Here comes santa....

This year as a part of MDO Henry will participate in the santa shop (we called it elf shelf back in the day, same thing). I had to bring in 10 items that could be sold at the shop. I had a hard time coming up with something that was cute, fun and not $10 each. I stumbled on these at target and thought they were just about perfect. Little muffin mix kits. I wouldn't be surprised if my kid actually picked one of these. Seriously.

Why?

This is a conversation I had with my 2.5 year old son the other day.

Me: Henry, we don't go pee in our pants.

Henry: Why?

Me: Because you have on underwear and not a diaper.

Henry: Why?

Me: Because you are not a baby anymore and we go in the potty now.

Henry: Why?

Me: HENRY. Are you listening to me? We go potty in the potty, not our underwear.

Henry (turns to his 8 month old sister): Lizzie, don't poop your pants, mommy says.

Think he got it?

Poor Liz.

Wordless Wednesday- This is why I love MDO

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving is a holiday that we really enjoy in the George house. It isn't stressful like Christmas and we get to spend the whole day relaxing and enjoying family.

We normally spend the day with my parents and brother... this year they headed off to PA to spend the day with my dad's sister and her family. So we decided it was a great year to host our first Thanksgiving. Never mind that it was just the 4 of us, we had and amazing day.

We hosted a meal on Wednesday night for Bryan's family- my sister in law and her husband, my mother in law, and her sisters family all joined us for a couple hours and we enjoyed drinks and dinner with the kids. It was a fun night.

Thursday we started early with the cooking, watched the parade (my favorite part of the day), ate appetizers and drink champagne while the kids napped then had a fun early dinner. Great day.

Friday we spend the day in FC with my mother and father in law and enjoyed lunch with the SIL and BIL again. Henry really enjoyed the day with Uncle Tyer (tyler) and we enjoyed seeing everyone for the first time in a couple months.

So, nothing too crazy for the weekend, just a good relaxing time together. A couple photos from the day....

Can't wait for Christmas!!

Potty Training

When we told Henry that we were going to start potty training, this is what he did.

No, seriously. The kid was NOT interested in the potty. We had one of those little ones, you know, the kind that was separate from the actual toilet. I think it scared him. We hoped he would like it when we brought it home a YEAR AGO. It was something we thought he might come around to. He didn't.

Before this last weekend, this was the extent of his interest in the bathroom-

That said, we think we tried every way we could to make this work. We made him sit on the potty every hour. We made him walk around without clothes on (now you know why I need new carpets...), we tried bribes, we tried punishment. Nothing worked.

So last weekend we spent 3 days at home. THREE DAYS. We didn't do anything. We pooped. We peed. On the potty. Every 10-15 minutes. By the end of the day he looked at me and said, "I don't have to poop mom, okay?" And by the end of the second day he was exhausted. By the end of the third day? He was telling us when he needed to go to the bathroom.

POTTY. TRAINED. I have some pictures, but in an effort to keep my kid in my good graces, I won't post them. He is playing with a train and wearing a bow in his hair. What? It was what he wanted that day. It was a good day anyway.

New Bedding

Since Lizzie is getting to the point where she likes to move around (read, crawl) in her crib, we are thinking it might be time to nix the bumper we have in her crib. We LOVE the one we have in there now, but honestly? They can be very dangerous to babies.

So we are looking at this buying a breathable bumper. I actually found one at BRUS that has a PRINT! It would still match her room, and would make me feel better about her being in there. At the same time, is it worth the $30 if we end up removing it in a couple months anyway?

Thoughts?

House Updates

Am I the only one who has a list of things they want to update at their house?

My house is new. As in, built in 2006. We moved in and painted every surface, replaced all the kitchen and bathroom counters. Put in new sinks, new floors, new blinds, a deck. You know, the essentials.

But I still have a list of things I want done here. I KNOW they aren't adding much value to my house- we are already over improved. And although we love our little house, we know that it isn't a house we can live in forever. It is too small for any more kids, it is in a bad school district, we want to live in an older, more established neighborhood WITH TREES, we want a place with some character that needs some fixing- something we can really make our own, a place our kids remember fondly when they grow up.

So here is what is on our list:

Update downstairs bathroom- almost done- need to replace the light
Paint front door- done
New house numbers
Install custom shelves in family room- half done- thank you baby!
Paint garage floors
New sinks in all bathrooms- done
New light in eat in kitchen
Replace carpet in family room
Trees planted on side of house
Update wooden spindles in kitchen and dining room
Carpet to the basement
Drywall basement
Carpet in at least half of basement

And that is just things we have talked about this month. I am sure that about half of these won't happen before we move someday....but it is good to have a list, a goal, something we know we want to spend our money on...