30!

Well- turning 30 has not been nearly as painful as I thought.  I think I dreaded more that for 2 months it will appear that I am 2 years older than Luke instead of just 14 months. Funny how life makes us worry about nonsense.  Luke has done an extraordinary job celebrating my "birthday week" as he calls it.  I was good not even celebrating this year, but we have gone to an OU game with some of my family members, the zoo, and then the Thunder vs. Lakers game last night. I honestly feel like a queen!  SO...enough about little OLD me and on to the family news!!!!


Life is good.  Mollie is completely potty trained except for an occasional accident.  I am very proud of her.  Macie still shows absolutely no interest and has actually regressed into wanting her sisters to hold her sippy cup while she drinks and to feed her.  I think she just loves being the baby.  Right now I am watching Mollie "walk" her puppy named  Macie who is panting and crawling on all fours.  Life is fun around here :)

Also- the big girls are really thriving at homeschooling.  I am loving it and they are just little sponges that soak up all the information.  It is so fun to watch them learn and understand things.  Gracie is doing addition and subtraction and reading very well. Zoie is learning to read and actually really good in Math.  Sadie has learned all her sounds and loves to be part of the daily school life.  Homeschooling is more rewarding than I could have ever imagined.  In March Zoie, Gracie, and Sadie are all going to start group tennis lessons and then in April, Zoie and Gracie will start team tennis.  We are really excited about this upcoming adventure.

 Life here is very chaotic but I wouldn't trade it for the world.  Each night as I go and check on my sleeping children, I am reminded of God's love and how good and faithful He is to me.

Potty Training #1

Well- this week has been adventurous.  Mollie has decided she wants to be a big girl and wear panties.  Monday she showed minor interest in going to the potty.  Yesterday she wore panties all day except for nap and bed time and those are the only two times she had an accident.  Today she lasted all day in panties (even through a two hour nap today) and she has been to the potty at least 100 times...or so it feels.  I thought "wow, she is not going to have an accident", so of course at dinner she started yelling "potty" but we didn't move fast enough and she went some in her panties but held the rest till the potty (TMI, I'm sure).

My other children have done math and phonics in the bathroom floor waiting on her to go. It really does take a whole village to raise a child.  I am so proud of her and her 4 little cheerleaders screaming with delight each time she is successful.  She has done incredible!!!!  I just hope she keeps it up.  Tonight will be her first night in panties, and though my expectations are not really high, I am still secretly hoping for a miracle!

Funny part is:  Macie has absolutely no interest in going potty.  I tried to put panties on her today and she immediately hit the floor screaming and kicking trying to get them off.  I knew that these twins were going to be an adventure at this age, but I had no idea they were going to be totally opposite.  So, that is what we have been doing this week.  So far, so good.