jars and some of everything else.

Then we walked after a while we arrived at a cute little shop called "cupcake". They sell nothing but cupcakes and they were GOOD. We ate 4 between the 4 of us.

We drove to Brian's friend Bill's house. He and his wonderful wife Jeanie (sp?) were kind enough to let us stay in their home while we were there. They have a dog Javy too. He's a cute fat beagle looking dog. The boys loved him.

We ate dinner that night and bought drugs (I needed some drugs I had upset tummy, I ALWAYS have upset tummy in Charleston, you may remember last time I went I came home and had to go to the hospital).

Sunday we went to Magnolia Plantation. WOW that's the most beautiful place ever. That's where all the pics I'm putting are from, I kept forgetting the camera until that day. They have a petting zoo with deer in it! I'd never pet a deer. And gardens for miles and a hedge maze and peacocks running all over. It was great. Oh and I've never in my life smelled a magnolia blossom and I love them! I will have to see if that mall store what's it called, Bath and Works or whatever has magnolia sented crap.

Then back to the house for naptime. The boys were so tired they went staight to sleep. Oh on the issue of sleep it stunk! Stephen had to sleep with us and that's a mess. Ethan slept in the pack and play but I don't think it's too comfy. We all came home tired. We do not plan to take any more trips for at least a year, it was just not relaxing at all in that way. We will just do all the day trips you can possibly do from here.

We ate dinner Saturday at this fantastic resturant that Bill chose. It was so yummy. It was seafood. Then we went to the park by his house and to bed. Oh I saw Saturday Night Live, which I've never watched before, it's cute! (This was a show of old epsiodes)

Monday we got up early (Thanks Ethan) and went to breakfast because you can't drive from Bill's house into Charleston at rush hour. At breakfast at the lovely McDonalds Stephen fell and chipped a tooth and cut his lip. Sometime during the day he also got a black eye and Ethan got a knot on his forehead. We really are good parents, I swear my kids just are determined to get banged up. It's sad really. They are both fine though. (I'm going to see if a dentist wants to sand the tooth down so it's not sharp and goofy looking I'll keep you posted)

It was cold Monday so we went to the Aquarium instead of walking downtown like we planned. The Aquarium was awesome, as they always are. Ethan had "Fish Joy" for the first time. Fish Joy is when you see fish in a huge tank and it's like magic and you can't take your eyes away. He had Penguin Joy as a young baby (they are high contrast ya know) but this was his frist Fish Joy. Nothing like seeing your children discover the wonderful creations of Heavenly Father.

After we got out of the Aquarium it was warmer so we walked downtown. We went to this other market but it was really just a touristie flee market. Then more food at this Crab resturant. It was pretty good. When Brian went to pay he found he had left his card in an ATM earlier that day. He left me to pay while he ran back to see if it was still there. Right when he leaves the kids start screaming. Our waiter doesn't come back to take my money for like 15 minutes and they are both shreaking but I can't take them out because I have to pay and it got so bad that when I finally did leave the section cheered! Of course they had stopped crying when they saw we were leaving but when people cheered Stephen was hurt and cried all over again! I told him they were cheering because they love him and shot them all dirty looks and almost cried because it was all too much and also I was wondering where my husband was and if my credit card was stolen and all. Brian got back right when I walked out the door. The machine automaticly sucks them back up if you don't take them within a short period of time and demagnatizes them. The employees saw it and tried to catch it so they could just return it but were not fast enough. We have new cards ordered and they will be here in a week! No debit card till then. OUCH!

So we drove home. I drove actually Brian has a cold. Traffic wasn't too bad. I slept like a ROCK last night. :)

I had 23 packages/cards waiting for me when I got home. Happy Birthday to me! I have awesome friends and family.

Today Marcia took me out to lunch. I love May!