Where we're at

In the potty training department, I thought Id give a little update. It is very encouraging! Justus is doing so well. He can go quite a long time without going pee and he doesnt have pee accidents. We went out to lunch today and I took him to restroom about 10 min before we left and he didnt go again until we got home about an hour later. Very impressive in my book! However, he still has poop accidents on occasion. But Im told this is normal, so Im encouraged.

Lies

God has truly been teaching me about honesty. Of course I know that when someone asks you a question you answer truthfully and you should never deceive someone by pretending to be what youre not. That is easy. But what I apparently didnt know, is that deception looks differently than the text book description sometimes. Recently I had been feeling a little frustrated and I just held it in cause I didnt think it was a big deal. Well, yeah right. By not being honest with my feelings, I was lying. Something I would never do if it looked like it was lying, do you know what I mean? But at the time, it didnt look like a lie. Then another instance was I had been hurt by a friend but instead of being honest with my feelings to the friend, I kept it in. Well, that is no good. And I realized that I was lying. So of course I came clean in both situations and it is all good. But I never would have labeled my actions as lies. God stirred my heart and told me I was lying. A great lesson in Honesty. Thank you God!

Cant live without it

Addiction is a strong word. I dont take it lightly. Whatever its called that is the level before addiction - thats where Im at! Chocolate. It must be the thorn in my side.

Front Yard Fun - video clip

Here is Justus showing us how fun it is to play in the Front Yard.

Front Yard Fun

We like to go outside in the front yard and let the kids play. Justus is really good and only goes where he knows he is allowed. Since Haven started walking, Ive been taking her outside also. Before, Neil would just take Justus. They love to dig in the dirt and run around. Haven is doing really good transitioning from grass to cement to dirt. Great workout for her! But tonight what made me laugh the most was how sweaty my kids were. My goodness, they both were dripping. Now granted it was a hot day, but wow - they were icky. I hope the pics can show it for what it was. Pretty gross - but oh, how fun!

Grizzlies Game

Wednesday night was Faith and Family night at the Grizzlies Game and a bunch of people from our church went. Neil also went and took Justus. This was Justus' first sports game. Well, not quite, maybe I should say this was his first major sports game. He has been to a few Fresno Christian games. But like I said, Neil took him. I was not there. This was major cause it was Justus' first long-time outing since potty training. Neil is so great. I dont think I would have wanted to do this (hence I wasnt there) (actually I had planned on spending time with my long-time friend Renee who now lives out of state, since she was in-town). So anyways - Justus did great. Neil said he only took him potty twice, which was incredibly risky in my opinion. And apparently Justus was more interested in the breezeway and concessions area than in the actual game. Also, I was told the Grizzlies mascot snubbed Justus. Oh well - Im sure Justus didnt care, even if Neil did :). But hey we got some cute pics via cell phone. Oh, and Justus got to sample lots of the concession food via our friends - thanks guys!

Walking and Streaking

Here is a clip of Haven walking and Justus streaking in his underwear making his Mario Kart noises while almost knocking Haven over. Gotta love it!