Mother's Day...

I had a great mother's day weekend with my boys! My first surprise.... a clean car!! They had my car detailed and it looked better than the day we bought it! It was amazing!! Now I just have to figure out how to keep it looking that way. Ha!

I really should have taken some before and after pictures to show the REAL difference!

On Sunday morning, I woke up to blueberry muffins that were made with love by Josh AND Owen. Apparently Owen really enjoyed cracking the eggs! They also surprise me with new shoes...red TOM wedges! Owen loved opening the present as well as trying them on! Ha!

Josh loved this pic!

We grabbed smoothies from Tropical Smoothie and sandwiches from Panera and headed to Lake Fayetteville for a picnic lunch...

A pic with my little man....can you tell that he really loves his smoothie?

so sweet...

We had strawberry short cake for dessert..Yum!

With full bellies, we all headed out for a walk around Lake Fayetteville. We didn't make it far before I had to have a rest break! Ha! Apparently I get tired a lot faster with this pregnancy.

a rest break for mommy...

throwing rocks into the lake...

When we got home that night, the boys decided to put our new umbrella together. Owen was a great "little" helper!

Busy Saturday...

Another busy Saturday...We kicked off the day at the ball park with Miracle League. It was a gorgeous day with lots of sunshine and very excited ball players!

another run for the Dodgers...

Josh pitching to Korey...

waiting for a good pitch....

Carson

We had two birthday parties to attend after Miracle League. The first one was at Chuck E Cheese, which made Owen super excited! When I asked him if he wanted to go to a party at Chuck E Cheese, he started yelling "Yea"and jumping up and down.

Running in with the present...

Chuck E Cheese singing Happy Birthday to Austin....

While everyone else was singing Happy Birthday to Austin, Owen was singing Happy Birthday to Emmie..Ha! Poor thing still thinks that "Emmie" is the only name that goes with that song...

And a party wouldn't be complete without a few bites of birthday cake...

After all the birthday festivities, Owen went straight for the games!

I finally dragged Owen out of Chuck E Cheese and we headed straight to the second birthday party. Josh decided to sit this one out (apparently the yard needed to be mowed) so Owen and I were on our own. Between snuggling with the birthday boy and keeping up with my wild child...I didn't get very many pictures

Kayla and Blake opening the birthday presents...

Blake...the Birthday Boy!!!

the wild man in the ball pit...

Blake was loving his new bubble machine....

rEcess

Friday night was the May rEcess!! The theme: A Wheelie Good Time!

It was all about transportation....

The Fayetteville Fire Department came out and let the kids explore the fire truck along with all their gear! They loved it! When they first walked out and saw the trunk, a lot of the kiddos started covering their ears thinking that the sirens would start going off. A few were hesitant about getting close, but after they realized it was a "quiet" fire truck....they were all about it!!

Sam posing for a pic...

Group pic: Lena, Matt, Sam, and Soren

Sam and Josh...

Even the little kids enjoyed exploring all the gadgets....

After all the excitement, we headed inside for some more entertainment provided by the firemen themselves. They showed off all their gear, answered some questions, and even did some demonstrations! The kids absolutely loved it!!

Dima had a few questions for the firemen...

Each kid got their very own fire hat and book!

Keeping with the Transportation theme...the movie of the night was CARS, which was a big hit with everyone!

Potty Training...

We officially started potty training 2 weeks ago. The teachers at daycare approached us and said that they thought Owen was READY. So....we decided to give it a go!

The first week was a little rough! Making him sit on the potty every thirty minutes was not a lot of fun for anyone involved. At daycare he was in diapers the first part of the week (just because we were trying to use the BIG box we had recently bought from Sam's) but...by the end of the week we decided to go ahead and switch to pull ups. We thought Owen would be excited about moving to the big boy pull ups....but apparently we were wrong! He thought they were just like diapers and could care less about pottying in them!

So, we only had a few successful potties at daycare the first week! We had a little more success at home, because we were bribing with candy and letting him wear his Birthday suit or big boy underwear. We were also letting him sit on the potty for 10-15 minutes each time....which made me want to give up!

As you can see, we've taken to putting the potty everywhere in our house! ha! It's not always feasible to get all the way to the bathroom every time he decides he has to go potty...so we decided to get the little one close at ALL times.

After realizing that Owen didn't care about pottying in his diaper/pull up, we decided to switch to big boy underwear except for nap time and bed time. AND it was the best decision every!!! Day 1: two accidents, Day 2: three accidents (but they were all in the afternoon when the new teacher put a pull up on him with his big boy pants over it), Day 3: two accidents, Day 4: two accidents....Then, he only had one accident all weekend!

I think he's definitely getting the hang of it...almost a little too much! At home, where he gets candy for a reward....he has started going potty just a little bit to get candy and then going again 5 minutes later to get more candy!! Ha! His little potty starts signing when he goes potty....so every time the song starts playing, Owen jumps up saying "I get CANDY, I get CANDY!!"

Play ball...

Another successful day at Miracle League.....

6 games, 120 players, and 50 volunteers make for a great Saturday morning!

chatting with the announcer, Drew, before the game....

running to third...

Owen and Josh between games....

hanging out in the dugout...

batter up...

playing short stop...

Owen apparently really likes to swing. Every time we would start swinging he would say "That's funny" and start laughing...

on deck...

And she scores....

singing "Take me out to the ball game"