POOP CAMP IV

Well it's begun!  I can't believe this is our 4th time.  Justy is the cutest kid & so fun to be around.  He can also be a bit tricky so after we potty trained Emma (who has been our hardest by far) I needed a big long break, expecting Justy to be hard to train.  So we took a 3 month break.  And I almost talked myself out of doing it again.  He has been so easy so far (ok we're only in the 2nd half of the 1st day)  He puts up no fights at all & is excited to do it.  He does it all himself, isn't afraid of the toilet & has even started telling us already when he needs to go.  Thank you Justy!

Let me share my two bits of advice in my very limited amount of experience in potty training kids.  

1. Wait until they're 3 or preferably 3 & 3 months or 3.5 years old.  Seriously.  Hyrum was exactly 3.5 when we trained him & he had a grand total of 3 accidents.  Ever.  Impressive I know. Hunter was exactly 3 & he had accidents here & there until he was 3 & 3 months old & then he stopped having them.

2.  Set the timer & make them go every 40ish minutes & don't let them off until they go.  This really helps a lot the first couple of days.

 

Throwing away his very LAST diaper!!  And doing the happy pee dance...

 

We love you Mister! 

HAPPY EASTER!

This was the best shot I could get before racing to church.  Easter was early this year but it landed at the right spot in between Nana & then Darlin' & Pa's visits.  The kids had so much fun with all the extra attention.  

Me & my girl

We had two friend Easter egg hunts this year that were a blast & produced way too much candy!

The 4 oldest kids started swim lessons! I've been pleasantly surprised how well they are all doing.  They all dunk their heads all the way under!  We lucked out & their first two lessons were during Pa & Darlin's visit so Pa could help out in the pool.

Hyrum's class at school had a field trip to the Nature Center so we met them there for a hike & to play in the little museum.

Pa wanted to take us all to Lambert's for dinner- home of the "throwed rolls".  I think everyone but Dallen caught at least one.  The kids played "throwed rolls" for a few days at home afterwards until I reminded them about our no throwing in the house rule :)

Playing outside

Post Easter egg hunt

We finally got to take Darlin' & Pa to our favorite park for bonfires & used the dutch oven again.

Pa is pretty talented at skipping those rocks

We went to the Children's Museum downtown & thanks to Darlin' 5 of us know for sure we wouldn't want to ever be in a real tornado-just in case we were entertaining the idea we know better now.

 

 

Future medical doctor or news anchor perhaps?

You can tell these 3 know how a grocery store works.  My little helpers.

Dallen bear growling. My parents called my little brother Bear because he growled all the time.  We started calling Dallen Bear before he started growling but now we know why it fit him so well :)

Jeremy's 36th

It's official Jeremy is now closer to age 40 than 30...dun dun dun.  I'm not too far behind-yipe!

He was the biggest sport & enjoyed celebrating by receiving gifts like 'Hotel Transylvania' (our new fav kid movie) & a dental Playdoh kit Hyrum found & picked out at Walmart (I know how cool is that?) & going to the Children's Museum Discovery Center thing downtown.  I wish we had discovered this place sooner because it is so cool.

 

Since Nana was visiting we also enjoyed an early Easter egg hunt with her.  First of four Easter egg hunts we did this year.  Anyone want some candy?  Actually I dumped a bunch of it today in the trash.  I know I shouldn't have but good grief why does every holiday have to focus on candy?  I think next week we're going dessert free!  I was thankful Nana provided finger puppets, stickers & balloons as the majority of the egg stuffing for her hunt.

 

We love you!