Flashy Toothbrushes!

Nothing is more fun than a toothbrush that blinks, right?

Right.

BIG NEWS!!!

We've been talking up potty training for the last couple of weeks that we were going to start today. "In 2 weeks", "In 10 days", "On Saturday", "tomorrow"....

So we woke up this morning to no more diapers for Miles. I followed (loosely) the advice of the Potty Boot Camp, and we had a really successful day. We only had 1 bad accident where Miles peed on himself, but after he cleaned himself up, took a bath, and then had to practice going to the potty a number of times, that was it - no more accidents, and he peed 4 times and pooped twice on the potty. He even napped dry! We're sleeping in diapers, but tomorrow we're back to no more diapers. We're incredibly proud of our little man, and I think he was pretty proud of himself, too.

A day for photos

Apparently it is June in the rest of the world, but here in northern CA, we're still stuck in February weather. After an incredibly rainy morning, the afternoon cleared into lightening that was perfect for pictures. We spent a decent amount of the afternoon riding biked up and down the driveway, running up and down the side walk, and otherwise being goofy. I adore my goofballs!!!

A tree is re-planted

For my 35 birthday (which won't happen for another 8 years since I am only 27), Tim and the kids planted a japanese maple for me in front of the house. After the loss of our apricot tree from front and center of our yard, we invested in massive stump grinding episode and transferred the maple out front. We can't wait for the tree to grow up with the kids!

Memorial Day Recap

Another Memorial Day, another weekend surrounded by Reeths! This time we spent the weekend up in wine country, which was a great addition to Yosemite, Shasta, & Mendocino of years past. We headed up Saturday morning, and despite a little rain, had a great time in the pool, at Train Town in Sonoma, at various eateries, and generally around the hotel with the cousins - its amazing how exciting an elevator is for the under-4 set. It was a great tradition, a great weekend, and we're already looking forward to next year.

4/16 At Gilroy Gardens

Wow - so now it takes about 6 weeks to stay current on the blog. Life is good, job is not, but children are wonderful!

In April, we went down to Gillroy Gardens with Mamma & Poppa and had a wonderful time. Miles loved the cars, the train, the rides and running around. Amelia needed a little bit of warming up (she went straight from a nap in the car to a merry-go-round), but took to it after that. We'll certainly go back soon.

Dance!

Miles has always loved music, but Amelia is coming along on the same trajectory and loves to dance. She'll actually say "Dance" and then clap her hands and move her body back and forth. 2 days ago, we actually motivated the kids into the bath and up to bed by a parade. Amelia loved the whole process.