Drama At It's Best

Eliza is still wearing a diaper to bed. We have been trying to get her to stay dry all night, but that is really hard to do. She used to be able to do it, and then WHAMMO-she totally reverted back to wetting the bed every night. For the last couple of weeks, she has been unhappy with having to wear a diaper at night time, and saying that she doesn't have a diaper on, she calls it her "undies". I won't let her call the diaper "undies" cause I don't want her to talk herself into thinking that she really does have undies on. Well, last night, she kept herself dry all night!! Her diaper was unused this morning! Yeahhhhh! So I thought lets reward this and maybe she will do it again. She got jelly beans for her success. As we were trying to get her ready for bed tonight, I was telling her that she could have more jelly beans in the morning if her diaper was dry again. She was pretty put out, because she wanted them right now. Also, she thought since she was dry last night she shouldn't have to wear a diaper to bed tonight. Brett was trying to get her to come to him so he could put her diaper on. She kept backing away and saying, "But mom, but mom, that won't work! That won't work!" I asked why that wouldn't work and she said, "BEEEECAUSE!!! If I put that diaper on I will get dead!" Yikes! I didn't realize I was putting her life in danger! I will have to be more careful on where I put those darn diapers!

Ethan's 10th Birthday

Ethan turned 10 in November. He wanted a dinner in with just mom and dad. So we made his favorite seafood, shrimp and crab legs! It was quite the feast! We made a really big mess, and I forgot to get birthday candles, so Ethan was a good sport and blew out a number 8 candle! Also he didn't want any cake, he said he doesn't like cake. Just add it to the list. What list you ask, the list of things Ethan doesn't like. A shorter list is of the things he does like and will eat! We had chocolate silk pie instead. I could get used to chocolate sild pie for birthdays!

Rain, Rain, Rain

The kids had a great time playing in the rain! Lily hung out and did what she does best...EAT!! Her newest past time is climbing on the dishwasher. I can't tell you how annoying it is to try to fill the dishwasher with her climbing on it.

Lily's 1st Birthday!!

Lily turned 1 last week! We had a birthday party at Aunt Jenny's house. I don't think that she really understood what the heck we were all doing, but she sure loved her cake! We had super yummy tostadas for dinner. Isn't Lily's cake cute? I was going to try to make it myself, but when I got to the store it seemed so much easier just to let them do it. I must be getting soft. Lily needed a little help blowing out her candle. I got a birthday cake too! Lily helped me blow my candles out. Lily really got into her cupcake. Bonnie and Maddie are such big helpers when it comes to Lily! Lily got soooo messy! She and her cousin John ended up in the bath to wash off all the frosting. Lily had no idea what was going on when I tried to get her to open her presents. She just sat there. But she had plenty of cousins willing to help her!