Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Mini Golf

Jacob has been BEGGING us to take him to play miniature golf. It doesn't help that we drive by a driving range with mini-golf on our way to the kids' school. So my dad treated us and the kids to some golfing and video game playing! SO much fun! And of course Jacob wants to go back. Guess we'll have to go again!

Giving Abuelo hugs!

Jacob getting ready to putt...
Trevor patiently waiting his turn...

Ella just wanted to hold the balls...
And pet the animal statues...
The future Tiger Woods...
Now Ella has the hang of it. We were almost done by this point...
Waiting in line to buy tokens for video games...
Aunt Amanda showing Ella how to spray the water gun thing...
Izzie and Ella playing a frog game...

Monday, September 6, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Mississippi

I mentioned our weekend trip to Mississippi in the last post, which made me realize I haven't posted any pictures from our trip!

We didn't take that many photos, but I thought it would still be good to share the ones we did manage to take.

Jacob riding the horse in his great grandma's backyard...

Ella just hanging out...
Watching Maddox's portable DVD player (which they LOVED)...
Daniel's cousin got married, which was the reason for the trip...
Jacob got antsy and wouldn't sit still, so Daniel took him and Maddox for a walk. They threw pine cones in the water...
On our way home, we visited Gran, Daniel's grandma...
The kids were so sweet to her!
Ella helping Gran out with her walker...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Potty Training, Round 2

For a little over a week now, we've been potty training Ella. At first, I thought it was a little too early to be starting this (Ella's teacher was the first to mention it about a month ago). I really didn't think she was ready.

Well, rewind to August 15th...

We buy a brand new box of diapers at the grocery store, thinking it will get us through this pay period as per normal, right? Wrong. We went through said box of diapers in less than a week! What a waste! It was due to Ella constantly complaining and tugging on her diaper, always saying she needed a diaper change and throwing fits if we didn't change her (when really there was still PLENTY of room for more pee! I mean, the diapers weren't even sagging!). So anyway, after noticing we only had enough diapers to last us through our weekend trip to Mississippi, I decided it was time to just bite the bullet and start training her.

So to sum it up: everyday there are accidents, and so far, I've only lost my patience a handful of times (that's pretty impressive for me, especially lately). In other words, so far so good. And she didn't have any accidents on her first day back at school! She definitely learned faster than Jacob and continues to improve each day.

To end with a photo, here is a shot of her cute little butt in underwear!

I just want to SQUEEZE it!! :D

Monday, August 16, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Friday, August 6, 2010