Lesson Learned

Never, ever, ever put a Pull Up in the washing machine!

I've spent the last hour shaking tiny bits of this sticky gel out of all the boys' clothes. Argh!

Hopefully my washer won't suffer permanent damage.

Eights

I haven't done one of these posts yet, so here is my list of 8 things about me.

Here is how this works. I was tagged by both Shelly & Ellen. I then have to tag 8 other friends. If that happens to be you, make your list of eights, tag 8 friends and tell them on their blog that they have been tagged. Here we go:

8 Things I look Forward to:
*The boys yelling "Daddy's home!" when he walks in the door after work
*My next meal - what can I say, I like to eat!
*Vacations
*AJ going to Kindergarten
*Sonic Happy Hour
*The day that I don't have to wipe anyone's bottom, except my own. Well, I may miss it just a little bit :)
*Celebrating holidays with family

*Seeing what kind of men my boys will grow up to be

8 Things I did yesterday:
*Went to the zoo
*Had a picnic lunch
*Cooked a yummy pot roast
*Hosted Company
*Practiced my Spanish
*Went to Wal-Mart (again)
*Kissed all my boys
*Sat on the patio and enjoyed a beautifully cool July evening

8 Things I wish I could do:
*Get my children to quit fighting
*Get by on less sleep
*Travel more
*Tan easily
*Get my children to eat
*Enjoy exercise
*Sing like I used to
*Catch up on my scrapbooking

8 Shows I watch:
*CSI: Miami
*The Amazing Race (season 15 premiers on Sep. 27th)
*The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
*I used to watch those house "flipping" shows - no longer on the air
*I used to watch Jon & Kate + 8 until the split - now it just makes me sad :(
*Any kind of nature show
*Playhouse Disney
*Just about anything on PBS kids

8 Friends I'm tagging:

Trisha

Dion

Robin

Jennifer

Bridget

Katie R.

Katie L.

Ashley

Sociology 101

After a recent playdate with friends, AJ shared a social observation with me:
"Mom, I know what ladies do to have fun."
What's that? I say.
"They like to do nothing. They just sit and rest and talk to each other."
Pretty spot-on I think ;)

Potty Progress

JJ took a HUGE step towards potty training today by staying dry ALL DAY!

He started the day off sporting a bare bottom.

We tried a Pull-Up when naptime came around.

By evening he was wearing these

Thomas the Train big boy underwear

and thinking he was BIG STUFF

(he'll appreciate my terminology some day :)

We even ventured out of the house for a couple hours

with him wearing his underwear for the 1st time.

Keep up the good work little man!