Garden Update

The girls and I have been diligently watering our garden and watching it grow. I thought I would share some pics on how well it's doing.

The girls are excited about the Japanese cucumber and the corn. They're doing the best. We have LOTS of cucumber and 7 ears of corn. Very fun! We need to pick a radish and see if they're ready. We also have a few tomatoes we need to pick.

We've had a lot of fun with our garden. The girls get so excited to go out every day and see how everything has grown.

First Day of Kindergarten

Our little girl is now a big Kindergartener. We can't believe it.

CK's first day of school went well. No crying. Only tears of joy in Mommy and Daddy's eyes to see our little girl so excited about kindergarten. I didn't have time to cry. I was taking pictures and consoling O. She did pretty well. She wanted to stay with CK in her classroom, but a donut hole took care of that.

The Home and School Club had coffee and donut holes for us in the school's new multipurpose building. They had the right idea, but need help with organization. You all know me....I'll be volunteering and help them with that.

All in all, the first day of school went well. It was wonderful to have Daddy there with us on CK's first day. It was also wonderful to see CK come home so excited about her new school, teacher and friends.

End of a Wonderful Summer

Summer has come to an end. School starts on Tuesday. CK will be a Kindergardener! I can't believe it. It was just yesterday that she was born. Goodness!

We have done a lot this summer. Several Lake Tahoe vacations, day camp, Happy Hollow, Great America, swimming at Uncle S and Aunt G's, and mommy's class at Stanford. Busy, but wonderful.

The girls have learned to doggy paddle around the pool. No fear O just jumps in now. Why wait for anyone to catch her. We have many wonderful memories of being up at the lake with family and great friends.

We have been up at Lake Tahoe for a family wedding this week. Daddy joined us on his weekend. We've had a great end of summer week. It was a little chilly this week. Yesterday and today it's been warmer. It will be just perfect for the wedding tomorrow.

Next week I'll post our big girls first day of school portrait. Wish us all luck. Daddy gets to join us for that, since it's his day off. I'm hoping that will help me not cry, but I'm not counting on it. You all know me.

Potty Training

For the past week (started 31 July) we've been potty training O. Goodness! I hope she picks up on this really soon, because it's really getting to me.

For 5 days straight she did not do anything in her little potty chair once. On Saturday, finally, she peed and pooped in the potty! YEA!!! I was so excited. I really needed that little spark of hope. Yesterday (Sunday) she did a little poop and then right before going to bed peed in the potty!!! YEA!!!! Again, I was very excited. In between there has been nothing but accidents. She doesn't care if she poops in her panties. It's been very frustrating.

O looked pretty surprised to be peeing on the potty last night. I just sat her there, knowing she had to pee. We had gone out for dinner with friends and I had O in a pull up. When we got home at 9pm she was dry and awake. She sat on the potty with no argument and when she started peeing was pretty surprised. She was very excited to get a third sticker on her chart. I was too.

Then this morning was back to having accidents. I am trying to be patient. It's very hard, but I'm doing well. I hope that this week she starts telling me when she has to go instead of telling me she IS going.