lunch-time nap

I have so trained these girls well! The children all take their naps after lunch, which is usually by 11:30 each morning. This picture was taken about 11:45 today. She had eaten and the next thing was a nap...look she is still holding her spoon.

yeah for poop!

After an hour of sitting on the potty, I am pleased to say, that Zoey pooped in it! We are all so very proud of Zoey! We came in to check and once we saw her accomplishment, Jacob and I clapped, squealed with delight, and hugged her! She smiled to big and hugged us back. We are so very proud!! Way to go Zoey!!

prize for pooping...

I told Zoey that if she pooped on the potty, that she'd get a prize. Jacob said that he wanted a prize, so,being fair to Zoey, I told him that he had to poop on the potty too. He ran to the bathroom and was proud to display his poop. So, he got a prize too. Congratulations Zoey!! well...Jacob too.

poop day 2

We are trying the poop in the toilet thing again today. It's a pretty day, so the little kids were all outside playing. Zoey comes running in, holding her heiny...poop time again. This time she isn't getting off the potty until there's some poop in it. Here we go again!!

hannah stinkin' montana

What is the deal with Hannah Montana? My girls adore her. Last night was Activity Girls night @ church. It was also my turn for carpooling. Once the meeting was over and we dropped the children off to their right homes, I needed to run to Wal-Mart. Libby walks in the store and squeals, because the first thing she spots are these Hannah Montana t-shirts. She is so animated about how colorful they are, which one she liked the best, who at school is wearing them, and how much, as if she hadn't told me 100 times, she wants one. Last night I did it. I bought them one. Look at their faces...how could I deny them a t-shirt of Hannah Montana?

what the poop!!

Have you every had a 'what the poop?' moment? I have them all the time, however, it is quite literal today. Since Zoey and Madi's arrival, we have had poop issues with Zoey. She will hold it & hold it until she can't hold it anymore and let me tell you it is an explosion when she can't hold it anymore. Dede once said at a girls night, that she has to love the person to love their child. I find this is most cases to be true. I know that Rochelle loves me, because Zoey's first 'explosion' came while she was watching the children for me. I had to sign loan papers and it was easier to do it without the 5 children under the age of 4 who are with me. Anyway, Zoey poops and let me tell you...Rochelle loves me. This poop was no ordinary poop. This poop was oozing from every part of her diaper. Yes, that day I happened to put a diaper on her because she wouldn't poop in the potty for me after sitting for awhile and I knew that she had to go. That poop was up her back, up her chest, puddled on her face, down her legs, and puddled on the floor. Why on her face??? Well, she had gotten out of the bottom bunk to play, instead of sleep during nap time and fell asleep on the floor, infront of the boys' closet. Rochelle cleaned her up, & bathed her, while screaming. Did I mention that Rochelle is pregnant and her smells are way intensified? And, the thing is, is that Zoey isn't my baby either. It was just bad timing. That reminds me, I must bake some 'thank you' cookies for Rochelle. (I started putting a diaper on her about every 3rd night, because I knew that she would poop in the diaper in the morning.) So, today the same sort of thing happened. I knew that Zoey had to poop. She had been pooting all day. Whenever she would go pee, she'd cry and point to her heiny. I knew she had to poop. I had her sit & sit & sit & sit today. She sat and cried & cried & cried. After 30 minutes + of this, she would get up and within 20-30 minutes, I knew that she was holding it again. So, this went on for a long while today. She didn't poop before nap time and so I put her to bed. Now, yes, it is true that I probably should'a put a diaper on her, but let's face it, she is 3 and can poop on the potty. She woke up a bit early, partly because Madi was awake and was singing, but the other part was because she had to poop. She came downstairs & she was fine, no poop or pee. So, we put her on the potty to pee and she again starts to cry. At this point I have given up on her pooping, so I tell her that once she pees then she can get up. She starts crying. I am way frustrated at this point. I check on her (because she has stage fright and can't pee with an audience or in any public place...church, costco) and let me tell you that, that little girl had gotten off the potty, pulled up her panties and POOPED in them. OOOOHHHH!!! talk about frustration. Let's just say that she is in TO for awhile. She also peed in the bed this morning. Last week was rough with the peeing everywhere thing. She wouldn't pee, in the potty that is. Zoey would pee in the middle of the boys rug, in their room, she peed on our top stair, & she peed while getting into the tub one night, after sitting on the potty moments before. We had a similar experience with Madi last week as well. We had taken the kids out to dinner...again with the stares...we even saw Leesa @ Target. Anyway, we get home, brush teeth, change diapers, and put kids to bed. Claire is arriving any moment for me to look @ her wedding dress to see how I can alter it. We hear Madi upstairs crying. I go up to check and lo and behold she had taken her diaper off, peed and pooped on her blankets. I am glad that it was a solid log and not runny. I think that after my squeal of disgust, she has been afraid to do that again, and I have learned to put undies over her diaper to distract her from pulling the tabs open on her diaper. Is this for attention? Are these girls, so deprived of positive attention and used to only getting negative attention that they did this @ their house too? Erin's teacher has said that when things are going right for some kids, after things going way wrong, they will do something to spoil it. I just have to say, what the poop!!

ballerina party

Saturday, we were invited to go to Sylvia's 3rd birthday party. She had it at a dance studio. What a cool idea BTW. The girls got to pick out a dance costume and have some dance instruction. It was a blast! The girls danced and pranced around the studio! Erin even got in on the action. Libby was too tired from the sleepover the night before to participate. She helped with the corraling of little girls. She was a great helper! The girls loved this party! The next post of pictures isn't the greatest, because they were moving. I am hoping that Ms. Noel will forward some pictures, that might be a little clearer. (wink) Thank you so much Mary, Glenn, and Sylvia for inviting us!! Happy Birthday Sylvia!!