Another Tooth Comes Out!

I can't believe but the front tooth that has been loose for a couple months now, (but just stayed that way because Aidan was too afraid of pain to wiggle it), finally came out today.  I looked at his mouth and saw that the tooth was a little crooked so I asked if I could see how wiggly it was, and of course Aidan clenched his mouth, knowing exactly what I wanted to do.  You see, I am a picker, wiggler, etc. and am physically unable to leave something alone that needs taking care of.  As a child I couldn't leave a tooth alone until it came out, it didn't matter how much it hurt, I could deal with the pain for the ultimate outcome of a tooth for the tooth fairy!  Aidan kept saying that he wanted to do it and so I was letting him, but he couldn't because he said he was scared.  I asked what he was scared of and he said that he was scared that it was going to hurt.  Finally after blood was starting to show around the gum I asked if I could look one more time and all it took was a little push and POP, out came the tooth! At dinner tonight he said, "Mommy how am I going to eat my dinner with only one tooth?"  I told him that he had a lot more teeth to chew with and not to worry about it too much. He was so excited and said he couldn't wait to show his friends.  As soon as we got to church he ran over to Garrett Hixson and opened his mouth to show the excitement and thrill of the tooth that was no more, it was really cute seeing the smile and joy on his face.

Right before the tooth came out!

After much fear, it's out!

The first front tooth to come out!

Is That a Light at the End of the Tunnel?

I don't want to jinx anything but I am too excited not to celebrate something.  In two days it will have been one month since I started potty training Ethan, and if going off of how long it took me to train Aidan I am half way there.  Ethan hasn't had an accident in his pants in two whole days, and he has gone "big poo poo" in the potty three times.  To some people this may be a simple feet but to a mom who has potty trained two and is hopefully soon to be done with diapers in her house this is MAJOR!  So as a desperate potty training mother, who will resort to just about anything to get the end result accomplished, I bribed; and oh how I bribed.  I told Ethan that I would by him any toy if he was a big boy and went big poo poo in the potty and not his pants.  And oh to my surprise, the bribing finally worked!  We went to Target last night to pick out his special toy for being a big boy, a toy airplane!  He LOVES it and can't stop playing with it.  So here's to keeping this ball rolling and here's keeping my fingers crossed that this IS the light at the end of the tunnel that I'm hoping for.  Go Ethan, in the potty of course!

Sept 7, 2011

The first time that Ethan went poo poo in the potty!

Ya for Ethan!

The new Airplane for being a Big Boy!

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

Picking the perfect pumpkin can be difficult with all the choices that there are at the pumpkin patch, but we were up for the challenge! I informed the kids on the ride out to the Bear Creek Pumpkin Patch, which we visit annually, that Mommy was going to be taking lots of pictures and that they needed to be good and smile.  I told them this was because Mommy loved pictures of them so that when they were old and mommies and daddies someday I could look back and remember when they were little.  This must have worked because they were wonderful!  We looked at all the wonderful pumpkins and around at the wild flowers, we even spotted a butterfly perched on a sunflower.  Then there was the indian tee-pee and the indian corn and cool gords.  And what trip to the pumpkin patch would be complete without the perfect family shot, which as the kids are getting older is getting much easier to accomplish.  Everyone got their pumpkin, perfect for them, you have to be able to carry your own pumpkin (that's the rules).  Aidan wanted to pick everyone's pumpkin for them, he was so concerned with what would be best for Ethan and Mikyla; plus he had to climb to the top and back of the pile to get them.  Mikyla on the other hand just wanted me to take her picture in different locations, totally into it, which hasn't been her mantra in the past.  And Ethan was only concerned with the Red Rider wagon we had to put the pumpkins in and being in charge of pulling it, (or sitting in it).  All in all a great morning with my lovely munchkins and hubby!

Day At The Lake 2011

Of all the weekends for child to get sick, this was not the one that I wanted!  Ethan is sick with a stomach/digestion bug, and that means that Mommy doesn't get to experience any of the fun of Day At The Lake for church.  But no reason to stop the rest of our familie's fun, so off they went after church for bounce house, tug-of-war, and talent show fun!

By the time that I arrived, (after Grammy came over to stay with Ethan),the talent show had begun and Mikyla was covered in dirt.  Come to find out she basically made it her job to play in the volleyball pit as if it were the beach, I can only imagine what lovely things were in her "beach sand"!  I had to roll with the punches and finish my visiting with a beautiful sunset and some gourmet smores that included raspberry preserves, YUM!  I was informed in my visiting by Sarah Allan that my daughter, "consumed a large amount of candy".  She told me that she opened a few pieces for her but when Mikyla started bringing them over to her in a slobbery, sticky mess, (that is Mikyla, and the candy), she decided it would be best to, "cut her off"!  I told her that was a good idea, Mikyla likes to over indulge sometimes and her tummy pays for it later.

It was home and baths for us after that and as I was laying Aidan down and saying prayers with him he felt the need to inform me of some pivital information.  "Mommy", he said, "I hate to break it to you, but I got diarhea today".  "How many times?", I asked.  "Oh, just twice, but don't worry I washed my chonnies out in the sink, I thought it was best to do that."  I can only imagine my butt naked son in the public bathrooms at the lake washing his chonnies in the sink and then to top it off continueing to play all afternoon with soaked underpants.  Too funny!  Not to worry after a couple more trips that night to the bathroom an a dose of children's immodium he was good as new, it took Ethan a couple more days to say the same!