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Friday, February 19, 2010

Our Water Park Weekend

Last weekend we had a fun time in Utica at a Lodge where there is an indoor waterpark and amusement park. We met our great friends the Dietz's there and we had a blast!

Sorry, I need to figure out how to turn the picture before loading it!

Alex and Grant LOVED the motorcycle games!

I was really surprised at the rides that the kids went on! This one went pretty fast!

Me and Jennell. Mark and Steve were going to go on a crazy ride and told us we should go. I don't think so!

But we didn't want to be shown up by the guys so we did it. It was actually alot of fun!

Here are the boys. Mark is looking at Steve like he is a little nervous.

Nia loved playing in the water! The only problem is that she doen't like anyone to hold on to her. She is little Ms. Independent!

Alex likes the water slides as long as somene would hold on to him. He is my cautious one.

And then there is Grant! He is hilarious! He went down the slide a million times! He never wanted to get out of the water. He is our little fish!

Lastly, one of the kids' favorite ride the luggage rack!

So, as far as the potty training, it is going. Alex isn't always going but I am working on it! He actually is doing pretty good. I did forgo the underwear for a while, I should probobly start that again. He has been doing pullups. He is to the point where I am not setting a timer and he'll usually run in and go on his own. He even did the #2 today completely on his own! Now that I was impressed with. Bad part was that he decided to dump it out of his potty into the big potty by himself. Nice of him to want to clean it up but I told him to let mommy do that part! That could be very messy!

In the picture below you can see Nia hanging out with Alex. They are such a cute pair! Alex always wants me to come and sit with him so I recruited Nia to be his support. She gives him books to read and talks with him like a good sister! If you can see on her right hand there is a red sock. She has discovered that she likes to put socks on her hands. She'll leave them on forever! She also likes to put clothes on over the clothes she is wearing. But, she will put the pants on her head and bloomers on her arms. She is so funny! They are very entertaining!

The funniest thing that has happened is that Alex has taken it upon himself to potty train Nia. No joke! The other day Alex came upstairs and said, "mommy, Nia is not poopy!" I thought, ok, that's nice and went back to what I was doing. Then upon coming downstairs I see Alex in the bathroom with Nia, her diaper is off and he is showing her and trying to get her to sit on his potty. This of course after she has pottied all over the floor. It was cute the first time, not so much the next couple times. I told Alex he is NOT allowed to take off Nia's diaper. They never tell you about this stuff in the parenting books!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Friday Night At The Lipic House

My, how my Friday night have changed over the years! I love it! I am SO blessed by my family!

Daddy and Nia had their first date night! They went swimming and then out to supper at Culver's. Daddy said Nia was a little nervous at the pool but she loved the restaurant. There is a huge fish tank filled with tropical fish that Nia really likes!

Potty Training Is Not For The Weak!

Yeah! Our first success! Thumbs up!

So, since Alex is three and diapers are costly, I decided that it was time for him to get the hang of the potty. It is day three. Ugh! Is there a service I can call to do this? So much poop and so little time! He is doing great with the number 1 of it all, it is the other that is proving to be difficult. I know he will get the hang of it, I just hope it is sooner rather than later!

Alex's Birthday Party

Could I have any more posts about Alex's birthday? We really like to celebrate around here! So, we had our family and friends here for the big party. It is always nice to have everyone over and get to catch up. Aex loved all the awesome toys he got and he loved his fire truck cake. It is so hard to believe that he is three years old! I just signed him up for preschool and that is just crazy!

This is his favorite shirt and mine too! It is perfect because he is such a monkey!

Grandma Lipic and Alex having some yummy pizza!

Do I have good handiwork or what? I always know the best bakery to call!

Alex Is 3 Years Old!

I've been meaning to get pictures from Alex's birthday up but I'm running a little behind. Nonetheless, Alex had a fun birthday. We went to Chuck 'E Cheese and of course the kids loved it. Well, Grant and Alex did, Nia was not happy at all. I don't blame her. Talk about overstimulation! And then this huge mouse comes up to you and tries to play with you. Alex was a little nervous but he did let Chuck E take a picture with him. He is my brave boy! After that, we headed home for cake and presents.

The boys won a ton of tickets! With their fortune they were able to get these very high tech, very cool microphones. Here daddy and Grant are singing the theme song to the Dukes of Hazard. It is one of the tunes daddy sings to them at night. I'm so boring, I sing "Twinkle Twinkle."