She Earned Them!

By "them" I mean the flip-flops!! Maysen stayed dry all day today and earned her flip-flops around noon when we were getting ready to head to the pool! She's been changing herself lately (laugh it up....it's ridiculous!) and Brandon and I kept saying to her "If you can change your own pull-up, then you really don't need them any more." This morning she changed herself, like every morning the last week, but this time she put underwear on herself instead of another pull up! I was so very nervous, but I told myself,'Don't freak out....you can handle one accident and then get her back in a pull-up.' But there weren't any accidents and she's been doing great. She's not to the point yet, and won't be for a few weeks, where she's ready to tell us that she needs to go, but we just set the timer (she responds very well to the timer) and when it goes off, she goes to the potty. No fights, no tears, no shouting....just "tinkles in the potty!" I'll keep you posted, of course, but we've been pretty darn excited around here today!

And here is the little Sprite (I borrowed that term from Kelle Hampton...'cause there's really no better term for this one....she really is a Sprite!) herself. These pictures were taken on the first of a few rainy days in a row. The conversation went something like this:
M: Mommy, can we go to the pool?
K: Not today, honey, it's been thundering and raining all day and the pool isn't open.
(pause)
M: Mommy, can we go to the park?
K: We can't go there either, honey, because the slides are all wet...it's been raining all day.
(pause)
M: Mommy, can we go for a walk?
K: Sure, we can go for a walk before it starts raining again. Get some shoes on.

Of course, the only logical shoes were rain boots....and totally adorable with this dress she dug out of the box in my room that contains the clothes that they've outgrown. (It's smaller and tighter than it appears in the pictures). As you can see, it did start raining on us during our walk, but we really didn't care!


Since the last post, our friend Macy turned 3. It was a Princess Ariel party and all of the kids had a blast. The biggest hit was the 'Balloon Lady' who made balloon favors for each of the kids. Myah got a Flower Hat and each of the girls got some Butterfly Wings. The balloons have deflated now, but they were a hit!


It's not summer with out sweet corn. Even though I end up cutting it off the cob and eating it from the bowl, you still have to have some before summer is over. Our neighbors brought us some, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Sweet Corn is Brandon's territory. This year, he taught the girls how to husk the ears. They were so cute. It was like a tresaure hunt to them....to find the corn inside. They would pull off the layers....slowly, mind you, and victoriously cheer 'I did it' between each laborious layer. They each got one ear done while Brandon did the rest, but they had a great time. Of course, they left the mess for dad to clean up too!