Archives for 2009

…to potty train a 3 year old boy? Apparently, once animal handlers in Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand had taught their elephants how to paint, dance, and play musical instruments, they toilet trained them. Seriously, if a 5-year-old elephant named Diew coincidentally can learn how to use and flush a toilet, how hard could it be for me to potty train a little blond troublemaker? I haven’t thought about it much, haven’t pushed it at all. But, seriously, I think it’s time.

We’re recuperating after a full week of the Dogwood Festival directly (and I mean, directly) across the street from our house. It’s always a fun week that the kids look forward to all year long. I can’t say that we’re sad to see it go come Saturday night though. The kids feel a bit differently though. Ashlyn took great comfort this year in knowing that the rides were leaving to go to someone else’s festival after ours.

What a fun day mother’s day is…got to stay in bed a little longer this morning (until about 7:30….woo hoo!), got some pancakes and a decorated plate at breakfast, got some adorable kid gifts and a gift certificate to a local salon/spa. Very fun stuff. This may have been my best Mother’s Day yet because the two older kids were old enough to really get into it. They made things in school and made me cards and hid them in their rooms. They were so excited to give them to me (mind you, Evan asked when Evan’s Day is….). It made the day really special. I missed seeing my own mom who was hosting a big shin-dig down at her place in Ellicott City, MD with all the extended fam. Don’t worry–the food was from a restaurant; she didn’t cook. But, we spent the beautiful day with my mother-in-law who is near sainthood. So, it was good to be with her. We had a picnic lunch in the park and then just hung out at her place. She even had a little scavenger hunt for the kids with gummi bears at the end. :) It’s 9PM now and Mark and I are about to sit down and have a late dinner by ourselves…after he finishes packing Evan’s lunch for tomorrow. Nice.