For Perspective

For a little bit of perspective to those who have a very unrealistic view of our family based off of the fun, smiley pictures normally posted on the blog. Today was not that kind of a day. One child woke up a chocolate kiss; the other one woke up a ball of sauerkraut dipped in vinegar. And Mommy was more like the sauerkraut, too. So the sauerkrauts battled throughout a lot of the morning and some of the afternoon arrows of whining, yelling, conviction, apologizing, whining, frustration, time-out, whining were thrown.

Then Daddy called. Daddy gave sauerkraut his first talking-to over the phone. And sauerkraut became chocolate. Then Daddy came home. And within minutes chocolate giggles were heard within the bedroom.

Now as I am writing this I am more like chocolate only because of God's continuous grace and a faithful, loving husband.

Life

Life is precious. It is a privilege to watch these two girls grow up. We went on an adventure last weekend to Delevan Lake, Wisconsin. We took the train to visit Daddy at work. There were several people along the way who assisted a mommy with 2 young 'uns. Miss Val dropped us off at the depot and we hopped aboard. ConLai was captivated for much longer than I thought she would be, nothing like her cousins Diek and Hadden would have been, but her enamor lasted for about 1 1/2 hours. A gentleman showed us to the back seat and another gentleman showed us how to turn it around to make a big double seat.



Then we got to get off and see Daddy. We found a cute Italian place.



It was special to be with Daddy and it was wonderful for him to sleep in the next morning and not be on the road. We went to an animal farm and shopping the next day while he was at work and then came home again.


To dancing. :)

We had the opportunity to hang out with Matthias a couple days this week while Mama was at school. ConLai and him get along very well. I think it's because he allows ConLai to Mama him.

Some tidbits about Nana:
*She is standing very well on her own. (I wish I had her quads.)
*Her sister is still the most amusing to her.
*Smiles are not worked for but given freely.
*She gets very excited to see Daddy.
*She acts shy sometimes and buries her face in whoever or whatever is holding her.
*She says "Mama" even though Daddy worked really hard for Dada.
*Her hair has a reddish tint.

An Important Day

Let me tell you why October 21, 2010 is an important day in our family history. ConLai woke up that morning and decided she wanted to go potty. Now this has happened before and she has proceeded to sit for awhile on the toilet with no results, but THIS was a DIFFERENT day. The first try was a no-go, but we put underwear on and hoped for the best. Then as she was playing she suddenly shouted, "I have to go potty!" She ran to the restroom and WENT POTTY IN THE TOILET!!! I was so excited, I almost cried. Since then she has been going without diapers during waking hours with a few messes here and there, but overall trained! Actually I won't even call it trained. Because I didn't do a thing. So please don't call me asking how to train a child. I still don't have a clue.