Are these really MY children?

John thoroughly enjoying broccoli...

 

and Emma NOT eating mashed potatoes and green beans.

They must be someone else's kids.

EMMA went POTTY!!!

Yes, you read that correctly. Emma, age 18 months and 8 days old, went potty.

Let me back up though...for the last week or so, Emma has been VERY interested in the potty and pulling at her diaper after she wets it. So earlier this week, we brought the little potties upstairs.

Since then, she's sat on the potty A LOT, often fully clothed. The funniest part is watching her go get a book to "read" since I rarely get her to sit long enough to read a book. Sitting on the potty hasn't helped that though. She mostly just gets up and down.

Anyway, when we came home from Grandma VM's house tonight, I took her clothes off to put jammies on. Then I said, "Do you have to go potty?" She went running to her little potty in the bathroom. After drinking her milk for a little bit, I gave her toothbrush to her and went to put water in her sippy cup.

When I got back to the bathroom, she was looking down in the potty. I lifted her up, doubting that I would see anything, but she really did go!!!!

Needless to say, we cheered and told Daddy (who had just come in from parking the van in the garage). Even John crawled out of bed to see...he was supposedly sooo asleep when we got home that HE couldn't go potty. YEAH, EMMA! Then I gave her a smartie (and YES, we brushed teeth AGAIN). Amazingly enough, John had to suddenly go potty as well. (NO, he did not get rewarded for that, much to his dismay.)

Soooo...I guess we'll keep the potty out, and if she goes on it, great. And if not, that's just fine too. So here are a couple pictures taken after she has her diaper back on.

And You Laughed???

When I wrote this post a couple days ago, many of you laughed.  

But this is what we woke up to this morning...

Now you see why I did such a thing!  I usually enjoy the first snowfall of the season, but snow on October 10th is too early for that.  

John, on the otherhand, enjoyed watching the snow and wanted to play in it.  However, he had spent the night at Grandma VM's house, and his snowgear was all at home.  Oh well, I'm sure he'll be just as excited with the next snowfall.  

Hopefully it's not for at least a month though.

Cool Girl

Emma decided to try on John's sunglasses and Cardinals hat...all on her own. Unfortunately, I didn't capture the cutest moment, but I caught these in the numerous attempts.

Wordless Wednesday - Winter Gear

Emma's Mood Swings

These are a few of Emma's moods...all captured within about 30 minutes.

Calm and relaxed

Happy

Angry

Talkative

Frustrated

NewLife Camping

This weekend, we enjoyed our first NewLife Camping trip at Webb's RV Park east of Hartford. Despite the cold and rain, we had six families join us in campers and two others in tents. We're hoping to have better weather next year, but that's not within our cont3rol...other than planning our trip a little earlier next year. It was a beautiful setting, and many enjoyed walking, golfing, fishing, playing on the playground equipment, and cozying up to a roaring fire.

Hannah and Allana

Scott

Craig and Noah; Scott, John, and Emma

John; Noel and Julie

Emma

Allana and Emma

Scott, John, and Noah