James came home today from his trip to Switzerland.

Today was Jimmy’s first time wearing a “real” tie.  He’s always worn clip on ties.  James is out of town today so I looked up a video on you tube to figure out how to tie it.
Today was also the first time the boys went into primary without me.  I hung out in the hall [...]

These last few days have been really poopy….literally.  On Thursday I was doing the dishes and the boys were playing out front.  After a few minutes I hear Jimmy yell, “Mommy, Peter has poopy!” as I wash the soap off my hands Jimmy yells again, only more urgently this time.  When I get outside I [...]

Jimmy and I were in the back yard, me pulling weeds and cleaning up poop and Jimmy playing with the dog.  I thought Peter was inside watching Cars on my Mac.
After 15-20 minutes I went to check on him.  As I walk into the house Peter nervously comes around the corner saying, “it’s broken”.  Then [...]

I’ve been working on potty training Peter off and on for the last 6-8 months.  Last week I decided to get serious about it.
We ran out of diapers a few days ago and I decided that I wasn’t going to buy any more.  It’s a good thing too, because there was a few days this [...]

Today the boys were playing out front and Jimmy was singing and talking up a storm so I went to go see what they were doing.
Jimmy was standing behind a cardboard box, and Peter was sitting in front of the box.  Jimmy says to me, “want to watch a movie?”  I said, “okay”.  Jimmy pushes [...]

I’ve been a little ambitious lately.  I decided to start teaching the boys how to read.  I put up 3×5 cards all over the house labeling things.  It reminds me of a preschool.  There’s also a bunch of foods and kitchen items on the side of the fridge with pictures.  So if the boys want [...]

The highlight of our week was Jimmy’s birthday.  We started the day opening presents.  Both the boys were so excited for all the new things.  It was funny, some of the time Peter was more excited about the gifts than Jimmy was.  Then the boys played in their room for a few hours with all [...]

Jimmy 40.5 inches 37.5 pounds
Peter 37 inches 34 pounds

This week James has been doing some programming/software development. Programming takes concentration and focus. So a few days this week I took the boys to the mall, the park, McDonald’s play place, etc. so that James could get some quiet time.
On Friday we renewed our driver’s licenses. It took all day. [...]