Jude Pooped...

on the potty! He was in the tub and started making "the face". You know the one. The one where you can actually see that a baby is concentrating. So, I put him on the toilet. He was a little unsure at first, but once he went he was pretty happy with himself.

Jude is one!

Since Jude is one and has no way to verbalize what kind of crappy Crisco frosting cake he wants (pictures to follow of the princess's decision), I decided to get a cake that the adults would enjoy too. I really don't think he cared!

Jude loves trucks! Anything motorized really. Luke is so proud when Jude crawls around with a truck making the brrrrr sound (sorry car people, i don't know the correct spelling for the brrrrrr sound). So, naturally, we got Jude a truck.


Luke's mom made Jude this beautiful sweater. She does such amazing work and I was thrilled to get one for Jude~ thanks mom!


See, I told you he wasn't emotionally damaged by the cake choice. Does this look like a child who didn't enjoy his cake? He was really mad when we took it away.

The Gardens

Luke's mom came to visit and we took her to the botanical gardens. I love it there. The kids can run free and I can enjoy the scenery. I guess I should use the term "run free" carefully. I let my kids run free which means one of them usually ends up in some pond they shouldn't be in. The pictures are before Chloe decided to swim.



This isn't the greatest picture of Jude (really, his hair is not that bad!) He loves the gardens. He starts kicking his legs and says, "ooo" when he sees the flowers, So cute!

Spirit Week

The last day of Spirit Week at Central was School Color day and I found this great hair at the Dollar Store! It was a big hit and Micah loved it!

Eureka Springs

Luke and I went away by ourselves for five days!
Of course, I didn't take many pictures, but I took this one on my phone. It is The Christ of the Ozarks. Funny thing, I thought that they should have named it "Christ the Savior of the World", but what do I know....

We went to Eureka Springs and had a great cabin secluded in the woods. We hardly knew what to do with ourselves. At one point we looked at each other and said, "are we bored or relaxed?" We had a great time, walked all over and ate way too much good food.

Thanks moms and dads for the chance to get away!

Potty Training ~ part two

Chloe is potty trained! It took three days of nakedness, three days of dresses with no underwear and now it's over. She is really proud of herself! I told her once she goes on the big girl potty all the time I would take her to pick out her own underpants. We went and she picked out Dora and Care Bears (super cute~ and they fit her tiny bum). She had a really hard time deciding what ones to wear and finally settled on a pair of the Dora ones. Every time she went that day she brought me her underwear which was just a little damp and said, "i had a little accident, I need a new one". She was peeing in them on purpose so she could wear them all!! At least I know she has good bladder control!