I was glad to get home to some comic relief after going to Missouri for my grandpa's funeral. I can always count on my cute kids for a laugh. Here they are dancing while Robert plays the Bumble Boogie on the piano. Watch out Fred and Ginger! Here comes Micah and Ellie with some new moves.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
In Memory of my Grandpa
My grandpa died on Tuesday the 5th at the age of 82. This blog is part of my therapy to deal with this great loss. My grandpa IS a wonderful man and I will miss him very much!!! This picture was taken at Christmas and was the last picture taken of him. I grew up around my grandparents so we are very close. Sundays were always spent at Grandma and Grandpas house. Grandma always made a big Sunday dinner and at night we would have popcorn and pop while playing games together. My grandpa loved card games! Another Sunday ritual was reading the comics in the newspaper. When I got too big to sit on Grandpas lap, I would kneel by his rocking chair while he read them to me. Often I would go on vactions with my grandparents during the summer. I've been to 39 of the 50 states and most of those I visited with my grandparents. As a young girl I loved to spend the night at my grandparents house. At night while grandma was washing her face, I would climb in bed with my grandpa and he would tell me funny stories while drawing pictures on my back. My favorite was when he would pretend to give me a manicure and paint my nails. Grandpa was also good at making up silly songs, some of them using the names of his grandkids. I recenlty found out that a lot of the songs Grandpa use to sing to us are actually popular songs from around the time of World War 2. Grandpa was always smiling and happy and loved a good joke. I loved to watch my grandpa laugh! I could probably fill a book with stories about my Grandpa. Micah asked me "How are we going to get another Grandpa?" Who could ever replace my grandpa? He IS definitely irreplaceable! I'm greatful for the gospel and what it teaches us about families. I know I will see my grandpa again! I love you very much grandpa!!
Friday, February 1, 2008
No more diapers during the day!!!!!!
Many of you have been wondering how the potty training has been going. I'm happy to say that it is complete!!!! Ellie was SO much easier than Micah. After a little push at the beginning, she took off an ran. She had ONE accident about two weeks ago. The other morning(around 6:00am) she actually woke me up and told me she needed to go pee-pee. So here is how we did it----every time she pee'd she got 3 peanut M&M's, everytime she pooped she got 5 M&M's, we also put a sticker on a potty training chart everytime she used the potty and she also got a sticker. I promised her that if she would use the potty at least twice a day, at the end of the week I would give her a new doll. I bought a Cabbage Patch doll back before Christmas on Amazon for $5.00. We put the doll on top of the tv to remind her of her goal. All I have to say is bribery works (or maybe it's just because she's a girl and girls are known to be easier to potty train).
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