Good, Clean (and cheap) Fun!

Sometimes (actually all the time lately) it just is too much to take all the kids to our neighborhood pool. So we set up this small pool in the front yard and Will and Alivia have a blast.

Let the Vaccinations Begin!

John had his 8-week appointment with Dr. Dawson today. He is 12 pounds 11 oz (75%) and is 22.5 inches long (40%). He got three shots and handled them like a champ. It was fun to show him off to Dr. Dawson and spend a little one on one time with the little guy. He is such a good baby and is a joy to have in our family.

Princess Camp

Alivia will be going to Princess Camp all week. She absolutely loved it today and I knew it would be a hit when at drop off they were painting the little girl's fingernails. She is already sad she only has four days left. The camp teaches little girls that they are "God's Princesses" and how to learn to love themselves and God just the way He made them. So cute. They also have Prince Camp for little boys that I can't wait to send my boys to when they are older.

It's Potty Time!

Toilet Training in a Day book: $7.99

Tinkles the Potty Doll: $9.99

Teaching your child to go pee-pee in the potty: Priceless

I don't know what came over me to start potty training Will with an 8-week old, but he did GREAT today! I can highly recommend the book and technique that I used. The book was written in the 70's and is definitely dated, but the technique worked well for us. I followed the book as best I could - it is pretty intense - but we finished the day with Will asking to use the potty successfully. We will see how tomorrow goes. . . Oh, and we have not gone poo-poo in the potty yet, either! Overall, I am so proud of Will. Way to go little buddy!

Dancing Queen/King and Baby John's First Coos

TCU "Lake" Weekend. . . With a Twist

OK. . . I am going to try and summarize a crazy-fun weekend that ended on an even crazier note when half of the group got some horrible GI bug (that is still going through the group by the way). I have limited pictures because I was one of the ones hit by the evil virus. We did not even get a shot of the whole group!

Anyway, every year my TCU Chi Omega pledge sisters get together (with kids and hubbies). Usually we head out to our lakehouse but this year it was still under construction so we headed to Corinth (suburb of Denton) to stay at Anna's beautiful home on the golf course. Her house had ample room for all of us. She has the most amazing pool and backyard.

Of course it was wild with all of the kids - and for some reason Will decided to be a big stinker at various times during the weekend. Probably because we were all functioning on less than normal sleep since we were all sleeping in the same room (yes, all five of us!)

But I would not trade seeing those girls for anything. I can't believe I have known them for about 20 years (and some even longer!)

Our hosts, Anna and Sam

Daddy and Will - Will was so funny about not wanting to get into the pool!

Baby John, 8 wks

Anna bathed all the kids in her tub! So cute!

Even the adults liked watching Toy Story 2

Brian and Baker (7 months)

Samuel holding John

Whataburger!

Matt and I have been watching and then trying out recipes from America's Test Kitchen on PBS. I had never watched cooking shows before to understand the lure. . . until now. It is so fun to watch how to do a recipe and get excited about it before trying it yourself. This is from the episode "Best American Burger." Will was so excited about the burger he simply grabbed it off the table and dug in. He was not the least bit intimidated that the burger was literally the size of his head. That's my boy! Seriously, that kid can EAT. And with John closely on his heels, I can only imagine the doubling and tripling of recipes that will need to occur in the future. Here's to boys!!!