Potty Training

I have been trying to potty train Chloe for a while. She seems to get it, but as soon as I put her in big girl underpants she pees. She will not pee if she is naked. So anyone who is planning on stopping by consider yourself warned. Naked Babes at the Brouwers this weekend.

Micah and I had a long talk about Good Friday and Easter on the way to school yesterday. He was very excited to ride the bus across the street to the church for a special chapel. We talked about remembering Jesus death on Good Friday and celebrating Jesus resurection on Easter. Micah often amazes us with his understanding and sensativity to really hard concepts so these conversations often turn into theological debates.
After school I asked him how chaple was. He told me that the bus ride was great, but chaple was a little bad. I asked him to explain and this is what he said, "mom, you aren't going to believe it. they talked about all the sad stuff~ Jesus dying, the bad guys who put him there, his sad friends and mom and all the bad stuff we do. You know what?? They forgot the great part. The part about Jesus winning. The part about not staying dead and not letting satan win! It was kinda bad of them to forget that part"

Bubbles

I think Chloe blew bubbles for four hours...

sitting on her scooter most of the time

Spring

We had a really warm day in STL yesterday. I love the first few days of spring like weather. The kids are so happy to be outside~ it's as though they never saw the outdoor toys before. Everything is new and exciting! Micah and Chloe played outside for four (yes 4) hours. I checked on them a couple times and brought them juice and a snack once. No fighting or crying the whole time~ I am a proud momma!


Micah loves his new scooter. He rode up and down the small path of concrete in our back yard.

Yes, He is eating Cheetos.

He's the third child.


And he's happy~ and sat outside for 2 hours!

And woke up this morning with a pink nose and upper cheeks. I think I may need to buy stock in sunscreen

They got stuck. Luke and I laughed and took pictures. Then the crying started. They really were stuck!

At least they are playing together~ right??

Botanical Gardens

We went to the gardens this past weekend with my parents. I had great intentions of getting some pictures of the kids and my parents, but somehow this is all I ended up with.

Chloe stood by this drinking fountain for a long time and never got any closer to the water that what you see. She wanted to do it herself.....

I think she finally let my dad help her

Jude

I needed a safe place to set Jude after his bath for a moment. I thought he might get upset, but he thought he was pretty big stuff.