Grati Tuesday Everybody!

I love this new tradition of things I am thankful for. Makes me stop and smell the roses and appreciate the good things that surround me and push out the things that are troublesome...

Things I am thankful for this week:

1. My friend Sarah. I am so thankful to have met someone like her and so glad that our kids play so well together. Mostly I am thankful for the adult interaction that is otherwise lacking in my daily routine. She has livened things up and for that I am truely thankful!

2. I still love my washer and dryer. It makes doing laundry almost enjoyable!

3. My ability to cook. Without this particular skill I am sure our dinners would most certainly always be from a box. I am so thankful my mom and mother-in-law taught me some of their best tricks!


Happy Grati Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone has something positive to think about and are able to hone in on it! Happy day!

School Days

So last night was the official open house for Decovin's preschool. The teacher, Ms. Tina, went over what to expect in her classroom for the preschoolers and what kinds of things she does with them. They all get matching T-shirts (not to wear everyday, but they suggest wearing these on show and tell days). He had fun. He played with legos and play-doh and made some friends really fast. He helped another little girl open her play-doh...real sweet. Ms. Tina let them each take home a play-doh too. He thought that was just the bees knees. I, as a parent, had to sign up to help with two holiday events (not that I have to be there but just to help supply some of the items that will be needed)...I did offer to be a room mom though! I LOVE THAT! So exciting that I am able to do that! Oh and did I mention that we live across the street from the preschool!! So we get to walk as long as the weather permits! AWESOME!

He's growing up really fast. Crazy how the time has flown!

Grati Tuesday Everybody!

Things I am thankful for this week:

My youngest easing into a toddler bed with relatively no problems! I don't have any babies anymore.

Lazy mornings. I am so thankful I have these opportunities thanks to my husband's wonderful job that allows me to stay home with the kids. Lazy mornings are my favorite and for this, I am thankful!

My computer. Without this I would have little to no contact with the outside world.

Unlimited text messaging. Without this I would have NO contact with the outside world...ROFL.

18 Months Old

Camden is 18 months old today! Where did the time go?! I took him to Walmart today to get his pictures taken and you can view them by following these steps:

Go to: portraits.pictureme.com (do not type in www otherwise it won't work) then enter my last name: Plummer, then Studio ID#: 10382 then Session #: 100904

The pictures are REAL cute. Enjoy.

After we got the pictures taken we went over to my grandparents house for a small visit. It was good to see them and they were, as always, in awesome spirits! My grandma Stenzel is the most positive person I know. It's amazing! Anyway...it was a pretty decent day and the kids were, for the most part, well behaved. I always dread longer trips without Bob but this one went swimmingly! :-)

Grati Tuesday Everybody!

Things I am thankful for this week:

1. Gymnastics, my son's only organized outlet outside of this house! He loves it and I love watching him get better and better each week he goes!

2. My grill. It made the most yummy Pork Steaks and Chicken the other night!

3. My sister-in-law and her BF (Liz & Jake). They came up this weekend and watched our boys and our friends kids as well so we could get out for a double date! They ROCK!

4. Our grocery store. It is so close to our house and in a food/recipe emergency it is so nice to have it SO CLOSE!

5. Facebook. It is my outlet that I get the most enjoyment from as I get updates on old friends, new friends and family that I otherwise would have no clue about!

6. My new psuedo niece: Aedri Leigh Grooms who was born last Tuesday! She is a week old today! And man is she CUTE!

7. Online Shopping. Without this my kids would never have new clothes! :-)

8. My washing machine. Without this I would not be able to wash the over abundance of towels we used this week all in ONE load! OH YEAH!

9. My husband. He is 30 today!

10. Nap time. Without this I might go insane! It is a really good day when they both go down at the same time! ROCK STAR!

Date Night

So another couple (Sarah & Jeremiah) we are friends with (Bob works with the guy and the girl and I get along swimmingly) decided to go out on a double date and leave our kiddos (they have 2 girls, ages 2 and 10 months) with my sister-in-law, Elizabeth and her BF, Jacob. They informed us that this was their first time going out without their girls since before they had either of them!!!!! GAH! It was time to get them away!

So we went to Emporia and had yummy BBQ and then to the movies to see Harry Potter. It was great fun to get out and we all enjoyed ourselves a lot! :-) When we got home, Sarah & I went upstairs to get the girls and we found Decovin & Emma (their 2 year old) in Decovin's bed together laying back to back and Emma was snoring away and Decovin was sleepy peacefully...it was the cutest thing since sliced bread! I should have grabbed the camera! It was precious!

The evening was great and we hope to do it again in the near future! :-) Fun times!

GratiTuesday!

I'm stealing Jenni's GratiTuesday blog to also mention things I am grateful for this week, no matter how small!

1. My husband, although not the most romantic man in the world, did stop and notice my simplistic outfit the other day and told me I looked good. I do still catch his eye! yay!

2. My kids' giggles. Without these I wouldn't understand the meaning of true, unconditional love.

3. Toilet paper. THANK YOU!

4. Bunco, my once a month get away!

5. My husbands job which allows me to stay home with our kids. I'm so lucky and I often forget this!

6. Digital Cameras! Enough said!

7. My car. I really do love my Malibu!

8. My GPS!!! The most used electronic device in my car! I use it ALL the time. I am so geographically challenged, this really helps me get me to where I want to go! :-)

9. Internet. Without the internet I would not be able to stay close with so many friends and family!

and finally...

10. Hot dogs. Without these, I'm fairly certain my 3 year old would starve!

Trying to be better!

I'm trying to be better about updating my blog. It went to the wayside for awhile as it has with many of us, but it seems we are all, for the most part, back to blogging! Yay! I think we have lost Amanda, Judy, & Uncle Bob forever. Their loss. :-)

We had an eventful, busy, & fun weekend. Headed to the parents house on Saturday for a wonderful bday celebration picnic! It was perfect weather and we had a yard full! It was good food, good fun and good people! Thanks to all who came and brought food, etc. It was delicious and my kiddos had a blast!

We stayed the night and got up the next morning and just kinda lazed around and didn't really do a whole lot, which was WONDERFUL! Then we headed home in the evening and put the kids to bed straight away.

Today is full of chores for me. I vacuumed, am doing laundry and I plan to clean some toilets I think too! I'll save some other chores for tomorrow. My sister-in-law, Elizabeth, is coming down on Friday for the entire weekend! She is going to babysit my kids and our friends' kids Saturday night while we go out on adouble date! AWESOME! We are going to go out to eat and then to see Harry Potter! SO FUN! Looking forward to it!

Anyway, hope you all have a great week!

Potty Training

Well, I think we have officially mastered the "pooping" portion of potty training. Now to get him to NOT wait until it is too late to make it to the toilet for peeing. He will literally make it to the bathroom jumping up and down and then proceed to stand in front of the toilet and pee his pants...it's like he can't get his pants down fast enough so why bother. GAH! He is too busy playing to be bothered with such things. I guess it could be worse...he could be peeing on the carpet still. Linoleum is easy enough to clean. *sigh* We're getting there! I do enjoy not having to buy diapers or pull-ups for him. He wears undies ALL the time! It rocks...just a few messes here and there to clean up, nothing I can't handle...just wish he wouldn't wait so long!! Boys!

I'm still here!

Just been gone.

For 4th of July we stuck around home and went to the local Burlington Fireworks show. Not bad for a small town. Christy was here and volunteered to stay home with Camden so he could go to bed and we took Decovin. He LOVED the fireworks. Well, not at first. He cried through the first 5 or 6 and then it was WHOA and OOOOOOOO and AHHHHHHH and LOOOOOOK MOMMY! LOOOOOOOK DADDY! It was really cute! And the show only lasted about 35-40 minutes...That was about all D wanted to sit still for so it worked out great!

Went to the lake last week and took my cousins, Quentin (14) & McKinley (12), with us. We had a good time and Bob's cousin and family showed up too. So there were lots of kids for one another to play with and it worked out well! We all ate good, maybe too good, and we all swam a bunch! We even took the boat and jet ski out several times! My in-laws also purchased one of those intertubes you pull behind a boat and we did that a few times too! Talk about FUN! The boys, Q&M didn't want to ride that though. Even though a 7 year old little girl & 8&9 year old little boys did! :-) Oh well, maybe we can convince them another time!

How is everyone's summer going?! Anything exciting going on?!

Zoo, sick, park, sick, fine.

So we went to the zoo on Sunday and then that evening Camden presented with a fever and some major drooling and crying...teething...molars...ok. Two and a half days of crying, fever, drooling, gagging, biting his tongue so hard it bleeds, and some motrin he is fine.

Today we go to the park, just Decovin and I to meet up with Decovin's girlfriend and then we come home...D doesn't want to eat his lunch and is real whiney...so I put him down for his nap and he wakes up looking miserable and radiating heat. Fever of 102.2, then 20 minutes later, he pukes. Lovely. About an hour after that, he pukes again and then within 30 minutes of that he was acting completely back to normal. No fever, no more puking, eating just fine and running around like crazy.

Fine.

Weird?? I think so!

Pool Fun

Fun day today. My friend Abbi came over with her 3 kids and an extra to go to the pool here in Burlington! I also invited my friend Sarah and her two little girls to come along as well! It was a lot of fun and all the kids had fun plus us adults! :-) The kids are crashed too! Gotta love a day in the sun! :-)

First Movie Experience

Decovin getting ready for the movie to start...he has his popcorn, check.
He has his hot dog, check.

He has the after movie nap, check.

It was a really fun day! We got up early and we were worried about the previous nights thunderstorms as to whether or not we would be going through flood waters, but we lucked out and made it to my mom's house no problem. Dropped Camden off with her and then Aunt Christy, D & I headed up to the Palazzo for D's first movie theatre experience. We got there, got the tickets, got the food, got him a booster seat, got our seats and he patiently waited for the movie to start. (Ok, so maybe not PATIENTLY, but the food was a good distraction!). The movie we saw you ask? Up. It was so cute! Decovin really enjoyed it and he did REALLY well considering he has NEVER been asked to SIT STILL during an ENTIRE movie before. He only got up a couple of times to stand by the bars and talked a little bit during but mostly he did REALLY well! I was so impressed with him! There was one part toward the end when he leaned his head on my shoulder and said to me: "I loves you mom!" It was SOOOOO sweet! How does it get any better than that?!

I'm back!

Ok, so we have been out of the state for the past week on vacation and also after our computer crashed I had to wait for Bob to install the antivirus software, etc so he finally did that today and so I am now fully back online!

So...we just got back from the Lake of the Ozarks and we had a great time, for the most part. The trip started last Friday leaving when Bob got home from work and we made it to the cabin with our new/used jet ski a little after 9pm. We stayed through to the following Saturday...we swam, used the jet ski, took out Bob's parents new/used boat, and even hit up the annual cavern trip (Bridal Caves)!! It was relaxing and overall we had a good time. I started out the trip with a nice tumble down our stairs Friday morning at home before we left. I was fine Friday but by Saturday and well into Sunday I was STIFF and REALLY sore!! I could hardly turn my head left & right and I must have jarred my left shoulder as I could barely rotate my arm and it was hard to get dressed! LOL! Oh and I also got a cold too...lovely sore throat with chills and aches (although not sure if this was from cold or falling down stairs) and just overall "ucky-ness"!! Oh and did I mention aunt flo invited herself too?! GAH! It was a trifecta of annoyances! LOL! Oh well, it was still managable and we still had fun! Pictures to come soon!

We are back home now and I am so glad to be home. My bed was so AWESOME last night after not being in it for over a week! It was very welcoming! :-)

Oh and have I mentioned that we bought new front loader washer and dryers and still have not had them hooked up yet?!?! The cord needed to set up the w/d properly was not long enough and the guy ordered me a new one but ordered the wrong size!!! So we were supposed to get it Friday before we left but they didn't get it in in time so I have to call them tomorrow and hopefully they can come out and hook it all up so I can do some laundry!!!

The boys are doing great and getting so big. Decovin is doing so awesome on potty training. He is telling us when he needs to pee AND poop now! YAY!! We still have accidents here and there but we are in underwear all day with the exception of bedtime. But he has been waking up dry for some time now. Just too chicken to take the pull up away just yet. But we are getting there! Yay!!

Camden is finally saying words since he had his tubes put in...it's like all of a sudden he can hear properly and it is "clicking" for him. It's really cute. His laugh will make anyone laugh also. He sounds like a little billy goat. It's quite humorous. Anyway...

That is all I can think of for now. I hope you are all still blogging! I do love to check them!!

Ear Tubes, Crash, Graduation, Parties, & Fever

Camden had tubes put in his ears last Monday on the 11th. It was SUPER fast!! We were told to be there at 6:50am. Checked in, did some paperwork, they sent us back to the room to talk to the doctors and nurses, more paperwork...this took approximately 40 minutes. Then the nurse took him back and they told me to wait in the waiting room and they would call me back the minute he was brought back to the room. I read a page and a half in my book and they called me back!!! SO FAST! Then it took another 15-20 minutes for him to come out of his drugged up stuper and we were on our way! In and out in like an hour and 20 minutes! CRAZY! He was completely back to his normal self after he took his afternoon nap! AMAZING! He has been doing well ever since...haven't had any drainage or him grabbing at his ears or anything!! Keeping our fingers crossed!!

So our computer crashed last week and it still isn't up and running fully... Internet access only and only to safe websites until virus protection is uploaded. Lost all my photos (will have to order them from KodakGallery if I want them here at the house) and all my videos. Whatever I didn't get around to uploading on UTube is gone...*SOB*

So I have learned my lesson and will start backing up EVERYTHING at least weekly if not every other day! Grrrrrr! Please do not lecture me mother. :-)

Next Subject: This past weekend was graduation central on Bob's side of the family. It started with Friday night. Elizabeth, his littlest sister, graduated from Johnson County Community College during a hail storm and pouring down rains! We all sat SOAKED throughout the ceremony...BRRRRRR!!!!! Then Saturday Decovin woke up with a fever and so we missed Bob's cousin Brad's high school graduation in the morning and his graduation party in the afternoon. It was looking like I was going to miss his other cousin Austin's high school graduation that evening but lucky for me I have the greatest family in the world and my Aunt Melodie and her two boys came over to watch them for me so I could go! Yay!

Decovin's fever was off and on all day Saturday and when he woke up Sunday it was back to normal...so I decide we can make the trek to the park for Elizabeth's graduation party. It was fun and a BEAUTIFUL day for it and we stayed for a couple of hours then I left as both the boys were EXHAUSTED! So the trip home was QUIET! YAY! Then after a few hours of being home I checked D's temp again and BAM, it is back up through the roof...more motrin was administered and then I put him to bed. I checked on him again at 5:30am and it was back up again so I gave him another shot of motrin and he slept til 8:30 and it has been normal since...I did call the doctor's office this morning to see about talking to a nurse to see if it was necessary to come in or not. He is acting fine otherwise and Amanda said that as long as he is "normal" then a fever is not going to hurt him. So I am waiting for the nurse to call back. We'll see.

So I am exhausted from this weekends festivities but it was a fun weekend and now I am looking forward to my MaryKay party this weekend...everyone is invited. I am having two parties...one at 2pm and one at 3pm so that everyone can get a color makeover! :-) Let me know what time works best for you so I can start tallying my lists!

Oh and the last weekend in May thru June 6 we are headed to the Lake of the Ozarks for our family vacation! It is our only opportunity to do something this year as Bob will be in training for the better part of the summer. So I am SO looking forward to this! Just have to get some ear plugs for Camden so he doesn't get lake water in his ears...that is IF we decide to go in the water...it may be too cold yet...but we do plan on taking out my father-in-laws new/used boat they just bought!!! YES!!!

Sinus Icky!

So Decovin and I have been down and out with the sinus funk. We are all stopped up and draining and coughing and just feeling lovely all over!

Last Thursday I met up with Amanda to go see The Color Purple at the music hall in downtown KC. We hit happy hour first at an awesome hip and trendy restaraunt called Nara (http://www.narakc.com/) and had some really cheap appetizers that were to die for and some pretty yummy martini's as well! Then we headed over to the theatre and watched the AWESOME production and then I had to head back home. Well, I had to pick up the boys first from Bob's cousin's house as they were babysitting for me then on home...so I didn't get home until just after 1am! Oh well, it was totally worth it! FUN!

Saturday I drove back to Olathe to throw my best friend Kim a baby shower!! Crystal and I did the hosting and I think we did a pretty good job if I do say so myself! :-) Afterwards I drove up to Shawnee Mission Medical Center to visit my Aunt Melodie who landed herself in the hospital with an inflamed bowel! OUCH! No fun! She is supposed to be released today so that is good but she had to hold off on eating per doctors orders for 2 days! I am not sure how she did it but I am glad she is getting to go home soon!

Now I am focusing on Marianne's shower this coming Saturday...I just hope the baby holds off until AFTER the party. hehe! I can't believe he is coming this month already! I will have my very first nephew! YAY!

Other than that, not a whole lot has been going on. Just trying to get caught up on chores around the house and then I feel like May will be over in 2.2 seconds with all the baby showers, baby arrivals, graduations, graduation parties, AND my marykay party (which is on the 23rd at 1pm, feel free to come!)!! I feel like it is going to be a big ol' blur! YIKES! Buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy ride!

The Chicago Trip

So this weekend was our big trip to Chicago for the Get Your Rear In Gear 5K walk/run for the colon cancer coalition. So we decided to make a little mini-vacation out it while we were up there. Our flight left KCI on Thursday evening around 6:20ish with no problems and we arrived at the O'Hare Airport and caught the shuttle to the Hertz rental car place and got our car with no problems. We were STARVING as it was 8pm by the time we got the car but the restaurant we wanted to go to (Burt's Place) closed at 9pm and we arrived at 8:46pm and they were not making any more food for the evening...they are strict about how you order! OY!

Friday morning we woke up and headed to downtown Chicago for an exciting day of sightseeing and museum walking...hmmm...well after we parked in a lot (that cost $18!!!) we decided we might not see as much of Chicago as we would hope to, not at those prices as nothing is close enough to walk to several things...you have to get a cab or catch a train or trolley or move your car to another $20 lot!! OUCH! So we only went to the Museum of Science & Industry and we didn't find out until after we already paid our money that it was geared more towards kiddos and not adults, although it did have some adult moments, it still wasn't necessarily worth the tour. Thanks goodness I had a coupon for buy one admission get one free! :-)

After that, we headed to the outskirts of downtown and tried to eat at a Gino's Pizza joint only to find out it was closed! So we went to a little restaraunt next door that was a little hole in the wall Italian joint! The food was delicious and it was worth the mistake!

Then it was back to downtown to pay for more parking and up to the Sears Tower Skydeck. They were only open to the 99th floor that day for whatever reason so we didn't ACTUALLY get to the top but whatever. It was still cool and I'm glad we went, it was a nice 360 degree view of the city!

After that we decided to call it a day for the downtown area and headed back up to our hotel and called in a reservation at Burt's Place for their "famous" deep dish pizza. I found this joint from a TV show I like to watch called Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations...too bad we actually had to make a reservation...heh heh! Anyway we ended up sitting at the exact same booth as Anthony and I got my picture taken with the owners wife and we enjoyed our meal! It was TRULY delicious! Mmmmmm!!!

Saturday we got up early and headed down to pre-register for the 5K run/walk. We got our bag of goodies and put them in our car that was parked across the street in a $25/day lot...sigh...and then waited for the walk to begin. It rained a little on us before the walk started but let up and didn't do it again until WAY later on in the afternoon! So the walk was fun and we had a beautiful view of Lake Michigan and other random sights along the way! When we were done with the walk we decided to walk to the Hitchcock building and purchase the recommended trolley/double decker tour of the city...this was fun! We rode it to the theatre district where we got off and found a cute little greek diner where we ate lunch then hopped back on the bus and went to Shedd Aquarium...we were planning on this being our museum of the day but when we got there, there was a line so long we said forget it and went to The Field Museum next door instead. Well worth it! It was only sad b/c we had to rush through in order to see everything and to catch the trolley back to "near" our car!

Got back on the double decker bus and DOWN POUR of rain came BLOWIN' in!! They gave us a poncho and we were the only two who braved the storm on top exposed to the elements. It was cold, rainy, and windy! AWESOME! We were forced to the lower level once lightening started to strike! YIKES! So, soaked and cold we departed the trolley for our 1 1/2 mile trek back to our car! We had to stop at a Barnes & Noble to get coffee and a snack and to warm up before braving the winds again. But we made it and it was a good day!

When we got back to the hotel, we dried off and decided to ask the locals where to go for dinner...so we hit up a hole in the wall Mexican joint with authentic Mexican food...we ordered the Flautas de Pollo and they were DELICIOUS! I was only sad that I didn't read the menu more carefully as they had Brain Tacos and Cow Head Tacos that I totally would have ordered just to say I had eaten it!!! Oh yeah! I like to live on the edge! Bummer!

We went back to the hotel and played some Wii (the hotel had one in their lobby, of which we played every night we were there!) and then crashed at 9:45pm! We were exhausted.

Sunday we decided was going to be our sleep in day and not worry about touring day...so we took our time then headed to a nearby strip mall to go see a movie, 17 Again, pretty funny! Then we ate lunch next door at Shaw's Crab House and it was DELICIOUS!

Then we decided we better head back to the Hertz rental to drop off the car and get checked in for our flight...they told us to allow 2 hours for this process...we allowed 3! Apparently that didn't matter!! We were scheduled to leave at 5:22pm but our flight was delayed initially b/c the plane was late getting to Chicago. Then when it did arrive they discovered a mechanical error and pushed us to an adjoining gate which pushed out the departure even later. Then we think they were just making stuff up because we didn't start boarding until 7:45pm!!! Then, because they overbooked the flight (awesome) they had to make sure we made the weight limit and they put in the maximum amount of gas b/c they anticipated having to fly in a holding pattern due to weather. Unfortunately they put TOO much gas in it so we had to sit on the runway for half an hour just burning fuel to get to the legal limit to take off!!! We finally took off around 8:45pm to head for KC.

We get above Kirksville, MO and are put in a holding pattern. We are in this holding pattern for just over an hour. During which we hit a random patch of what we all thought was turbulence only to hear the captain on the radio tell us, that it wasn't turbulence but that another plane is in the same holding pattern and he thought he better get out of their way?!?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?! Ok, we didn't need to hear that, whatever! So then the captain gets on the intercom and tells us that we are starting to deplete our fuel and they are thinking about sending us back to the Chicago! OMG! They nix this idea and land us in St. Louis to refuel. We are not allowed to leave the plane and on short flights like this they don't provide snacks so if you didn't have dinner beforehand you were screwed! Luckily we brought some snacks on board. We finally take off from St. Louis around 11:45pm and head back to KC for attempt #2...they had to fly us south of KC under the storm and so we finally landed around 1am! That's right...1am! So by the time we got our bags and caught the tram back to our car in extended parking it was 2am! Then we were starving so we found a 24/hour McDonalds and grabbed something to eat and then headed to Bob's parents house where we arrived at 3am! We were EXHAUSTED and just glad to be near a bed! So we got up this morning and headed back to Burlington after lunch and I couldn't be happier to be home.

Chicago was fun, it had its high points and its low points but I am not sure we will be rushing back to get there again any time soon! haha! I hope the Get Your Rear In Gear group does a Kansas City function soon! :-)

Last chance-------------->>>>>>>

Last chance to donate to the Colon Cancer Coalition...Bob and I leave Thursday for Chicago for the 5K on Saturday! The link is to the right of the screen. Thank you so much for your donations! It really means a lot!

For those of you not familiar with my family, that is my cousin Michelle who has been battling colon cancer since December of 2004...she is a fighter and her faith is unreal and for that I admire her. I love you Mic!

Not much...

Nothing real exciting has been going on since Easter. My in-laws celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on the 13th with my father-in-law being sick so we ended up not going out. :-( We did go over to my sister-in-law Tabitha's house though and ordered pizza and visited. It was fun. Our niece, Abby, is so close to walking it's not even funny! She is one smiley baby and I just love her to pieces!

Went to Emporia on Friday and delivered my lasagna to one of Bob's co-workers whose wife just had twins. Then we decided since it was so nice out to visit the Emporia Zoo. Although VERY small, it is free and worth it for toddlers...quick walk (they don't need a stroller it is so short) and they have SOME interesting animals to look at. Ha! Decovin was scared that all the animals were going to get him, we had to keep reassuring him that they were behind a cage and could not get out. Not sure where he developed this fear.

Then Saturday I went to Paola to see my grandma in her new assisted living home. It is very nice and I was glad I went. She was just as excited to see me I think! LOL! I helped organize a few of her dresser drawers and label them so she can remember where things are and then I went across the street to the hair salon to see some dear friends whose daughter was getting her hair done for prom! I got her some flowers for her hair and she used them, it was REALLY REALLY cute! :-) Then I headed to LaCygne for a sleepover at Christy's with MEAGAAAAAAANNNN!!! We attended the Prom Walk-In at Prairie View then we went back to Christy's house and watched a couple of movies and ate a TON of food! It was fun! Stayed up WAY too late and woke up WAY too early but it was a blast! Then Sunday I came home and hung out with the fam for the rest of the day and here I am today...typing away my weekend stories for you all! ha!

Oh! Side Note: When we went to Emporia we stopped at Walmart to pick up a few things and a friend of mine suggested we let Decovin pick out his own underwear so he could feel like he was a part of the process. He picked out Thomas the Train ones and was SOOOO excited...so we let him wear them and he wet the first two but he TOLD us so that is a start, although he did poop in a different pair and didn't tell us...so that is going to be a whole other battle...then the next day he stayed dry ALL day! And as of 11:30am this morning he has been dry all day too! Waiting for the poop though as he didn't poop yesterday...we are bribing him with "coins" if he goes poop in the toilet. We keep telling him that Thomas doesn't want to get wet or dirty so we have to keep him clean by using the toilet instead of our pants...*shrug*...we'll see. The saga continues...

Easter Weekend Fun

Well Easter has come and gone with a blink of an eye! I can't believe it is already over! We colored eggs, hunted eggs, played with new friends and cousins, ate LOTS of food, and all in a 2 1/2 day period! I'm exhausted!

Friday was coloring egg fun with Aunt Christy, Meagan and her niece Gracie. Saturday was spent traveling up to my brother's home and letting the kids play together and then Sunday was FOOD, FOOD, FOOD! It was a fun weekend but I'm glad to be home. Just sad Bob had to work all weekend and missed out on all the fun. :-)

Decovin & Aunt Christy coloring some eggs! He LOVED it!

Gracie and her Aunt Meagan colored some too!:

Us Girls after the coloring was all over!:The Kiddos playing in the JumpHouse. They all had a blast together!!