Our little girl is growing up!

So we've been wondering when Emily will "want" to be potty trained. Well, Thursday she told me that she's going to sit on the potty so she can get a potty treat. So I expected her to sit on it for a short bit then automatically ask for a potty treat. It was nice to be wrong. She sat on the potty for about an hour, got up a few times, got books, and returned to her potty. While I was chatting with my little sister I heard "I went Potty". What a nice suprise to actually have her go potty. I do realize it was a procastination technique on my daughter's part. 

Great news Emily has spent  today in Panties! She only had one accident. I guess I'm the one to blame for that. We have two potties the only difference is one is pink and the other is red. Because she will only use the Pink potty, and I left it upstairs after I emptied it. She tried to get upstairs in time to use it, but didn't make it. 

She's been very good at peeing a little bit at a time then peeing more after I emptied it. Sad to say I did find it very annoying that she did it that way. With about 76 days left of being pregnant I don't like the frequent trips to the bathroom to empty the potty. I'm glad that she's doing it I just want her to pee more at a time. About a 1/2 hour ago I had just barely emptied the potty when she got up and told me that she pooped in the potty. I was very happy with the news. Emily kept telling Ben to come upstairs and look at it for over 20 minutes. Great Job Emily!

I know that I'm about to pop another baby out, but I don't want my little girl to grow up. James and her are already too grown up. I was looking at their baby pictures and WOW how they have grown. I love my kids and hubby! 

Funny things kids say.

An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her then-four-year-old daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it. 'Be still, my heart,' thought my friend, 'my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!' Then the child spoke into the instrument: "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?" 

A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, he looked at the old pages as he turned them. Then something fell out of the Bible and he picked up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between pages. "Momma, look what I found," the boy called out. "What have you got there, dear?" his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boy's voice he answered: "It's Adam's suit!!" 

Statements Made in Sacrament Meeting & Ward Newsletters

Our opening song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High"

Don't let worry kill you -- let the church help.

Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

Homemaking this week will meet at 7 p.m. The topic is weight management. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

Sister Jones will be leading the weight management Homemaking Wednesday nights. She's used the program herself and has been growing like crazy!

This morning we are happy to announce the birth of David Alan Smith, the sin of Brother and Sister Julius Smith.

This afternoon there will be baptisms in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early.

On a fast Sunday the opening song was listed as "Because We Have Been Given Mush.”

Anyone wishing to donate money to defray the cost of the new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the carpet should come forward and do so.

The Relief Society has cast off clothing of every kind. They can be seen in the church basement Saturday.

Eight new choir dresses are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

At the fireside tonight, the topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.

During the absence of our bishop, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good talk when Bro. Adams supplied our pulpit.

Bishop Smith spoke briefly, much to the delight of his audience.

Some of the youth are in the high school presentation Shakespeare's Hamlet Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

The 1991 Girls Camp will be hell the week of May 10.

Please join us as we show our support for Amy and Alan in preparing for the girth of their first child.

Why do my kids cause trouble when Daddy's in charge?

That is the question that I want answered. Ben and I stayed up kind of late, but then with being pregnant I wasn't able to actually get to sleep until 2am. So this morning was not one I was looking forward to. Ben took care of the kids so I could get an extra hour of sleep. I slept better during that hour than during the night.

I noticed that the kids were in their rooms, but didn't know why? So I asked Ben if they were in trouble. "Oh, yeah!" was his reply. He went to Emily's room first to show me her. I asked if they got into my stuff? For once the answer was no. I was relieved for a short bit. He would not let me see Emily until she had taken off her clothes to show me. So I was starting to panic, I thought they must have cut off her hair. I was relieved again I saw her head. Then I looked at her body. Her body was covered with something brownish, so my mom brain thinks Poop, Ben then had James answer my question "what was it?". Finger paint was the last thing on my mind.

After they all ate Ben watched tv for about 10 minutes which was long enough for the kids to cause trouble. The kids opened some finger paint and proceeded to get it over everything. I had a basket of clean clothes near by which were covered with the paint. So most of the paint went all over my clean laundry. Ben put the clean kids in their rooms then started a load of laundry. He was trying to take care of the mess before I got up, but the washing machine will only wash a certain amount of laundry at a time. He threw away all of that finger paint, and we're going to make the kids throw away the rest themselves. I know that they wont like that but they made their choice.

Right now he's going up to make them help him finish cleaning up their mess. So my question to you is... If these was your kids what would you do to punish them? 

Been there, done that

Here is how it works, cut and paste to your blog and bold (or color) the things you have done. Mine are in blue.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/World
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (only to my kids)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (by my kids)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person

101. Learned to play an instrument

I tag anyone who is living.

Your Other Names!

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Angel Caliber

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream and favorite cookie) Hokey-Pokey Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) Kdow

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Lime Green Octopus

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Lucille Provo

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Dowka

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) The Red Lemonade

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Virgal Kent

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) DKNY Twix

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Lucille David

I tag anyone with a name!

Naughty Daddy

Our lovely home has a light carpet in the front room. So the rule is "No food or drink in the front room". I've occasionally have let the family have pretzels and sippy cups in the front room. Usually Ben and I will bring a drink or something in the front room after the kids are asleep.
This morning Ben got caught not once, not twice but three times! We had some munchies last night. I thought the unspoken rule was that you are responsible to remove your own evidence before you go to bed so you don't get caught in the morning by the kids. This morning Emily went straight to Daddy's mini candy bar wrappers and gave them to him. Then James asked "who's cup is this?" and then asked "who ate cookies out here?" which led to the kids asking if they could eat them. Daddy quickly removed those items and the unseen ice cream bowl.
This wasn't the first time or the last time that he was caught. We'll see how often it will happen.