BUSY with a Capital B

It has been BUSY around our house!

We decided last Saturday that it was Time. No more excuses. Peter needed to learn to use the potty. So off with the pull-ups and on with the undies. All I can say is that he was Ready, and he has done fantastic! We've had a few accidents, but overall he has been doing great. (For the record, we tried the same technique at Christmas time and he was not ready. He had as many accidents in three hours as he had in the first three days this time around. While he could have learned, it would have been a much longer, more difficult process.)

However, as well as he has done, I can only say that nursing an infant, potty training a three year old, and keeping a five year old involved is INTENSE. The Lord gave wonderful grace, but I'm glad those first few days are now history. :o)

Last week was also quite wet, . . .
The kids decided the buddies needed to see the storm, so they had a "Buddy Parade."

Thankfully Daddy can provide an outlet for some of the cooped up energy!
We also did lots of indoor activities . . . like crafts,

More potty training . . . (Every 15 minutes, anyone? . . . Chart #2)

Tents . . .

Snuggles . . .

More potty training . . . (Chart #3)

More crafts . . . Hannah was quite excited to be able to buy the glitter glue and writing tablet she had seen at Walmart with her gift card . . . thanks, Uncle Bryan and Aunt Janie!

More potty training . . . (somewhat longer intervals now . . . whew! Chart #4)

And more play time . . .

Along with all of that, we had a yard sale this Saturday, and I managed to not get a single picture. Not one. Ah well. Suffice it to say that it was a LOT of work, but we majorly purged around here! Yeah for 30+ fewer boxes in our store room! We set up the tables down by the creek, and the Lord gave us a great day for it! (If I could have sold the creek, I definitely would have had some buyers.) :o) Some friends from church joined us, and it was a huge help to have four adults for juggling children + yard sale. We didn't sell everything, but we sold enough to make a good dent in our bunk bed fund and the rest of the stuff will bless other families through Miracle Hill. A successful endeavour all around.

Anyway, that has been life in these parts. I start back to work again part-time on Wednesday, so stuff won't be slowing down much at all . . .