Updates...

Being awakened at 4:30 am by crying children due to a thunderstorm does not bode well for the rest of our day.... but wanted to update everyone on our week...

1.  Potty... Ben is doing pretty awesome.  He has even had a couple of completely dry nights so we have been pretty impressed.  Ben's problem is that he doesn't want to stop what he is doing to have to go potty, but he is getting there!  He is pretty happy about the abundance of hot wheels he has collected over the past couple of weeks.  We are going to have to scale this reward back a bit now...  Conner is staying true to his character and is only going potty exactly when he wants to and doesn't seem to give two hoots that we want him to do it all the time.  He is still struggling with the notion that poop goes into the potty but someday (I am hopeful) he will actually believe us that it does indeed belong in the potty.

2.  House.... Still trying to sell our house... anybody interested????  Hopefully  we will have more showings in Sept. with the start of school being over.  We are still looking for our perfect new house.  We have been looking at a lot of new construction and are leaning that way. 

3.  Work... Nick is working a lot right now, but he will get a week of vacation starting on the 10th so that will make up for all the extra hours this coming week!

4.  School... The guys are still loving school!  They come home happy everyday.  I haven't recieved any bad reports so hopefully that means they are behaving themselves while they are at school! 

5.  Activities... The boys have been all about their cars lately and if I don't hear some sort of engine noise coming from them, I worry about what they are doing!  They have been pretending so much more and it is very fun to watch their imaginations coming to life.  They have also been into movies lately.  The Curious George movies are still their favorites, only now they will actually sit through most of the movie themselves.  I am still in awe of this.  Conner is all about helping Mom right now, so every night after dinner, he gets out his step stool and "helps" me wash the dishes.  I thought he would be over it by now, but he seems to really enjoy it!

6.  Health... We have been incredibly lucky lately and we have no major illnesses or issues!  A small asthma flare up for Ben and that's been it.  They are just doing so good!  Conner will be getting some "braces" for his feet to help them not turn in so much and we got those fitted yesterday.  Just have to wait for some shoes to come in that fit well with the braces.  They are very lightweight and hopefully these will be able to correct his arch (or lack there of...) 

It might just be a movie kind of morning.  I just asked the kids what they wanted to do and Ben told me he wanted to watch George and Conner told me he wanted to clean...  They are very excited to watch the Hawkeyes today and insisted on wearing their Hawk caps to breakfast!