These Are The Good Days: April 2013

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Following in their footsteps....

Just as Ceilidh and Graeme are full of funny antics, Jane has decided to join the crowd. I don't trust Graeme, and obviously Jane to take their plate to the sink after eating. I do ask them to put up their milk cups in the refrigerator so they have a part of the 'clean up.' And let's be honest; I have wasted countless cups of milk b/c they sat sitting on the table too long after dinner. ha Well, I guess with Graeme's tutilage; she now knows how to open the frig. And she does it often. She used to sit at the door begging for 'ca ca mulk!' Or in english, 'chocolate milk!' ha Now that she can get the door open; she routinely gets a sippie cup from the bottom cabinet, opens the frig and pulls out the milk and chocolate syrup, hands it all to me, and says 'tank too.' She is an independent woman on a mission when it comes to chocolate milk. At least she says 'thank you.' HA

Her newest antic involves the potty..... ugh. In the last few months, she has taken more of an interest in her little potty. She will grab her diaper and tell me 'pee pee' usually after she has gone. Once or twice she has actually told us before and made it to the potty. She was VERY proud of herself. ha She is still very young, so where I don't discourage it, I am surely not pushing it either. She has always loved baby dolls, but recently baby dolls have become the 'it' toy. They go/do everything with us. She rocks them, feeds them, burps them, and ~~dunks~~ potty trains them! wink Somehow, when baby goes pee pee; she ends up soaked. Does Jane get soaked when she pee pees? No. I don't see how peeing got translated to taking a bath in the toilet, but one baby has already hit the trash due to the forgotten to be flushed contents in the potty. Yes..... gross! Oh, and one of Graeme's fire trucks also took a 'bath' the other day. Fun times.... fun times.....

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Holy Week 2013

We had a wonderful Holy Week. The last couple of years, we have followed the week with scripture readings and had a modified Seder. It has been a really neat experience, and Ceilidh actually references it throughout the year so I know she remembers doing it! ha This year though, we decided to make a concentrated effort to have communion each night with the scripture readings. I am really glad that we did, b/c Graeme really took hold of this. He would ask me throughout the day if we were going to do it that night, and then insist we do it before we ate. It was really sweet. I took the kids to visit my parents during the week, and he was very concerned we were not going to be able to do 'mumion' while away. That led to a good discussion about the idea of communing with God constantly.

We traveled to Gastonia to visit my family (of course, without my camera FROWN), and spent Maundy Thursday and Good Friday with them. It was wonderful to see my parents and my sister/family. We went to a Maundy Thursday communion service together which was neat to be able to do with my parents. Playground time, good food, and cousins rounded out a great couple of days!

Saturday we played with the 'Clendenin' side of the family at the Easter party Suzanne hosts each year. As always, we had a blast with everyone; and ate really well. ha Maybe, too well! wink Sunday after church, we traveled up to Asheboro to visit Andrew's grandmother. I love that my children will remember at least one of their great-grandparents. I hope you had a great Easter, as well!