Mia Pia

And to think she was terrified of this "tree face" a mere 2 years ago...

This pretty much says it all

Potty training is not going so well. Hopefully we can get the boys trained by the fall since they start pre-school. They are some stubborn kiddos for sure. Definitely not ready yet!

St. Patrick's Day Magic

Last year I got a little crazy and creative for St. Patrick's Day. Leprechauns visited us and left chocolate coin candy in return for our "gold" that we created. The also played tricks on us by turning our milk green. Mia and Jackson have been talking about St. Patrick's Day frequently since it is now March and were talking about what the leprechauns were going to do this year. They were mentioning all the tricks they were going to play and what else they were going to turn green. Being 4 and 5 years old, the discussion of course gets somewhat foul. Jackson told Mia that they were going to turn their poop green. This made both of them burst out laughing for a few minutes. I decided to ask Jackson how the leprechauns were going to do this. He replied, "They are going to magic our butts!" Of course, more laughter ensued. I smiled to myself after telling them to take the discussion to the bathroom. After all, that kind of talk is only appropriate for the potty. Goofy kids!

Meat-flavored Ice?

Had to share this funny story that happened the other day while I was at work. Matt goes to get us some yummy Skyline Chili for lunch and decides to buy some sweetened ice tea by the gallon to enjoy. He pours himself a nice tall glass, goes to get some ice out of the ice machine in the fridge, and a meatball comes out of the ice dispenser into his ice tea glass! Matt is obviously alarmed and puzzled--when did we start using meatballs for ice cubes? Are we trying to conserve water to this extreme? Apparently I had moved a bag of frozen meatballs into the ice dispenser to get something else out of the freezer and forgot to move the bag back to where I had found it. The plastic bag got wrapped around the ice maker gears, popped opened, and meatballs were mixed in with our ice in the ice dispenser! I laughed so hard when Matt told me this story. He said that initially, yes, it was quite funny...that is until he had to spend 30 minutes cleaning the ice dispenser out!