My Potty Animal!

I was planning to get around to the whole potty training thing...I promise! I just wanted to wait until school started and we got into the swing of things a little bit. I guess Lindsey had other plans. After we got back from vacation, Pa subtly suggested (ha!) that it was time, so I did get out the "little potty" for her...and the first time she sat on it, she was good to go! Literally!

I still had her in diapers and wasn't really pushing it when we went to a friend's birthday party at the bowling alley. Steve and I were both visiting with people and saying our goodbyes when I looked around and noticed Lindsey was nowhere in sight! My friend said she saw her go into the bathroom, so I went in and found her like this:




She had taken off her own diaper and the back of her shirt was a little wet (I guess she went for a dip). She even had the toilet paper ready to go! Watch and learn...this girl sees someone do something and she's determined to do it, too. One day I was mowing the yard and came in to check on the kids. Lindsey told me she had poo-pooed in the potty, and sure enough...she did. All by herself. Didn't even bother to tell anyone or ask for help. This girl has it down!! That was easy!

Meet the Teacher and First Day of School 2011

Second and Sixth Graders!
Wow!

Meet the teacher night 8/22/11:

First Day / Last Day of First and Fifth Grade

August 23, 2010

to

June 3, 2011

Now I know my...

Together We Can!

Jared was recognized at the school board meeting tonight for his achievement in the 2011 PTA Reflections contest. We are very proud of him!!

Reflections is a program sponsored by PTA which challenges students to create art inspired by a specific theme. There are six categories- dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts. This year's theme was "Together We Can".

Jared received an Award of Excellence at the state level for his literature submission which was called Going to Mars. It was a story about how he and a friend helped each other to achieve their goal of becoming astronauts and traveling on a mission to Mars.













From the Texas PTA Website:
Texas students created nearly 70,000 entries for our 2010-2011 Reflections program, Together We Can. Of the 1900 pieces that advanced to Texas PTA, we are proud to have awarded more than 900 students for their outstanding work! Students were recognized with Honorable Mention, Award of Merit, Award of Excellence or Overall Award of Excellence. (Only 24 are chosen to receive the Overall Award of Excellence and go on to the National competition. Jared's entry did not make it to this level, but he got the Award of Excellence at the state level.)

Gymnastics Show-Off Day

Today was the day Lauren got to show off what she's been learning this year in gymnastics. She did great!!! I was very impressed!



































































Dive roll




Back walkover




Uneven bars

Two Years Old!!

Lindsey getting ready for the big day:






Minnie Mouse Birthday party (Saturday, April 9th):




Happy birthday to my sweet baby girl!! (She's not really a baby anymore- *sigh*) On Monday she ran into her room, and when I got there to see what she was doing, I found her IN her crib. She had climbed in!! As long as she doesn't climb OUT...we're ok for a little longer. I am not ready to be cribless!! Boo hoo!

She is so smart!! We took the family to IHOP last week for dinner, and in the car on the way home Jared was telling Lindsey that he had an omelette and asked her what she had. She answered, "Umm...I have extra plate." Yes she did! It's the old, "I'll have this, they'll have this, and can you just bring her an extra plate?" She doesn't miss a trick! She loves singing songs lately. She can sing her abc's, and count to ten!