Sammie and Daniel have had a great week. Auntie Melissa, Uncle Steve, and Baby Sarah were visiting until Thursday. We went to Mt. Vernon on Wednesday to ride the ferry. After a slightly difficult time getting on the boat, we had a great ride. The babies did great! Sammie was more interested in visiting the bathrooms on the lower deck but thankfully there weren't many others who were in need of them!
Potty training has taken a turn for the more difficult. Sam has not been very consistent with staying dry, not since the first week. It will be a challenge this week because we have VBS every morning. Fortunately, my good friend Amy will be one of the teachers in her class so I know she will be well taken care of! This is definitely an area of prayer for her and me...that we both stay consistent with it. She has two months before preschool starts and she has to be ready by then!
We have family and friends visiting over the next two weeks, a "normal" week or two afterwards, and then Matt will be off for Moldova for ten days. Will we ever have a "normal" month!? Probably not. It's not at all what I imagined life would be like, but that's how God works, doesn't He!? Sammie will just have to deal with the changes in big girl panties, and I'll just have to focus on doing at least two loads of laundry every day!
Other events of the weekend...We had a yard sale today. It went well. We made more than what we thought we did. We didn't sell as much as we had hoped but that's ok. After the yard sale, I dashed off to a bridal shower at church. It was one of the nicest ones I'd been to. Very fun yet relaxing too! Today was a day of talking with people I hadn't talked to in a while or are getting to know. At our yard sale, we met one of our neighbors and our other neighbor came over and hung out with us for a while. Also our friend Erin came over to hang out and attempt to sell somethings...she sold one and gave one to Matt...You'll have to ask him yourself!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
The past three weeks...
...were as usual...BUSY!!! Memorial Day weekend we visited my mom and sister. We spent Friday and Saturday doing necessary work around the farm. Then Saturday night we met some friends for dinner and then off to a local carnival. Sammie was so excited to go on all the rides, except the dragon/dinosaur ride, which she was absolutely terrified of. Sunday was spent as Sammie's celebration for her birthday. We went to the circus in Hershey! It was really fun! Loud, but fun. Daniel got upset when fireworks went off but they both did really well.
Two days after we returned home Grandma Brown came to visit. Her first week-long visit with us. She taught Sammie about colors and did fingerpaintings with her. She took the kids for walks around the neighborhood, which, sadly, I fail to do on a regular basis. Also, We went to Ikea, a must whenever Grandma's in town! We had a great time with her here. It was great to have her here for Sammie's birthday.
The first weekend in June was Sammie's birthday party....a Princess party. We held it at the local park. We were blessed with beautiful weather! We invited a few boys to the event so I twisted the theme abit and involved dinosaurs through the favors. She had a great time. I hope all the kids did too. Sammie received a lot of wonderful, generous gifts. We are so blessed to have such giving family members and friends.
Last week we had a friend of Sammie's over for the week. It was a great experience for Sammie. She had someone her age to play with and to help her learn how to share. She isn't the greatest sharer, like most three year olds, but she needs all the experience with it she can get!!
This past Saturday was a birthday for two of Sammie's friends...twins. It was a great Elmo party. Their mom is so creative. I love getting ideas from her. Sammie and I ventured to it alone so Matt could get some work around the house done and Daniel could get a good nap. It was great yet a little weird at the same time to only have Sammie with me. I was able to catch up with some old friends while Sammie played and met some new girls her age.
Since this past Sunday the kids have been house-bound for the past three or four days. Why? Because Sammie has been potty training! It's been going really well! She has been in big girl panties for the past four days with very few accidents! She has really impressed me. We took our first venture out today for lunch and she even was willing to go while we're out....which isn't suprising, but we were at my old work place and they are have a kid size potty (and sink). She loved it! She would try to sneak in there just to "potty" or wash her hands for a fourth or fifth time. I never realized how liberating it would be for me to have her independently using the potty.
Now this coming weekend we are hosting most of Matt's family and my mom and sister. Daniel is getting Dedicated on Sunday at church. This is exciting to have the family here because we weren't able to have anyone here for Sammie's Dedication. Also it's Father's Day so it'll special to have Daniel's only Papa here for this special day.
I should be helping Matt finish up all the cleaning but like any other time, I'll do a little tonight and then rush around and stress about it tomorrow! I seem to work best under that kind of pressure!
Here's some pics from the past few months. Hope you enjoy them!
Daniel finding all kinds of toys in his basket
Sammie helping Grandma Starr with dishes
Sammie on the Day of her birthday party
Our first Spring Day in the Sandbox
Two days after we returned home Grandma Brown came to visit. Her first week-long visit with us. She taught Sammie about colors and did fingerpaintings with her. She took the kids for walks around the neighborhood, which, sadly, I fail to do on a regular basis. Also, We went to Ikea, a must whenever Grandma's in town! We had a great time with her here. It was great to have her here for Sammie's birthday.
The first weekend in June was Sammie's birthday party....a Princess party. We held it at the local park. We were blessed with beautiful weather! We invited a few boys to the event so I twisted the theme abit and involved dinosaurs through the favors. She had a great time. I hope all the kids did too. Sammie received a lot of wonderful, generous gifts. We are so blessed to have such giving family members and friends.
Last week we had a friend of Sammie's over for the week. It was a great experience for Sammie. She had someone her age to play with and to help her learn how to share. She isn't the greatest sharer, like most three year olds, but she needs all the experience with it she can get!!
This past Saturday was a birthday for two of Sammie's friends...twins. It was a great Elmo party. Their mom is so creative. I love getting ideas from her. Sammie and I ventured to it alone so Matt could get some work around the house done and Daniel could get a good nap. It was great yet a little weird at the same time to only have Sammie with me. I was able to catch up with some old friends while Sammie played and met some new girls her age.
Since this past Sunday the kids have been house-bound for the past three or four days. Why? Because Sammie has been potty training! It's been going really well! She has been in big girl panties for the past four days with very few accidents! She has really impressed me. We took our first venture out today for lunch and she even was willing to go while we're out....which isn't suprising, but we were at my old work place and they are have a kid size potty (and sink). She loved it! She would try to sneak in there just to "potty" or wash her hands for a fourth or fifth time. I never realized how liberating it would be for me to have her independently using the potty.
Now this coming weekend we are hosting most of Matt's family and my mom and sister. Daniel is getting Dedicated on Sunday at church. This is exciting to have the family here because we weren't able to have anyone here for Sammie's Dedication. Also it's Father's Day so it'll special to have Daniel's only Papa here for this special day.
I should be helping Matt finish up all the cleaning but like any other time, I'll do a little tonight and then rush around and stress about it tomorrow! I seem to work best under that kind of pressure!
Here's some pics from the past few months. Hope you enjoy them!
Daniel finding all kinds of toys in his basket
Sammie helping Grandma Starr with dishes
Sammie on the Day of her birthday party
Our first Spring Day in the Sandbox
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