Internet 9

Dear IE-9,
I am so happy you have finally chosen to allow me to post again. I have lot's more too do and the last two weeks have been very annoying.
Sincerely,
Lindsay

Silhouette Giveaway by Tater Tots and Jello

I would hate to have Greg and my Christmas present this next year be all for me. What could I possibly want so badly that I would monopolize our entire Christmas present with one gift...A Silhouette. That's what I want. Thankfully TaterTots and Jello is doing a giveaway for a free Silhouette. Check it out...but don't enter cuz I want to win and it betters my odds. Okay, never mind, you can enter too if you really want...just share with me okay?

Easter

Let me just say, we had stinky eggs this year. I don't know why I couldn't get them to not be stinky but man...they stunk. We dyed eggs the day before although Abby did more of a dip the stick and draw on the egg coloring. It worked.


Sorry for the naked girl pictures...potty training at it's naked best.



We had our friends over for dinner and enjoyed their company.
We also got some updated pics of the kids in their Easter best.

Brett


Alex


Logan


Abby- she was a tough nutt to crack that day...no smiles for me.

Potty Training

When we got home I got right onto potty-training Abby. The first three days were awful. She is a camel and could hold it forever! I could only catch her to go on the potty like 4 times a day and most of them were a miss. On Easter the diaper went back on because I was too busy and the next day, I thought I would give it one more try. I left her alone and a few hours later she came to me and said, "I go pee pee." My first thought was where is the mess? To my surprise, her little potty had pee in it. From then on, I stopped asking when she needed to go and she just did it herself...poop too. The hardest trick for her was figuring out the underpants. I kept trying to get her to say No way when I asked if she pees in underwear and she just kept saying yes. {sigh} Finally, I ran errands on a Saturday about a 9 days after starting and told her if she kept her underwear dry I would give her a prize. She promptly said Okay and 4 caprisun and 6 potty trips to the car later she stayed dry the whole time. Smart little stinker! She still continues to get Happy Pee Pee song song everytime she goes along with blowing out a candle and then money for her M&M gumball machine. Happy days!
(side note...last night she slept in underwear and stayed dry all night)
Too bad I still have 1 1/2 boxes of diapers unopened. Oh well, it was worth it.

Spring Break 3-Charleston Beach

We arrived in the evening and planned to go to Isle of Palm beach the next morning. They have a fantastic county park with parking, a playground, showers and beach access. We walked straight on the the beach set up base and planned to stay for about 2 hours so we could hit the aquarium too. Four hours later...we were still at the beach. My kids LOVED IT! They couldn't get enough. Brett said it was one of the best days ever. Brett, Alex, and Logan loved jumping the waves and the oldest two were really good about staying together. The only real stress for me was worrying if Logan was going to lose his glasses in the ocean.








We also made a sandcastle...

And destroyed a sandcastle

Brett buried our toys so we had to find them...

Then we buried Brett

then Alex

then Logan

then Abby of course.




We had a fabulous time and here is the evidence that I was there too. :)

p.s. Abby wasn't a huge fan of the waves but she loved the sand. We are definately going back because after we packed up we were home 3 hours later. Great 2 1/2 day trip!

Spring Break 2- Coca Cola Museum

Afte the temple we cahnged clothes ate leftover pizza at the hotel and headed down town to the Coca Cola Museum. I thought I was so prepared by prebuying my tickets...unfortunately, I only printed out the receipt not the actual tickets. {sigh} As I waited in a line Abby tried to bolt through the ropes to a restricted area...as I went to grab her I said excuse me as I squeezed through two couples, as I walked back I tried to get back through the before said couples as they closed rank on me and this woman had the nerve to say to me, you could have said excuse me. I was flabbergasted. I wish I could have been the bigger person and said nothing but I didn't let it go. I was so mad at their assumption that I would be that rude when I was obviously alone with 4 children and the youngest just two. Some people! Anyway, we enjoyed a short visit inside. I think the kids had a good time. They have a free taste testing to try different coke products around the world...of course my kids beelined it straight to the real coke, sprite, and barqs rootbeer. We also saw a 4D movie that terrified Abby but had a good time overall.


Lot's of suckers to keep Abby entertained. :)

Chillin with the Coca Cola Polar Bear.

In the back of this picture is John Pemberton who invented coke. Brett did a report on him in 3rd grade and made a picture recreation of him using yarn.

We learned all about old fashioned soda jerks.

We hung out on the American Idol couch...too bad the pic ended up so blurry.

After the museum we hit the road and headed another 4 hours to Charleston. As we drove we were watching Toy Story 3 and I had to catch a few pictures of Abby watching the scary part. Too funny.

Spring Break 1- Temple Tour

Where do I begin. I have hundreds of pictures to go through from the last few weeks so bear with me. Despite all the protests of my husband I decided I wasn't going to spend another spring break at home. I craved adventure, and I promised my kids we would do something new. I booked hotel rooms using points on Sunday evening and after taking Abby to the doctor Monday morning for her awful diaper rash, (Helllloooo, how do you get rectal strep? I don't know but she did it somehow) we drove to Atlanta.
This was the kids at the Georgia Visitor Center right as we crossed the border. 

It was about a 4 hour drive. We stayed near the Atlanta temple which has just been reopened for an open house after 2 years of refurbishment. That night we got pizza and swam at the hotel pool where we met another family from Hickory doing the same thing as us. It was not surprising to notice several minivans in the parking lot along with several CTR stickers. Next morning we got up for our temple tour.

Since no pictures are allowed in the temple this is the kids outside right before we went in...

You see the pant leg of my 4th child...I should have known what I was in for over the next half hour. It started with putting on booties to protect the carpets...Brett refused. As part of the tour we went through the different endowment rooms. The first was fine except that Brett and Abby wanted to sit on the chairs, the next room I tried to get the kids interested in the murals along the entire room and said, hey can you find the fox? At that point, my oldest pulled an imaginary gun from his holster and began shooting the fox. First, we aren't hunter's and second, I could tell my children were making it a very spiritual experience for everyone in our group. I tried to stop him but with4 kids and lonely me the best I coud was tell him we don't shoot things in the temple...did I mention he found a bear to shoot too? Ugh. So then we entered a sealing room where the marriages are performed. It wasn't too bad except for the spectacle of Abby jumping off the step around the altar. Last was the Celestial room which requires no talking and the floors were covered with plastic to save the carpet. Brett, took himself right in and plopped right down on the couch. Nice. I couldn't even go in for all the screeching Abby was making. Needless to say, we were glad to leave and get our cookies at the end of the tour. Unfortunately, they don't serve chocolate chip so my kids were left to moaning that they don't want oatmeal raisin or peanut butter cookies. Exhausting but we survived!

New blog

I have made a new blog tada!
http://www.madeinadayormore.blogspot.com/
I hope you sign up to be a follower. I have lot's of fun ideas to share!

p.s. don't judge, it is stil a work in progress and I am still figuring out the new blog settings and templates so there will be lot's of changes...right now it is bare bones.