Our week!

Jerry left on Monday for Omaha, Sioux City, and a couple of other towns (I can't keep up with it). So the kiddos and I had to rough it without him here.

Monday after we dropped him off at the airport, we went over to Harrison's house to play with him for a little bit. He is going to be a big brother very soon. He was so sweet to share all of his toys with Anniston and Treyson. Sarah looks great, and is finishing up preparing for her sweet little girl's arrival!

Monday evening was pretty uneventful. We watched Dancing with the stars (Anniston calls it the "Princess Show" because the girls look like princesses in their dresses). So we watched that, and I asked her if she wanted to have a jammie party with Mommy. She said yes. We NEVER let her sleep with us. The only other time she's slept in our bedroom was Christmas night. So I had her sleep on Jerry's side. . . she's been in real panties for 4 weeks now. She's had 3 accidents total. We're so proud of her; she did great keeping her panties dry in our bed too. She has been potty trained since last April (2008), but she wasn't anywhere near ready for night-time until a month ago or so. We just waited until her diapers/pull-ups were consistently dry for a week before we ventured into that. So in the middle of the night, I hear her mumbling and I look up to see her sitting up in bed. I told her to lay back down and go to sleep. So she layed down, then proceeded to say her "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer. I just thought that was hilarious! She wasn't even really awake. She was sitting up with her eyes closed--weird!

Tuesday after work, I took the kids out to eat for Cinco de Mayo. That was an experience! Pouring down rain, two kids, one me...we were drenched!! So we get seated, order our drinks, and I open up Treyson's baby food. I get about 2 bites in his mouth, then I hear "Mommy, I need to go potty." Are you kidding me? I did not consider the difficulties of being in a restaurant with 2 kids and 1 me!! So off we all went to the potty. I'm holding Treyson on my hip, trying to tear off toilet paper to cover the toilet seat (at least 3 layers, mind you), then attempting to lift Anniston up onto the potty all the while quietly but firmly telling her to not touch the potty, or the hand rail, or anything for that matter. Anniston then proceeds to tell me (very loudly) that she's going to push out big stinky boo-boos. Thanks for the heads-up sweetie....because she wasn't joking! So then trying to wipe her little tushy while holding Treyson on my hip....awesome! We let Anniston wipe her tee-tee, but not boo-boos. So she finishes up and I manage to get her put back together (thank goodness I let her wear a dress on Tuesday) and flush the potty (with my foot, of course). Then we had to wash hands...challenge #2 of the evening. I know you people are getting a visual...and it probably isn't any better than what the reality was.--VERY DIFFICULT!! So, needless to say, my kids did great but I won't take them out to eat by myself again. I'll call Jerry's brother or cousin to join us next time!!

Wednesday evening we came home and the sun was shining. I was so excited because Dadoo was coming home that night. Well, his flight was scheduled to get in at 11:30 P.M., but at least I wouldn't have to wake up before the sun in order to get the kids and myself where we needed to be on time the next morning. Just as we're starting to play outside, I get a call from Jerry. Guess what? His flight through Chicago was cancelled and he'll be home tomorrow!! AHHHHH!!!! We did enjoy our evening, but I sure was looking forward to having him home. He did make it in Thursday around noon, and we enjoyed our evening last night at the park.

We had Dadoo pick up Arby's and we met at the park down the street from our house. We had a great time, and so did the kids! Here are some pics from the park:

Treyson seems to be following his sister's footsteps of being adventurous!Daddo pushing her "as high as the moon":Anniston LOVES to swing:Treyson watching Anniston play on the playground while he snacked on O's (cheerios):Anniston cheesing it up:

Jerry leaves this evening for the weekend. It's Colin's bachelor party this weekend. I know he'll have a great time, but I already miss him.

Hope everybody has a nice weekend (especially all of the Mother's--happy Mother's Day!!)