Monday, June 14, 2010

Legos

Justus has really been interested in Legos for the past month or so. After he got a set that he can build a truck with, he was hooked. He loved playing with it. Then I remembered I had my old Lego set. Of course being a girl, I had a barn. Nothing cool like a truck or something guyish like that, but Justus still loves playing with it. So I let him play with it during quiet time.

Here is one of his own creations:

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Swim lessons

The kids have been doing amazing in swim lessons.

Haven has lessons with Coach Andrea. They work on diving for rings and putting her head underwater. And recently, Andrea has been trying to teach Haven how to get out of the pool from the side and then jump in.



Justus has lessons with Coach Paul. They work on diving for rings, swimming across the pool, jumping into the deep end and swimming to the side.




They love it!!




Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Justus' Artwork

Im really impressed with Justus skills these days. He is so talented and imaginative. Here are some pictures he drew this morning while I was cleaning up the house.

Notice the number 4 on this car. 4 is his favorite number right now....hmmmm....I wonder why!
I love this house and garage (with car) he drew. Notice the chimney is complete with smoke.



Thursday, May 27, 2010

Day 2 and Day 3 Recap

Day 2 - I am just so impressed with Haven. On this day, we still kept close to home and I gave her lots of juice. She did a good job putting her poops in the toilet. You could tell she wasnt quite sure at first, but she kept at it and was so proud of herself at the end. She only had a small pee accident when I put her in a time out and then again at the end of lunch. Overall, Im so impressed and think she is doing amazing.

Day 3 - I had some errands to run so I didnt give her any juice, just her water as normal. She didnt have any accidents and we went to Costco, Savemart and the flooring store, oh and swim lessons. This girl is doing GREAT!!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Day 1 - Potty Training recap

Yesterday I decided to potty train Haven. Why? You might ask. Well, the short of it is, it just had to happen. And I bit the bullet and decided to try. The sooner I start the sooner its over, right???

She did really well. I started by telling her the day before and we went to go pick out big girl panties. She was very adamant about wanting Minnie Mouse ones - not Princess, like I supposed, but Minnie. So we got the Minnie ones and a little seat to fit inside our toilet. Our toilets are awfully high off the ground so I thought this best.
She took right to it. When I got her up we went and sat on the potty. Nothing happened but we gotta start the habit. Then I fed her juice like crazy so she would have to pee a lot. We went every 30 min or so and she was fabulous.
The only accidents she had was poop and she told me right after it happened. And then at lunch she started to pee but then held it til we got to the toilet. Im so impressed!


Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Amazing Dad

Not only is my husband an incredible husband, he is an amazing Dad. Here are some pics of him doing things with the kids this past weekend without my prompting or help.








Saturday, May 22, 2010

Justus and his life choices

Let me introduce you to my son, Justus. He is 4.

He has quite a good head on his shoulders because he has a job - he works at Citibank,
he has a truck - a Dodge, blue,

and he also has a wife - Hannah.

Now Hannah is not necessarily in the loop about this, but they also have ten kids, already prenamed (I cant remember the names, but I think they are very much like the ones from Dinosaur Train cartoon).

He has already told me everything about his wedding. They will sing silly songs and play knock knock jokes. Hannah is a Princess and he is a Prince Charming and when talked to about the importance of marrying a girl who loves Jesus, Justus promptly and seriously replied "Hannah loves Jesus." Like, didnt you know Mom? It is a matter of fact!

Well, I have to say, I am happy with his life choices ;)