Fun at the zoo

F Lily and Madison having fun at the zoo
Daddy showing Madison the bears while Mommy took Lily to use the restroom. He sure loves his girl.
The Three amigos

Friday we went to the Chaffee zoo. We decided to bring Lily since it was her last day of school and all of her brothers and sisters had parties to go to. We had fun. Carson was very patient with us. Madison enjoyed looking at the monkeys, elephants, tigers, giraffes and sting rays. It was a nice treat to get to do something fun on my first day of summer vacation.

Cupid Kitty

Cupid is one of our cats and recently we tried to give her a haircut to cut some of the matts out of her hair, well I tried and tried and couldn't do a good job so we took her to the groomer for a haircut. We took in a cat, and got back what looks like a creature from somewhere else. I am afraid if we let her outside the other cats will tease her. She desperately needed her matts cut out so now we have a bald kitty, guess that will be good for hairballs, right?

DDR anyone?

Our family has taken to playing Dance Dance Revolution and the kids are too fun to watch. Madison usually gets up there and stomps around like the big kids. She loves copying her cousins, she thinks she is so big. I am so grateful that Madison gets to play with her cousins so often. I just wish we could visit with our Sacramento cousins more often.

Potty Training

We have been trying to potty train Madison for a couple months or so. She did very well at first then decided she didn't like her potty. Now she has been using her potty chair and seems to love it. Madison has been such a good potty trainer. It has been 1 week with consistency going poo-poo in the potty and has been doing very well with pee-pee. She tells us when she has to go and is such a champ. The key is telling us before she is going and not while. When she goes potty, she tells her Mommy... I go. I love that she is doing this on her own. She has gone into the bathroom on her own and sat on the potty chair, went potty, then dumped it in the toilet and flushed it on her own, then told me.. DONE! Potty training is not easy but something I am trying to do consisitently. I think it helps that she gets to do her sticker chart and once it is full she yells for i-meam (ice-cream). We love her and hope that she will get to wear her new undies soon. My goal --- before I go back to work panties all the time unless she is sleeping.

Tag, I'm It!

My Sister in law tagged me with the following questions.

1. What Was I doing ten years ago? Ten years ago I was only 18 years old. I was young, stupid and thought I knew everything. I was living in my own apartment with my sister and my friend, Jennifer. I was going to Fresno City College and working at the Ice Cream Connection in downtown Clovis.

2. What was on my to-do list for today? I was hoping to clean out the linen closet and clean out my closet but instead played with and hung out with my kiddos. I was home enjoying my day off of work.

3. What would I do if I suddenly became a billionare? First thing I would do is quit my job to be home with my kids. I would sell our house and buy a bigger house with a big backyard full of toys and equipment for our kids to play on. I would want some property and a couple of horses. I would help those I love as well by making sure everyone had a home that was paid for.

4. 3 bad habits not keeping all my laundry clean and done, spending money I do not have, my car is a mess, needs to be cleaned out. No more crackers for Madison in the car.

5. Places I have lived I have lived in Coarsegold, Ca; Fresno, Ca; Clovis, Ca; Grover Beach, Ca.

6. Places I have worked Ice Cream Connection, Klondike Pizza, peanuts anyone (They had the peanut shell floor... yucky and stinky) , Kiddie Kingdom (2 year old preschool teacher, or should I say potty monitor, I was always in the bathroom with potty training little cuties, Clovis Unified, Campus Club teacher, Fresno Unified, substitute teacher; Madera County Office of Education, interpreter for the deaf, then teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing

7. 3 things people don't know about me I don't like cleaning much, I have a dog and two cats, I am proficient in American Sign Language

Happy 2nd Birthday Sammy

Happy 2nd birthday buddy! Love Aunt dephie, mady and car car

They are both so cute

Madison 7 months

Carson 7 months

I couldn't help but post pictures of Madison and Carson at around the same age. I don't think they look too much alike until I see pictures side by side of them. Of course, you notice they are both addicted to the binky.