Busy week

We are having computer problems so I'm trying to NOT get behind again! UGH!

So last Tuesday, Steve's half-sister from New York and half-brother from Michigan were able to come to our house to visit! I had never met them before and wasn't able to go back to Creston with most of the family last Sunday so I was happy that it worked out to have everyone to our house to hang out. We just ordered pizza and hung out and talked. The weather was perfect and it was a really good night. The kids were good and they played with their cousins and Piper kept everyone entertained like normal.

Steve, his dad, Roxanne, Jason and Matt

with Ron and Diane

All the adults

This was the first night of the girls being up too late. Piper went to bed about 9:30 and Presley about 10:30, way too late when we have to wake them up by 6:30!

Wednesday night was our normal.....P had gymnastics and Piper and I went to dinner at El Mariachi (she is becoming less and less good for me here. This trip included her peeing her pants, thankfully I was prepared with extra shorts and underwear in my purse! ha!).

 

Steve's employer, Edge Commercial had a night at the ICubs game on Thursday. So I left work at 4:30, got gas, picked up Piper, went home, changed, got back in the car and we all drove back downtown for the game. Free tickets and money for food/drinks! It was nice! The girls were good and sat still for the first 20 minutes, eating popcorn. Then we had to go to the bathroom (have I mentioned that I hate potty-training?), then we had to look at the river, then we got more food. Then Piper decided that she purposely wanted to lose her shoes over the side of the railing, trying to fling off her shoes, then trying to throw them over. So I had to carry her shoes and she went bare foot the rest of the night! Then she would take off running, then we had another bathroom break and then I was ready to go. She is so much fun these days! And of course, we got home late again but an overall pretty good night!

Kids

Oh my darling children say SUCH funny things and I have to remember to write them down so I don't forget!

- Presley told me a boy her her class broke his arm, so he was having to use his 'non-dominate' hand? Really?  Now she has been wearing a koozie on her hand as her 'cast'. Um ok.
- Presley told me the other night that she knew what 'equivalent' meant. She did describe it, not in the same sense that I would've but my guess is that they learned a dumbed-down version since they are 6 years old.
- Piper didn't want to go to bed the other night (like most nights these days!) and she is yelling from her room...'MOM. MOM. MAMA. JESSICA!' My jaw dropped and then of course couldn't stop laughing.
- We were talking about how her friend Allie was moving b/c her parents weren't going to live together anymore. And Presley casually said 'I want a step-mom'. I was shocked and a little confused and she said again that she 'wanted two mom's!' I couldn't believe her, I know she thinks I'm mean, is she hoping that having another one will mean that one will be nice?! Good Lord, I am doing something wrong as a parent for sure!
- We read Wacky Wednesday almost every night to Piper. Yesterday they got in the car and Steve had put the 3rd row seat up, when normally it is down. Piper looked back at the seat, confused....and she said 'That is Wacky Wednesday!' LMAO!

Potty Training

So Piper started in underwear last Monday at Generation. She is doing great for them!
Monday - one accident
Tuesday - two accident (one #1 and one #2)
Wednesday - one accident right at the end of the day
Thursday - two (one #1 and one #2)....we have a problem with pooping on the potty like we did with Presley
Friday - dry ALL day...even when we went to the carnival and she was dancing all night, she went twice in the porta-potty and did great!

The weekend did not go so great. We are just not very good at remembering to take her and go, so we resulted to diapers for most of Saturday and Sunday when we weren't at home. She does a good job of still going potty in the bathroom even if she has a diaper on we just need to get better about reminding her. Of course, yesterday she was dry all day and when I got there to pick her up...she looked up and me and said 'mommy, i pooping'...sure enough, in her underwear so I was the lucky one to change her. Oh well, we are happy she has decided to do this herself instead of us having to force her!

Weekend Update

Saturday morning Miss Piper was up at 7:30, which I was up anyway. I thought I heard her and looked into the hallway and saw her little feet sitting there with her sandals on...so I was hearing the velcro of her sandals and the squeaking of her door opening, making just enough room for her to squeeze her butt in the doorway. We had to wake Presley up at 9 so that we could get up and ready for the parade at 10. We love this parade, it isn't too long, it isn't too busy and we don't have to fight 10000 other families and kids for tootsie rolls. We sat next to our neighbors from down the street and the kids did great!

Piper was a pro at waving and jetting out into the street to get candy (very safe, I know) and running back to put it in her 'purse' (or bag, as most people would call it!)

We got home from the parade, Piper went down for a nap, I ran to Target (first time by myself in over a month! WHAT?), and Steve and dad got the shed one step closer to the end! :)

We ended up having the family over for dinner that night, (minus Sam, Scott and Boston since they were on their boat) Steve made a great dinner, the weather was perfect for sitting on the deck and chatting. It was very nice!

 

Sunday the girls slept until 9 and 10, (they might like to sleep in but Piper does not like to GO to sleep at night!!!) We got up and ready and headed out for a picnic lunch with the family at a nearby park. We all ate, the kids played at the playground, then the sun started to beat down and get hot.

Happy Fathers Day Daddy!

Happy Fathers Day babe!

We got home and tried to put Piper down for a nap.....TRIED. She normally has no problem going down for naps and maybe it was b/c she didn't get up until 9 but she was not interested today...which sucked b/c Steve was going to take Piper to Creston tonight for a family thing but with no nap, that wasn't going to be an option!

So while Piper napped/played in her room for 3 hours, Presley was able to have her friend Dani over to play! Finally a play date that went good! These two were good friends in school and they only live about a mile away! So it worked out!

We have two days with no evening plans and then 4 busy days!

Dancing Queen!

So after the carnival we made our way over to the band/beer area, Piper was very interested in dancing. She slowly walked to the dance floor, by herself. Being the only one on the dance floor.

She took it all in, took a look around her......

and started jumping up and down (or dancing according to her).

Literally jumping and jumping and jumping.

Then a couple other kids went on the dance floor without shoes on....so she RAN over to us, whipped off her shoes and headed back out on the floor.

She started copying the moves of the other little girls, shaking her hips, moving her arms, flinging her hair....it was awesome!

It was SO fun watching her! She was having SO much fun without a care in the world......totally opposite of Presley and Boston who stood by watching and chasing each other around the table. The girls were SO good this night and we were out a lot later than we had anticipated (b/c we NEVER know how sassy and naughty they are going to be!).

Fun week

It was a busy week, I played single mom from Mon thru Wednesday and it just wore my patience too thin. Drop-offs at school went good, I was consistently late for work by about 15 minutes but whatever. By Tuesday night Steve started to feel better and start moving again but the girls were just too crazy and not careful enough around him. Wednesday I had to leave work early to pick up both girls and get Presley to gymnastics by 5. We got there with 10 minutes to spare and at 5, Piper had peed her pants. The next hour was basically me trying to keep Piper entertained. I really wanted to actually watch Presley but Piper did not make that easy for me.

 

Thursday my mom was nice enough pick up the girls from daycare and Steve met me at Jasper Winery after work to enjoy the weather, beers, friends and The Nadas playing. It was the perfect night and just what I needed to unwind a little! :)

 

Friday we went to the Johnston Green Days carnival! Presley loves all the rides, but my body can't handle them anymore! I want to ride them but I think I am just too old. Sucks. Her favorite ride (my old favorite ride) the Tilt-a-whirl!

and she took on the Mixer (barf), she loves them all.

Sam, Scott and Boston were able to meet us out and have some fun too!

My baby.

The only 'ride' Piper went on, the slide. She cried the whole way down.

Piper preferred to cover her ears during the carnival b/c it was too loud.

She was a shaggy, hot mess! We should've been embarrassed by her! HA!

Weekend fun

Some of these are from last weekend, when we actually had sunshine and played outside! I love seeing Piper in Presley's old swimsuits, but it just makes me realize how fast she is growing up!

A little dancing before bedtime!

Playing on the neighbors swingset is much more fun than playing on your own.

 

So Friday I picked the girls up from daycare and then headed over to Holly and Jerry's for a while. We haven't been over there in forever and it is always nice to hang out and have the girls play with Mary. It took them forever to warm up and leave me alone but eventually they would go off  and play! Thanks guys for having us over!

 

Steve is out of commission for a while and so I was a single mom for the weekend (no, he did not get fixed! ha!)....and then Friday night I started to feel like crap. Of course. I slept like crap and Saturday morning I was dragging, at least the girls slept until 8:30! We hung out and I managed to have them both in timeouts throughout the 3 hours we were home....then we headed to mom's. She watched them for a couple hours so that I could go into work for a couple hours.

I got done about 3 and then we hung out at mom's for a couple more hours, then went to dinner at El Mariachi. I know, I know...I go there WAY too much but it really is the easiest, fastest thing with a patio close to our house. I think this was the first time I had taken both girls to dinner by myself and I know why. Presley ended up spilling her milk, Piper refused to sit in her chair or keep her shoes on. Then she wanted to splash in the spilled milk, then she wanted to clean it up.....I mean, really?

 

I slept like crap Saturday night but again, the girls slept until 9 so I really can't complain. We hung out and once I got moving I started to feel a little better and was able to get some stuff done around the house. After lunch, we went and got ice cream and by the time we got home, it was raining! So what else were we going to do? Play in the rain!

They had so much fun but then I was the party pooper and put Piper down for a nap. Presley and I hung out in the garage and played school and I did some reading and she played in the rain a little more. It was nice afternoon! Then we basically hung out inside for the evening (you know, once the sun came out?!). Overall a successful single mom weekend (tiring for sure)! Now I'm hoping the morning dropoff will be good too. This will be the first time I've had to get them both up and out of the house by myself (which would be fine if I had children who didn't try to make everything more difficult for me!) and drop them both off (which wouldn't normally be a big deal but Presley's summer KTC is at another elementary school, that is completely out of the way!)

Wish me luck and for Steve to get back on his feet soon so we can tag team our divas together! HA!