Monday, January 31, 2011

Ryan's first tooth FINALLY came out!


Ryan has wanted to loose his first tooth forever it seems! He just couldn't understand how all of his friends had been losing teeth and he hadn't. Well today at school he was wiggling it and he had to be excused to the bathroom and it finally came out. He said "It didn't even bleed! Well, I just spit it out." ugghh! The tooth right next to it is barely hanging on too. He already has two teeth coming in behind the baby teeth. So what is the going rate these days for the tooth fiary anyway?

The Greatest Show on Earth!!!

This was our first time ever to go to a circus and it did not disappoint! The public library had a program for kids ages 2+ that if they read 4 books they would get a free ticket, so of course we jumped all over that. I also had a coupon for $6 off each of our tickets. Now that was awesome savings! We had a great time. The boys loved the cotton candy and popcorn of course. My favorite was the men in the hamster cage thingy....sorry no pictures...my batteries died! ugghh! It was a great night but it made for an early morning for Ryan's 8:30am basketball game the next day. Losing our savings at the snack stand.




Aiden was enthralled!




100th Day of School

Ryan's class had to dress up like they were 100 years old. The picture doesn't do justice, but he was adorable!

NO MORE DIAPERS!

Just wanted to throw in here that I thank God for small blessings (which are really huge in my world.) On January 18th I buckled down and set it aside as Potty training day for Aiden. He had shown some interest earlier but I wasn't ready. But I knew it was time, so I used the Potty training in a Day method and by golly it worked! We only had 3 accidents on day 2 and one accident the first time we went to church. But other than that he has gotten it right 100%. Whew! this was a small miracle in my book. I think the Lord knows what we can handle and He figured I needed a break on this one. This kid is giving me a run for my money but this was a relief!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Snow Days!

We have had so much snow this winter, we started going a little stir crazy. Ryan's school had to cancel school 3 days which we will have to make up but Ryan loved getting to play in the snow. I'm not a winter fan...at all. I kind of like the first snow of the season as long as it lasts about a day. This lasted all week....felt like a month. To top it off it was covered in ice. Driving was impossible for me. The worst part was Scott had to go to work. The boys were so sad that Daddy couldn't play in it. I have the worst time walking on ice so I wasn't much fun for them. As soon as Daddy got home it was outside we went. We used laundry baskets and cardboard boxes for sleds and our back yard is a super slope so they caught air like it was the Olympics luge or something. Great fun makin' memories...but so glad they are just memories now!