Paige's Visit and Potty Training

So last weekend Aunt Jill and Paige came to KC for a visit.  It was Paige's first time visiting us in KC.  The kids knew Aunt Jill was coming, but we didn't tell them Paige was coming. They were pretty surprised when they saw Paige at the airport.  Once we got home we had another surprise. Aunt Jamie, the twins and Grandma Carol were at our house! None of the kids knew they were coming.  Aunt Jill hasn't seen the twins since Thanksgiving so she was very excited to see them.  They are both walking now and all over the place.  The big kids had a great time with them.  Jill was in town for a high school friend's surprise 40th bday party.  Vivian and  Paige had a nice time together and were all about sharing clothes.  Paige has about 6 inches on Vivian so they better do it now, cause I'm fairly certain Paige will be considerably taller than Vivian :-)  They even had some of the same dresses (guess Jill and I shop at the same place and have similar taste) and the same purse.  Super exciting in little girl world!

Henry is officially potty training folks! Believe it or not.  He's been wearing big boy underwear every morning when we go up to the gym (a.k.a. Kids Club) so mom can workout.  So far no accidents there and he's asking to use the potty!  We, however, haven't had much luck in the pooping department.  He continues to go in his pants and I keep throwing away more underwear.  Sorry but I'm not cleaning those things out!  My mom thought I was crazy for throwing them away, but seriously folks, it's like $10 for a pack, totally worth it!  Vivian at least let us know she had to poop so we could put a diaper on her...eventually we will be there with Henry.  We are just thrilled to have him finally interested in using the potty.  We will be diaper free before we know it!

Last week was Bring your Sons and Daughters to work day (Thurs) so Dan took both kids with him to work for the morning.  Dan was concerned with Henry's outfit choice for the day, but decided to overlook it.  He picked out his black skull and crossbones socks, his green camouflage shorts, an orange polo shirt and of course his skull and crossbones bow tie from Easter.  To top it off he wore his green Croc shoes - on the wrong feet.  He said he wanted to be "fancy" for work, since that is what Vivian said.  Dan corrected him and said boys are handsome not fancy.  Well regardless, he looked great!

This weekend was pretty low key.  Saturday we didn't have much planned other than some yard work.  There was a school up the street that was having "Family Fun Day" with bounce houses, etc. so on a whim we took the kids up there for a couple of hours.  They did the bounce houses, got balloon animals, had some hot dogs, chips and snow cones...and the best part....there was a petting zoo (sort of).  Vivian would've spent all day there.  She got to hold a bunny, baby chickens, a baby duck and feed the goats.  Henry's favorite party was chasing the duck (boys will be boys).  He laughed and laughed and didn't come close to catching it but loved it anyway.  

Sunday morning Dan got up and did the Annual 4 Mile Trolley Run.  He did it last year too.  It doesn't start and stop at the same place so the kids and I headed down to the Plaza around 9 a.m. to pick him up and take him back to his car.  It was raining so I decided to not take the kids down and watch the run.  Overall a nice and relaxing weekend. Enjoy the pictures!

Easter and Garage Sale - Done!

So Easter went off without a hitch.  Kids (as always) had a wonderful time at Grandma Jackie's house.  So much to do so little time!  Dan's cousin, Tammy, brought down her automatic 4 wheeler for the kids to ride around on - it was an instant hit.  If we had a bigger yard and a place to store it we would've taken it back to KC.  Henry persuaded Grandma Jackie to let him bring the Harley Davidson bike + training wheels back to KC.  Since Vivian got a new big girl bike for her bday Henry has been wanting a big boy bike.  He doesn't understand that he's 2 years younger and doesn't always get everything she gets.  We had  nice weekend with family and it was great to see everyone back from school (Allie, Brandon, Cory and Sheila). The next family gathering will be in Fargo, ND for Cory and Sheila's wedding.  Vivian is the flower girl in the wedding and referred to Sheila as the princess.  It was good for Vivian to spend time with both Sheila and Cory.  Here's to hoping she has no problem walking down the aisle. :-)

Last weekend we had a much needed garage sale.  We had nonstop traffic on Saturday for at least 5 hours.  We got rid of lots of junk that is now someone else's junk!  The remaining items are going to the goodwill and a battered woman's shelter. Thursday night we are going over to Jeremy and Jenn's house for dinner.  They leave for Memphis on Sunday to have more scans/MRI's done for Avery.  We are hoping to keep their mind off of things and give Avery some time to play with Vivian and Henry before they leave.

Friday afternoon the kids and I are heading to the airport to pick up Aunt Jill and cousin Paige.  Jill is coming to KC to meet up with some high school friends and we thought it would be great to get the kids together. Paige has never been to our house - Vivian doesn't know she is coming! Jill hasn't seen the twins since Thanksgiving so I asked Jamie if she would want to come down with the girls.  Soooo....Jamie and Grandma Carol are coming down with the twins. It's gonna be a full house of the Sazama women.  Poor Dan and Henry...the lone guys.  I'm excited to see Jill since I haven't seen her since Thanksgiving. All in all should be a fun weekend, hectic and chaotic but fun!