"Boon" (Balloon)

After an exciting morning of chasing balloons around the house (long story, but at HyVee yesterday, the boys conned the floral ladies into giving them balloons!) we got outside this afternoon and enjoyed the sunshine. Ben and Conner are definitely outside boys... they did have to take their balloons outside and I gave in because I was so tired of hearing "boon, boon, boooon!" As I expected, one ballon was lost to the wind and one popped when Ben fell on it... they took it pretty well. Conner sat at the fence for a while moaning "booooon" but he got over it! They wanted to wear their sunglasses today but only on the tops of their heads like Mommy does!

Have a great Tuesday!

Fun Sunday!

We had a great weekend playing outside!!! Nick got a bunch of stuff done and the boys got to play! It was nice to feel the sunshine yesterday...

Ben ventures into the shed that Nick just cleaned out... yes... the same shed that I won't go near! (I have a fear of rodents hiding in the corners!)


Of course the cars had to be driven...

Conner is trying to decide whether he wants to fly his kite or play in the sandbox... tough decision...

We got to get our "tee ball" out and see how the boys liked it! They both had a lot of fun! Conner kinda chopped at the ball when he wasn't trying to golf with it!

Ben really got the hang of it pretty quickly!!

Hopefully we can get outside again today!

Ben!!!

Ben decided to join the club today and peed in his potty successfully! He was very happy with his sticker and candy so we'll see... Conner hasn't been going in the potty since Tuesday... I was hoping he would do it at least once every day or two but that has not been the case! The good news is that they are both willing to at least sit on the potties and try when I ask them to so I guess it could be worse! So now we have the first time out of the way for both boys... now I just have to figure out how to get them to keep doing it! I thought maybe Conner would get upset when Ben got his sticker and candy this morning, but he didn't seem to care at all... what a stinker! Ben was very happy with himself though and it was very cute to watch him get excited about flushing the toilet! He reminded me that it's, very often, the little things in life that make us the happiest...

Conner!!!

I am pleased to announce that as of 4pm this afternoon, my son Conner successfully peed in the potty for the first time ever!!!! He started to whimper a little as he was doing it because I think he was afraid he was doing something wrong... but I quickly assured him that he was absolutely doing the right thing! Don't worry... I am under no illusions that it will be easy from here on out... I know that we still have a looooooonnnnng way to go! But man it feels great... Ben is still not sure about the whole process so we will see how long it takes him to catch onto the candy and sticker bribes that I am prepared to offer him! It has turned out to be a great day... who knew I would be so excited?!

Potty Training... Boo...

Well I have decided that I officially hate potty training. Our intention was to start potty training weeks ago, but with some of Ben's new meds and their side effects we decided to wait a while. So yesterday was really the first day that I made them sit on their potties a few times. They were definitely willing to sit on them but that was as far as we got. Last night, right before heading upstairs for baths before bedtime, we tried one more time... no success. So the boys scrambled into the bathroom (bathtime is very exciting at our house) and I got them into the tub... just in time for them to BOTH pee right in the bath water... they literally stood up, looked at me, and proceeded to pee... sometimes I feel as though they are taunting me...

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! Nick and I got to enjoy a Saturday night at home together and then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's on Sunday. The boys worked on blowing bubbles... Conner just wanted to stick the whole bubble wand in his mouth, but Ben did a good job of blowing the bubbles!



Jennifer (our niece) brought her kite along and she was nice enough to share so both of the boys got a turn at holding the kite string... the boys did let go of it a couple times, but thanks to my sister-in-law, it never flew too far away from us. And only once did Grandpa have to get the ladder out to get it out of the ONE tree in their backyard!!


Ben, Jennifer, and Bill watched as Ben held onto the string and then Daddy helped Conner when it was his turn to try...

When we got home last night, the boys got more Easter goodies before it was time to head off to bed...

Happy Easter, everyone!

Sunshine!

It was such a nice day yesterday! After resolving the "door issue," running errands, doctor appointment for Ben, and naptime, we got to go outside and enjoy the sunshine!!! Nick thought he would introduce the boys to flying a kite... Ben was much more interested than Conner, but Ben got quite upset a couple times when he got the kite string wrapped around his feet!





After deciding that there wasn't nearly enough wind and Nick wasn't going to run as fast as he could around the backyard to make the kite fly (my suggestion) the boys decided to move on to the sand box...

In the spirit of Nick having to remove the the door from the boys' room, he thought they should have a drill of their own so here they are learning how it works...

We had a great day!!! Hope you all were able to enjoy some of the sunshine!