Ben is doing great with the potty training. We officially started on Monday. He didn't have any pee accidents today! He wore underwear all day (except nap). But, he is still not sure what to do when he has to poo. He had two poo accidents, but I am still really happy with the ease this training has been going...knock on wood. Ben runs to the potty when he has to go and then he gets really excited about peeing in the potty. We reward with M&Ms...the only thing he seemed to really care about getting. I tried stickers, but he didn't care if he got one. Oh, well...I tried the non-candy route. He has been a ball of energy the last two weeks and is wearing everyone out. I can not wait for summer to get here so he can run around outside and exhaust some of this excess energy. Funny thing...as I am writing this post, Ben is having a tantrum because Scott won't put champagne in his cup ~ poor baby... so sad :o)
Cailey is starting the last semester of second grade today! Oh, my gosh! She will be a third grader in NO time! We are going to the Carrie Underwood/Keith Urban concert on Sunday with our friends, The Emersons. Cailey is excited to be going to her first real concert! I have to say, I am excited, too. I haven't been to a concert in years. It's going to be a fun mommy/daughter night ~ Scott is staying home with Ben. We just had to pay $50 for Cailey's recital costume...I am still fuming over the cost of a barely-there costume...grrrrr! But, she does love to dance and she gets great exercise. I also know that other families are in this dance thing for a lot more money than we are, so I guess I should be saying we are only paying $50 for the costume.
I started back to work full-time this week and it's been less than smooth. Thankfully, my mom and Rich are here and it's been a little easier with their help. But, they are leaving this weekend and I will be on my own after that (heavy sigh). There just isn't enough time for everything and, once again, I feel pulled in too many different directions. I am not sure what the future holds, with respect to my job. But, we will figure it out somehow. Also, Ben will start at a new school on Monday ~ Children's Choice. We had Cailey there several years ago and we really liked the school. I am sure he will like it, too. Primrose didn't have a full-time opening, so we had to switch schools. I wasn't happy about it, but we made a visit with Ben at CC and he seemed to like the school. We will see on Monday if he still feels the same way.
I got my nose pierced. Yep. It's cute. A little diamond. Nothing overt or scary. I'll post pictures soon.
Our big event in February was our trip to New York for Valentine's Day weekend ~ five nights in NYC! Scott and I left the kids home with my mom and went to play in New York City with Amy and Darren! They were gracious enough to let us stay in their apartment with them and show us how to experience NYC like a local :o). We really had a great time and it was fun to pretend that we were young, childless, and NY fabulous...even if it was for only a few days :o) Ironically, we had more energy than we could ever imagine. I guess we never realized how much energy it takes to raise two kids ~ we actually had excess energy that we spent staying out late and getting up early. We got to spend tons of time with Amy and Darren (the best part of the vacation, since we don't seem to get enough time to spend with family!) Here's a run down of all the things we did while in NY: Nobu Restaurant, walking through Central Park, Tao Restaurant, NYC Museum, a walk through Times Square, a wonderful restaurant in Little Italy for Valentine's Day dinner, limo ride home on Valentine's Day with a stop for malt liquor (classy!), walk along a NYC pier (near Greenwich Village), Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, a respectful stop at Ground Zero, Amy's Oscar dress fitting in China Town ~ where we met a couple of Amy's friends (Tam & Tony) from Minnesota...such nice people, a walk through China Town and Little Italy until we found a random little french restaurant, a walk through the Sex and the City streets (Tribeca, SoHo, etc.), Amy's Miss Pettigrew press junket at the Waldorf Astoria Towers ~ we met some fabulous people (I now have a serious crush on Lee Pace...Scott is learning to deal with it), a stop at the Magnolia Bakery for cupcakes (fans of Sex in the City know this place!), a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant called Tortilla Flats with Amy, Darren, and their friend Jack (funny, funny guy!), a night on our own in the suite at the Waldorf Towers ~ and the whole 29th floor to ourselves since all the press left that evening, breakfast in the Waldorf suite (YUM!) and hanging with Amy and Darren while Amy got ready to do more Pettigrew press stuff, saw our first Broadway play ~ The Farnsworth Invention starring Hank Azaria, dinner at another Mexican restaurant with a big group of Amy and Darren's friends (good times!), drinks at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, and then more drinks at a little bar in SoHo. Not to mention the exciting NYC taxi rides (whoa...they are CRAZY!...Scott loves them!), lots of love from Pipi and Sadie :o), lots and lots of walking (all that eating and I didn't gain a pound), the crazy flight experience out to NY that got us to NY three hours earlier than expected, the flight back home that got us home three hours later than expected (see, everything seems to even out), and seeing a real NYC sewer rat run in front of us at the pier...it's the little things :o) So you can see, we had a full vacation. But, every minute was exciting and fun and I have wonderful memories. Here are some pictures:
Above: Darren, Amy, and Scott ~ humoring me with some pictures in front of the Central Park ice rink.
The hat is purely practical ~ there was no fashion sensibility involved in the decision to wear it...it was COLD in NY!!! I had another cute hat, but it had a brim and I couldn't see up to look at all the buildings :o) :o) We had to buy this one from a street vendor because we didn't go to Central Park (in the winter) prepared...duh! In my defense, we looked for a more fashionable hat, but all the stores had their spring clothing lines out. We found another hat at the end of our trip (too late to use in NYC) that was cute, but it was over $100. I just can't justify that price for Colorado...we go from one heated venue to another...there isn't a lot of city walking going on here!
Amy standing on her man-hole! This is the man-hole that she came out of in Enchanted!!
A picture with Elmo for Cailey and Ben.
Scott holding up the Statue of Liberty ~ what a man, what a man!!!
2 comments:
thanks for catching us up! I've been checking, and checking, and checking...
Still jealous of your february! Love how you glazed over the piercing with a one liner! GO BEN, we will be crossing our fingers that the new school and the potty training go well!
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