Looking back over my posts these past few months, I realized that I have left you hanging on several issues....so I'm going to do my best to update you on several of them. Here we go.
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Potty Training We are there! Brecken wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with Scotty Potty. I attempted a couple other tries after the Scotty Potty failure & he still wasn't too interested in potty training, minus the occasional success, followed by cheering, clapping & M&M's. About 4 weeks ago, we put him in big-boy underwear (not pull-ups) and he's been in them ever since! The past week, he has been telling us or running to the toilet on his own when he has to pee. #2 is a different story. I have to catch him in the act, put him on the pot & read him a story.
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Scrapbooking I am happy to say that I have kept up with this & have almost completed Leighton's 1st year book. I have 2 more months to do & then I will be able to print it! It's been fun to go back & scrap from a year ago....the boys have changed so much! Here's a page I recently did of last summer.
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Cows We now have 15 yearlings on our land. Since we are doing intensive grazing, it is a bit more labor intensive (they must be moved to a new paddock every couple days). Aaron is doing the bulk of the work, but the boys & I do go help occasionally. Brecken loves it - Leighton doesn't quite yet...which is probably why I don't go as often. Or it could be that I need a good pair of farm boots. The tennis shoes just don't cut it, especially knowing that there are rattlesnakes around here...eek.
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Slow Learning Curve Last night, Aaron & I had hair appointments. We had originally planned for a sitter so we could go out to eat afterwards, run errands & not have a replay of last month. Sitter plans fell through.... Everything was great up until the point while we were in Target when we noticed Brecken doing the poopy face grimace. I ran him into a bathroom, where he proceeded to scream & say, It's too hard. To avoid causing a huge scene, I relented & we continued shopping. He managed to climb into the shelves near the baby section (where the swings, etc are) and wouldn't come out. Well, boy howdy, when he came out, we knew what he had been doing....in his big-boy underwear. We got that cleaned up & started home. It conveniently happened to be right around Leighton's bedtime which is not a good thing. He started screaming, Brecken started mooing loudly at him, and my blood pressure started to rise. I tried sitting in the back, but this made Leighton even madder b/c he could see me & I wasn't holding him. So, I moved back to the front. He continued to scream & about 5 minutes from home, Brecken says uttoh & starts crying. Leighton had puked ALL OVER his seat. So, when we got home, he needed a bath & so did the seat. It still stinks....anyone have any suggestions for that?
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Run & Play Still haven't started either of these. Might have to wait until the boys are in school....or when they graduate....or maybe in my next life.
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