Spring has Sprung???

Should I dare say spring has spring in Atlanta? There are a few promising signs! We've had multiple days in the 70's - the day lilies have sprouted - we have broken out some spring outfits - promising signs! Now that the chunkies are a little older this season - they LOVE LOVE LOVE playing outside. Swinging and sliding has become a favorite past-time along with the sand-box - tricycles and our new fleet of motorized cars. Hopefully we have enough to keep them entertained :) And hopefully spring will stick around - for real!

THIS TIME LAST YEAR...

This time last year - the Chunkys were 2 1/4 and almost 9 months. Madi was a wee walking wonder - with barely a hair on her head - and William was a mop headed tot - enjoying preschool and about to embark on the easier than a I thought adventure of potty training!

Happy V-Day

Happy Valentines to my Sweet William, Mad-Pie and Brian! Today Brian asked what happened to the special Valentines Day dinners I used to cook :) Just a couple years ago it was stuffed lobster - now - well keeping with the seafood theme it's take-out sushi while the kids watch Finding Nemo - Ok - maybe not the best combination! But life has changed and WE LOVE IT! Madison now goes up and down the stairs by herself. Great - because she's getting so independent - Bad because yesterday - the kids got into some spackle Brian left in the hallway - bad idea. The Terror Team came marching down the stairs with William proudly announcing - Look at Maaason - she's a SNOW BUNNY! Yep - Madi somehow - got spackled - head to toe and so did the stairs and most of the upstairs hallway. I was very thankful for the brand new vacuum - probably not the best way to break it in!!! Later that evening with the kids slumbering in their beds - I decided to take a bath - only to find my tub was full of dinosaurs. I had laugh - kids spackling themselves - a bath tub full of dinosaurs - life has sure changed - but we still love it. Happy Valentines Day!

Potty Girl!

Little Miss Smarty Pants has done it again! She's a real potty champ! We've been on full time potty duty for the past week and she still runs for the "green frog" when she has to go and undresses herself! She hates wearing diapers so I need to go shopping for some "big girl pants" for her. Madi is coming up on 21 months and just growing like a weed. She's wearing 2T and in a Size 8 shoe - her socks moved up to 2T/3T. She's talking up a storm and enjoys reading her picture books and can identify quite a few items on the pages. She can say and identify most body parts - now we're working on counting to ten! Her favorite number is THREE - so we need to somehow get past that!!!