Potty Training Update

We had our first "no accidents at school" day!!! Of course we are still having accidents -- lots of accidents really -- but we were very excited to have all three have an accident free day at school. Will is almost completely potty trained. He rarely has any accidents and sometimes he just runs into the bathroom all on his own. Lily is doing really well too. She doesn't like to go to the potty in public and she has a tendency to hold it as long as she can. Sometimes we just have to convince her she really needs to go! Avery is a bit more wishy-washy. I think its more that he doesn't want to stop whatever he is doing to go. And, it is often hard to get him to come inside to go too. But, he gets really excited and proud of himself when he does do it. They all do. They love to get their stickers put on their charts. When they fill up a card they get a special day out with mom or mommy. Will and Lily have already gone to Tweetsie Railroad with Season and Avery is going to get to go on a hike as he is a total nature boy.

Visiting Poppy and Grandma

Season took the kids to visit Poppy and Grandma and everyone had such a good time. They kept them really busy with trips to the playground, out for ice cream and running around. They also went to a carnival and there was one of those big bouncy houses. Lily and Avery loved it, but Will got scared and Aunt Fleming had to climb in to rescue him. There was also a giant inflated slide. Check out the pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weethree/sets/72157601902829526/

Kinder Soccer

The kids go to soccer twice a week for 45 minutes. The first day we couldn't really get anyone to participate -- they would rather just run around and pick up rocks. The second time they really loved playing a dribbling game version of "green light - red light" and they got a big kick out of freezing when the coach yelled red light. But, soon after that they were dropping like flies. Avery was the first to quit and Lily followed soon after. Will stuck it out for a while longer, but I don't he was all that happy about it! In the end, I love it because they have the kids run up and down the field a few times which works wonders for bedtime! And, of course I love it because of the great photo opps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weethree/sets/72157601911559511/

Riding Bikes

Everyone can ride their bike now and they have so much fun. Most of the time they ride around in circles on our patio. Its about 10x12 and the three of them speed around with near misses laughing all the while. It brings to mind those stunt riders you see riding in the giant globe cages at the circus. We live at the end of a remote street and there are really aren't many other houses anywhere nearby. So sometimes we all go to the road and they ride around with a bit more space. I wonder how long it will be before we take the training wheels off! Here are the pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weethree/sets/72157601902771572/