Monday, February 29, 2016

Potty Training (2/29/16)

2/29- 3 big accidents and lots of dribbles in the toilet.  "So much" as Porter would say referring to how much he peed in the toilet.  
We call it, Dribbling for fruit snacks since that's his reward of choice.
Asking, "What do I get for a toot?"
3/1- 2 accidents and lots of dribbles.
3/2- 1 small accident and he pooped on the potty.  Whoo hoo!  
Today our sweet friends the Murdock's brought him Star Wars fruit snacks to help with the incentivizing.






Sunday, February 28, 2016

Warming Up (2/24-2/28)

The weather has been warming up which means we have been spending a lot more time outside. Jonas is in heaven.  We go on daily walks, have gone to the park several times and just spend more time playing in the yard.  Jonas is learning how to bat and actually is pretty good for an almost 14 month old. 








This little guy treks right along next to us on our walks.  He's a trooper.  And actually, he's perfectly content as long as I don't try to pick him up:).


And he tackles the slide like a champ.  

Porter went to his first play, Shrek the Musical at Hillside Elementary School, with me and Aunt Ash. We almost didn't go because he was freaking out about seeing Shrek and being scared.  After convincing him that Shrek was nice he just looked different, he finally decided to go.  He talked through the whole thing and every time the lights went off he asked, "Is it done now?"  I love going on little dates with him. 


There were so many people in the play and this was a middle school play!  The talent was impressive.


There was a Bobsledding competition in Park City, so we drove out to the Olympic Park for the morning.  It was fun to watch how fast the bobsleds travel and then to go through the museum.  Even the boys did pretty good looking around. 

Porter didn't love the loud noise.

Taking Dad for a walk.

Could you imagine this bobsledding duo?  Watch out world.

Or this snowboarder?

Porter has also enjoyed the warmer weather and spent some time the other morning building an airport, construction site and a zoo.  It was super windy so he was getting frustrated every time the wind blew his stuff over. 


Gayle bought the boys new shirts and Porter a new pair of shoes and if you ask me, these boys look handsome.








These boys (2/22-2/23)

There is never a dull moment with these boys.  Porter reads on the toilet, dresses up like an indian and lives it up at Jungle Jims.  Jonas is getting into the fun at Jungle Jim's too.  We met up with friends for a play date on $2 Tuesday.  Porter still is not a fan of the roller coaster.  He got off right before the coaster was supposed to start backwards.  They were kind enough to stop it for him.








Sunday, February 21, 2016

Birthday celebration

The weather was great today, so we played at the park after David and Porter took a bike ride.  Jonas loved the park. We haven't gone as much this winter since its been so cold and snowy, but it was a great day to be out.
Then this afternoon we went to Gayle's for swimming and my birthday dinner.  Gayle made a delicious pasta with shrimp and a strawberry cake with cream cheese, white chocolate frosting.  Yum!  The boys decorated it to look like Mickey Mouse.  
Then Porter stayed to have a sleep night over with Gayle and he watched Star Wars.  I'm pretty sure he was more entertaining than the movie. He reminds me of when I was little and would jump around in front of the tv when I'd get excited.



Decorating the cake.



Mickey Mouse.  Porter had told Gayle he wanted a Mickey cake, so of course she bought all the stuff.


Blowing out the candles with my sweet boys.


Porter watching Star Wars with his light saber.  He was fighting the bad guys right along with the movie.  Seriously, there was lots of jumping around and light saber waving. It was pretty funny.

Night skiing (2/19)

David was taking the scouts skiing at Brighton Friday night, and we had planned to go up early as a family, but Jonas wasn't feeling well.  So Jonas and I stayed behind and Porter got to go up later with the Stahl's. He had a blast and just wants to go fast.  I love that he enjoys being out there and that David and him get to bond.  They will have special memories.