Update...

So far this week as been fairly uneventful, well with the exception of attempting to take the kids & their friends - Ashleigh & Ryan - to the water park to cool off, only to get there to find it was closed. Talk about some very disappointed kids.

Other happenings from the week so far:

Abby still won't sleep in her own bed. Insists the floor is where she should sleep. Jason even tried telling her that if she didn't want her bed anymore we would give it to someone that could use it.

Abby's Cousin Takuma sent her a cool golf set for her b-day along with Jr Boggle and Puff the Magic Dragon, however Abby thought the golf bag made a really cool shopping cart, and well, went grocery shopping , paid for her grocery by running them thru the down comforter and finally tossing them in a laundry basket.

Logan figured out how to climb in to the red chair. He has even tried to climb over it onto the coffee table.

Logan has also decided it is fun to walk in and out of the "clubhouse" . I keep trying to get a shot of him popping his head out the little windows saying hi, but of course, every time I grab the camera he stops.

Afternoon Fun

It was a wonderfully sunny day. The kids spent much of the day outside. In the late afternoon Abby's friend Olivia came over with her dog Olie. Abby & Olivia had a great time playing in the yard. Logan just be-bopped all over the yard, getting into as much trouble as he could. He is getting pretty good at this walking thing. Definitely no rest for the weary when his is loose in yard.

Dance Recital

Abby's first dance recital was today. She was extremely excited this morning when getting ready. When I pulled out her costume she said she was going to be "fancy nancy".Show time was supposed to be 10 AM, however the first group of kids didn't get start preforming until just after 11. Abby ( as well as many others) started become over whelmed by nerves or the 2 hours of waiting around.

Once it was Abby's turn to perform she came back around and was great! She remembered the whole routine!! ( Abby is about 4 girls in , front row)

Well since I am having trouble uploading the video; here is the link to where you can view it. www.google.com/s2/sharing/stuff?user=109078519412237605366

Success...

..finally. ( I am knocking on wood as I type this) Abby went down tonight with no whinning or crying. YEAH! Now if I could just get her taking naps again. In the last week she has only take 1 nap. I'm not ready for her to not be napping. I was rather enjoying the afternoons (as rare as they were) where both kids were alseep for an hour or so at the same time.

So Rough....

It is night 3 of the no binkies for Abby. I went up to her room a few times during the hour plus of crying and whinning. The first time I went up a found her whinning in her little chair. The next couple times she tried to follow me out of the room telling me she was "not tired". HA!!! Being the nice mommy told her to get back in bed, and go to sleep! Abby's response was " No, I don't like my bed. I don't want to sleep in my bed. " I asked Abby where she wanted to sleep and she said "on the floor". OK!?! She crawled off her bed, curled up on the floor and attempted to put her 12"x12" taggie blanket over her. It only coverd her feet, so I threw a regular blanket over her and left the room. About a half hour later here is what I found....

...nice and passed out from all the fussing. I would have thought she would wonder back into bed. Who am I to argue as long as she is going to sleep, right?

Mr. Trouble

Apparently I can not turn my back on little man.

Welcome....Binkie Bear

Abby's binkies have gone away. She was very good about the whole process as tired as she was. She got to stay up extra late at Grandma's house on Sunday. I don't think she was finally asleep until 10, and was back up around 6:45.

Bedtime went some what better than expected. We started our regualr bedtime routine around 8:30. (On the late side for her, normally we start it about 7:30) I turned out Abby's light shortly before 9. She laid htere for a few and then started crying. Neer once did she ask for her binkies. She finally passed out about 9:40, and slept solid until 6:45 ish. So I guess in all not bad.

Handing over the binkies :(

Binkie Bear!

Wish me luck

Tomorrow is the day...the binkies go away. I have been telling Abby for a while now that once she turns 3 there are no more binkies. Well her 3rd birthday is upon us in just 28 days. To give her some control over what is bound ( i'm thinking worst case senario here) to be tamatic experience, probably more so than watching her brother gets shots (she turned green watching a couple weeks ago), I gave her a choice of 1) going to toys'r us and "paying" for a new toy with her binkies (aka mommy buys her a new toy - i was thiking the princess wii game she spied the other day at target and told dady she wanted) or 2) going to build-a-bear and putting them inside a bear of her choosing. (thanks for the idea kristin). Abby has choosen to go to build-a-bear. This ought to be very interesting, not ot mention alogn couple of days.... so as the title says...wish me luck.

Happy 1st Birthday Amelia

Yesturday was our good friend Amelia's 1st Birthday party. Abby & Logan had a total blast helping Amelia celebrate. Logan even decided to dig into a cupcake, something we couldn't get him to do at his own party 3 weeks ago. The pictures tell the story much better than I could....