Xavier's Safari Room

It only took a week and his room is done!  I started painting Xavier's room last Saturday, and just finished the bookshelf!  I do still have to change out the handles on his dresser, but basically, it's all done!  yea!  Thanks to Emily and Paul for helping to hang the mural!

I forgot to take pics before moving everything out of the room, but here is a pic after I finished spackling.  On a side note, I bought a tub of spackle when we moved and after painting only 3 1/2 rooms (bathroom only counts as a half), I have used up the entire tub.  Lots of things to fix on the walls!

After starting on the walls, I decided to expand the project to include all of the woodwork and the closet.  That's not really a whole lot of fun!

Then it was time to hang the mural!  The directions said it would take two people 4 hours, but it only took me and Emily about 3, so that was good!  (Thank you, Isabelle, for making sure our butts were front and center in the pic - haha!)

Meanwhile, Xavier has been sleeping on his mattresses on the floor in our room.  We found out this week that he talks and chews in his sleep - just like his daddy!  Mommy did not sleep very well this week!

And it's finally done!

Dress Up

Xavier found the drawer full of Build-A-Bear clothes and dressed himself up this morning.  He's such a ham!

So, it's been a while...

I'm getting complaints that I haven't posted lately, so here's an update. 

Potty training:  Xavier is a big boy!  Ever since the Wednesday that I not so nicely told him that he wasn't allowed to poop in his pants, he's gone on the potty all by himself!  He has had maybe 2 accidents since then!  Very exciting stuff!

Soccer:  two weekends ago, Isabelle scored 3 goals and her team won the game, yea!  Yesterday, she scored the only goal, but they lost 2-1.  It was not very nice weather and they played great. 

Lacrosse:  Today, Isabelle had a "Jamboree" which meant that they played 5 20-minute games instead of 1 40-minute game.  It was a long day.  I watched the first 2 games and they won both and Isabelle scored 1 goal!  The last 3 games were really rainy.  Brian, Xavier, and Rachel went to those.  I actually never asked how they went!

Other updates:  I decided to redo Xavier's room.  I painted the room yesterday and decided that the trim also needed done.  So, I have put 2 coats of paint on the trim and am very tired! 

What else...oh yeah, I've become a Pampered Chef consultant!  I'm pretty excited and have spent most of my free computer time, taking lots of training classes.  There are lots of great rewards for hosting parties, so let me know if you are interested.  YOU could be one of my first clients! 

Potty Training (update)

Well, it's been a week and a half and we're hanging in there.  Today we had a breakthrough!  I have cleaned up at least 2-3 poopy underwear (and Brian some as well) each day since we started this.  This morning Xavier pooped in his underwear and I had enough.  I, not very nicely, told him that he was not allowed to poop in his underwear.  I know yelling at your potty-goer goes against everything the potty "experts" say, but I was at my wits end.  I was about to quit and just let the kid wear diapers forever.  But, after nap, he did his usual pee (doing AWESOME on the peeing) then we played in the daycare room.  After a little while, he ran out and said he had to go potty.  He ran straight into the bathroom, pulled his underwear down, sat down, and pooped!!!!  Praise the Lord!!!!  He was so proud and so was I.  I had told him this morning that I had a special surprise for him when he went poop, so of course, he asked for it.  I brought him to the freezer and told him that I had ice cream for him.  He said "what's nother prise?"  What kind of kid doesn't want ice cream for a prize?  Luckily, I had bought him the Where The Wild Things Are book over the weekend as another surprise gift, so he was very happy with that.  What a good boy!  Later in the afternoon he ran to the potty and went pee.  Ohhh, let's hope he keeps this up tomorrow!

Isabelle's Cast

I was going through old pictures on my cell phone and found the one of Isabelle getting her cast off last summer. She broke her wrist while "balancing" on a basketball - not her best idea! She had her cast on for about a month. She was very excited to get it off!

Anna's Walking

With all of the potty training excitement, I forgot to post last week's other big news...Anna decided to start walking.  Crawling is still her preferred method of transportation, but she has taken real steps!  Yea!

What kind?

Xavier asks some of the funniest questions.  Today, during one of our marathon potty sessions, I told him that Grandma and Grandpa were coming tomorrow to watch Isabelle play soccer.  He looked at me and said "What kind?"  After laughing, I told him it was Grandma and Grandpa Selhorst.  So funny...