Potty Training

So Kennedy decided to wait until AUGUST to potty train .........I have 3 kids, and I tried to potty train I the other two, but I was unsuccessful, so what makes me think that I would be able to potty train this last one.......you know the kid that is demanding, bullheaded, and if it ain't her idea she ain't doing it. So yeah, ole Miss K decided that in the middle of a camping trip with the in laws that she was going to go potty! Great..........all her idea so she will sit on the pot for hours, and then announce to everyone every movement that I have also. AWESOME.
I officially know where every restroom is in Northeast Nebraska, Southeast South Dakota and Northwestern Iowa. It is a tour right???????

At my wits end...........

Yep.............I am there. I am at the point that I am now saying I want to go back to work. I have almost survived Summer 2010........and no Straightjacket. Today though, yeah today was a day that was banner even in Hall Days. WOW. Decided early this AM that I would go to school for a little while. I also decided that I would take the kids with me, as I decided I really didn't want to get and pay for a sitter when I was volunteering my time. So Jeff came home when I made this decision, and helped or supposedly helped get the kids ready for the trip. UMM HMM. Kennedy has a cute dress on that I put on her, and Jeff put white tennis shoes on her, because that is all he could find. Of course that is all he could ever think of looking for also........and ole Jackson has a long sleeved RUGBY on that he will be able to wear in the dead of the winter..........and shorts. UMM HMM. So yeah we changed everyone and away we went.
So we end up at school, and this is a brand new environment again for them, they are up there in short bursts here and there, but I really try not to make it a constant that we end up there. So there they are all three of them standing on chairs writing on my dry erase board, and they do well for about 3 minutes. Soon packing peanuts all over everywhere, and then we have to go to the bathroom. Kennedy is potty training (which is a story for another time) and Jackson and her go in the boy's restroom. I hear screaming. And giggling. THIS MEANS ISSUES. So yeah in about 3 minutes ole Kennedy turned on all the sinks, and about flooded the bathroom. Of course she also falls and conks her head on the floor, as she is giggling uncontrollably. Great, the role of janitor on the first day back.
So..........get it all cleaned up and next thing I know Miss K has the EXPO markers out and is coloring on the newly waxed floor. AWESOME. Oh and the Expo Cleaner doesn't clean it up. GRAND. As I am cleaning this up, she is in the corner writing on herself, and the heater vent with markers. BEAT ME. NOTE TO SELF, next year I am getting a sitter.
My room has bulletin boards covered, and my desk moved to where I think I want it for right now, and it will get done. Oh and my requisitions are in also........wonder what I ordered that big bottle of chemicals for...............I am sure it was something great I had in mind.............I am ready to go back, for my sanity and my kids.

It is 8:14 and they are in their rooms...............I am done for the day...........just have had enough. Oh and where is the dude of the house? .........you got it .......golfing. Maybe I have time to go and plow the back 40 yet.

Vicki's Challenge

Here is a picture of a card that I made for the CHALLENGE. I never have used chalks and this was my whirl at it. I just stamped with versamark and then chalked over, what a great technique and it was so easy to do!

Scrapbooking online

So I have been trying to get some of Delaney's book done for her preschool graduation. What a trip down memory lane. Honestly, looking a pictures they all take me back to that exact moment in time. I hope my memory will be this sharp in years to come. It is amazing how much of an impact my children have made on me, I have been able to experience highs, and lower moments, but not real lows..........because I always know I am just on a small deep in the rollercoaster we call life. I have looked back over the pictures of her birth, and it all comes flooding back. I remember finding out we were going to have her, and I remember going back to work for the first time. The rash she had on her face for about 3 months, and the first guilt I remember of not knowing what to do about it. Then the picutres of her best friend Addi, who is moving away this summer, and here I sit hoping she makes another friend somewhere close to Addi. It has been so fun to listen to those two giggle and just be girly together. Then the first meeting of Jackson and her ole strawberry from biffing it outside the hospital. The first time she held him, she was all excited to put him back into the bed and take him back. Somethings just never change. Then there was the first meeting of Kennedy, the day in which Delaney herself took over the total Mother Hen role. Great memories...........all captured in pictures...........and each of those pictures literally stop time for me. The Close to My Heart online Scrapbooking has been a great tool for me to get everything put together for her...........check it out it will be worth your time!

Razor

So Jackson at the ripe age of 4 has just had his first go at shaving. Yep, awesome. With a 4 blade razor, no less. We were sitting in the living room the other night when the kids were working on going to sleep (AKA playing in their room) and out here comes Jackson saying he hurt his lip. I look at him and he has one big line all the way down his face and then a big bulge on his lip. UMM HMM.............shaving. AWESOME. Seriously...........you can't make this stuff up.

I am thinking Kennedy is getting closer to potty training. Last night I went into the bathroom, where I knew she was being a little too quiet for my good...........sure enough.............she had the little seat up on the toilet and had poo from head to foot, and diaper off..........with stool full of toilet paper. UMM HMM.

Summer just can't come fast enough right now. 20 days left of school after today and then 5 workdays, I am thinking it can't be over fast enough.

Spring

Wow that word just is rolling off my tongue. Amazing how when you were little time was like at a stand still and now as I have my own kids, I am amazed by how time flies. Seems like it was just spring and we were just enjoying all the firsts of the season. Delaney pointed out the window the other day and said,"Hey Mom, there is a robin." Yeah those are the things that I want to point out to them first..........yet she is the one taking the time to enjoy her surroundings..........I really hope that she continues to enjoy the little things.

Ok but those stinking Asian beetles, seriously those things I could live without. What happened to the pretty little lady bugs of years gone by? Yeah I just read a little research on them and I fear we are stuck with the smelly little things, as not much effects them. Great! I remember vividly as a kid, loving to see a lady bug or my mom telling me not to hurt a lady bug as they were good for the environment. Umm hmm. Simple things.........and now stinky little beetles.

My kids are enjoying playing outside at night after daycare, amazing how fast that wears them out. Seems like water is the going source again in the sand box, they are only little and dirty once I guess. I guess my kids are just dirtier!

I must say I am ready also for the warm days of summer to be upon us. Remind me of this statement this summer on one of those days that the kids are driving me nutty.

April Classes

These are the classes I will be teaching at Wayne Optimist Day on April 10th. Both classes are $10 each with $5 going back to the Optimist's for upcoming events! Enjoy!
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