weekend update

On Saturday we had a family Christmas celebration in Osseo, WI. It is about a 3 hour drive from Appleton. The kids did really well on the ride there and had lots of fun playing with their cousins! They got to open stocking stuffer gifts and eat candy! Gavin loves his candy! Abby got some jewlery that she loves! I will post a picture soon of her wearing her new necklace, bracelet and earrings!

On Sunday we we went to some friends for the superbowl. They have a 2 year old son and an 11 year old son. Abby has her first crush...on the 11 year old. She followed him around like a little puppy dog and wanted to know what he was doing all the time. He was very patient with her and let her tag along and watch him play his video games! Then later in the day he came back down to watch the game with all of us and Abby ran up to him and smiled and then before I knew what was happening she was taking her pants off. Next came the diaper and then of course Gavin thought this was hilarious so he had to follow suit! I cannot believe she took her pants and diaper off somewhere other than home. At home she often has to wear a onesie or she gets duct tape around her diaper to keep her from taking it off! Hopefully when she is potty trained she will leave her clothes on!

The kids played hard all afternoon and evening so slept great last night and did not wake super early like normal! it was GREAT!!!

Little Escape Artist!

We have a little escape artist on our hands! Abby will not keep her diaper on unless we put on a onesie or a one piece outfit! I am sure it will not be long before she figures out how to unsnap her clothes so she can get that diaper off! Usually we catch her taking it off but on Sunday she got her diaper off before we could catch her and of course she had pooped! So we had a mess on the kitchen floor where she dropped her diaper and then she squatted on the living room carpet so we had a huge mess to clean up! And when I was trying to put her diaper back on and dress her in a one piece outfit she kept pulling the tabs off her diaper so it was a long process to get her dressed again!

So far Gavin only tries to take off his diaper if he sees Abby doing it but when you tell him no he usually stops! I am sure this will not last too long!

I also learned over the weekend that markers that say washable are not as washable as one would think! Abby found a green "washable" marker and decided that the walls, table, refrigerator and herself needed to be colored! It came off the fridge and Abby really well but took lots of elbow grease to get it off the wall and table. There is still some on the wall that is visible but I will just wait until they outgrow coloring on the walls and paint!

One night last week the movie "Ice Age" was on television and Gavin really seemed to get into it so we bought the movie and now Gavin keeps asking for the movie to be on. He watches for a while and then goes off to do something else and then comes back and wants the movie on again. I think we have seen Ice Age about 15 times over the weekend! I tried putting a different movie on and he did not want anything to do with it...he just kept telling me "movie on, movie on" so we put Ice Age back in and he was a happy boy! I might try sneaking in the 2nd Ice Age movie just to watch something different!!