Discovery Museum

Last Saturday Uncle Peter and Whitney came down for a visit! Whitney said that she wanted to take the kids to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. She had coupons and offered to pay for the kids. I have been wanting to take them so I was all for it! We had so much fun!!! And can't wait to go back!

The first thing we came to was this great ball sucking contraption. It had all these tubes and sucked the balls up and down and all around. This was by far the kids favorite area. We had a hard time getting them to move on, and we ended up going back and then ending there as well.

Next Abby found a "bird house." She loved it!! It was just her size!

Upstairs they had this great Helicopter! It was a real one!

Benjamin and Abby "flying" the helicopter

Also upstairs Abby got buried in these little foam bits while she "excavated." Then Uncle Pete helped them play with these great magnets!

And their other favorite area was a mini sized grocery store!

Benjamin especially liked the check out!

THANK YOU Whitney and Pete!! We had soo much fun!

Birthday Party Sneak Peak

So for those of you who don't know.... I am one of those Birthday Party Freak Mom's. What can I say, I love Birthday parties! So for Benjamin's 3rd year Birthday Party coming up next month he want's a Train Birthday Party. So again I am making the Piñata and Birthday cake and I have a bunch of other things planned. I wasn't going to go all out but I just can't help myself. Anyway, because I have so much planned I am starting now. So I just finished his Piñata and I was so pleased with my efforts that I had to show you all how it turned out! Here it is....

Abby

Here she is looking so cute in her Easter dress....

And here she is after eating a whole bowl of Spaghetti!.... (she loves it!)

He Did It!!

Benjamin is Potty Trained!!! Wahoo!!! (I've only been changing two sets of diapers for over a year now) So, after a failed attempt last January, I was planning on training him again in late April. But in late March he decided (on his own) that he wanted to Potty train. So we went for it! He mastered going Pee Pee in a couple of days (with only 1 or 2 accidents a day), and he stayed dry all night! I thought, this is great! But..... he refused to Poo in his Potty (don't even mention trying on the toilet). He would go and hide and do it in his undies! Yuck! I was devastated and ready to try ANYTHING. And I tried EVERYTHING you can think of! But finally it was my Mother's advice that did the trick. Thank heaven for Grandma's! I kept him buck naked all day! And when he couldn't hold it anymore, he desperately panicked and begged me for diapers, underwear, anything! But there was no other place to do it... he had to go on the Potty! He cried the whole time, but he did it! And after he did he was so shocked and couldn't believe that he had done it! He was so happy and I almost cried tears of joy!!!! It's not that he didn't want to, for some reason, he was terrified to try. But after that first time.... he has done it every time in the toilet! The next time he had to go, we were at my In-laws house on Easter and he had to go, but the only place there was, was the big toilet. He was scared but willing to try. And he did it! After that we got rid of the little Potty and he has done it ever since on the big toilet! Hallelujah! Since then.... not one accident! He is totally trained! And I am sooo Proud! Way to Go Benjamin! You did it! So he might hate me some day for these pictures but here he is (in all his glory)...

Abby was excited too!

And here he is sporting his favorite undies, Thomas the tank engine undies!

Easter Weekend

This past weekend we had a fun little Easter. There were no city Easter Egg hunts this year (at least not in our area) so all the Mom's from our little Pre-school decided to get together and have one at a park. Every mom brought some eggs and we did it in between Conference Sessions. The kids had a blast! Except for Abby, she was a little sick and just did not want to be there. But she did all right.

After the kids got home they loved opening their eggs and seeing what was inside. Especially Abby, every time she opened an egg she said "Wow!" and was fascinated that there was stuff inside. However, she had no interest in eating the candy. Benjamin didn't mind eating it for her!

Later that night after Abby was in bed we decorated Easter Eggs! Benjamin got a kick out of dying the eggs and then sticking Stickers on them.

Also this weekend we got to listen to our church leaders speak at our Semi-Annual General Conference. It seemed that many of the talks were focused on the family and several specifically were about motherhood and the importance of teaching our children and being there for them. It was very inspiring and made me feel good to know that I am doing the right thing. There were also several messages about the Savoir and his glorious Resurrection (After all it was Easter Sunday)! It was such a beautiful Conference and what a great way to Celebrate Easter! Remembering that we have this Holiday because Christ Rose again. He lives! He overcame death so that we might live again and have the opportunity to live with him if we but keep his commandments. I love this video and wanted to share it. Happy Easter everyone!