January Days

Hard to believe January 2011 is over tomorrow!! Here are just a few of the everyday happenings from this month:




I know this picture is a little confusing...I was waiting in the car pick-up line for Katelyn and was quite surprised to see this large Crane standing behind my car. Soon after I took this pic, a car pulled up behind him and the the bird didn't move. It stayed in line with the cars, almost wanting to be one of us, picking up it's little one from school. As the kids were dismissed and the cars moved forward to pick them up, the Crane quietly disappeared. I don't know why it struck me, but I was totally mesmorized by this silly bird.


First of several wipeouts...Katelyn is learning how to ride a two-wheeler. As a Christmas gift, she asked us to remove the training wheels so she can ride a big girl bike. She did well and Bryan and I got a work out chasing her and running with her. We still need some practice, but she is determined to get it and told me, "I'm never giving up!

As a reward for earning 5 blue days in a row (blue is the best color on her class's behavior chart, blue day is a "wow!" day), we took Katelyn and Brady kiddie bowling at Firkin Kegler. Katelyn selected this reward and was so excited to bowl!

Brady's new best friend, Woody. My parents gave him this Woody for Christmas and they have been inseparable for weeks. Here they are sharing a meal...and yes, he does get food jammed in his mouth. So sweet!

So, about 3 wks. ago, Brady was playing in his room. He ran out, trying to pull down his pants and rip off his diaper, and told me he had to go potty. I was frozen in shock. Just days before, I couldn't even get him to sit on the potty. Once I snapped out of it, I took him to the potty, he sat there and did nothing. Then Katelyn squatted on the little potty, pee'd in it and emptied the cup into the toilet and flushed it (thank goodness she actually had to pee then!). Brady sat back down and a few drips of pee went into the potty. We made a big deal out of his accomplishment and gave him m&m's and he called Bryan at work to share the good news.

I got so excited (oh, how I've been dreading potty training! And everyone keeps telling me boys are so, so difficult to potty train. And Katelyn was not easy-talk about battle of the wills!)...so, I went to Target the next day and bought his Toy Story and Thomas the Train undies. The smallest undies I could find were 2T and our little Brady is only wearing 18 months pants, so the underwear is a little saggy...but soooo cute! Brady was so excited to get his big boy underwear that he carried them on our playdate with DJ and wouldn't let them go.

Now, he's only worn the undies once and he thought they just hung on his penis and didn't know he had to step into them. But I'm encouraged that he's starting to get it!!!

Showing off his big boy undies