Easter and Panties

I know weird title, but it encompasses what has been going on around here. 

We had an awesome Easter weekend.  We started out at Juliet's school Easter egg hunt and party.  It was fun to see the older kids run so fast for the eggs.  Friday she and daddy spent the day together then she went to see Mama and Papa.  They took her to the egg hunt at the Liberty Park where she again enjoyed getting to hunt eggs and had a blast.  We met them to pick her up at Sharky's in Kingwood for a late lunch, it was yummy!  When we got home we dyed eggs.  It could have turned out one of two ways, she loved it or she hated her fingers getting messy... she absolutely loved it.  I think she could have done 3-4 dozen and never tired of it.  She loved watching the eggs turn colors.  Sunday we did her Easter bunny, hunted eggs at home then went to church, she looked absolutely precious in her Easter dress.  After church we headed into Liberty to have lunch with Meme and Poppa at their house.  It was really nice to get to see a lot of the family I haven't seen in a long while.  Then it was time for the egg hunt in Meme's front yard.  Juliet didn't have to leave the front porch and had a basket full of eggs!  We had a fun filled Easter weekend.  Check out the pics on flickr. 

Now the panty part of the title.  Juliet's teachers felt it was time for us to bring panties to school because she is doing so good with her potty training.  I had my doubts but I am not there all day.  So Monday I did as instructed and took panties and changes of clothes.  She had 3 accidents on Monday and 3 on Tuesday, she had NO accidents on Wednesday.  She told the teachers every time she needed to go potty.  Mrs. Roach told me she would say it as I need to go potty now.  I am really proud of her.  We hadn't had any accidents at home until tonight.  I asked her twice if she needed to go potty and she told me no potty mommy and then goes and poo poos in her panties.  I was disappointed, but she is learning and has been doing so good. 
Today was the first day of dance class at school.  We dressed in our leotard, tights and ballet shoes and headed to school.  She was so happy to have her dance clothes on.  Her teachers told me they didn't think she would go, but when the dance teacher got there and she saw the other girls in their costumes going she wanted to go too.  Mrs. Tutu, the teacher, said she was so excited to see that Juliet really wanted to be in the class.  That makes me feel that I made the right decision enrolling her. It seems that she enjoyed her clothes so much she did not want to change out of them.  She saw all the other girls changing clothes so she decided it was time then, my little priss. 

Funny quotes of the week - I a princess (in her own words), Jon where are you? (she yelled this up the stairs when we walked in the house today)

That's all I have for now!
Love, Laura

A note from Juliet

Juliet loves to type on the computer.  She typed me this, with a little bit of help in a few spots!


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juliet

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happy birthday mommy
love you too
love juliet
 
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Short but sweet

Why am I still up?  It is 11pm on a Sunday night, Juliet is asleep, but I just can't seem to settle.  I know it doesn't help that it was almost 10 before she went down tonight.  We have been attending the Song of Solomon bible study at the church.  It runs 6-8pm and tonight was the last night.  We ran long tonight because we did a vow renewal at the end of the course.  That was awesome!  So after getting home late, bath and winding down time, it was way past our bedtime!!  But that is OK, it was a good course. 
So onto the newness with Juliet. 
We will ask her "Are you done?" she will say "Not yet".
She moved to a new class this week. I was terrified of the transition to the new class because of the attachment she has to Mrs. Turner, I had nothing to worry about, it has been a wonderful transition, which all credit goes to the teachers! Don't get me wrong, we have some rough patches in the mornings, but they handle it well. 
She got to try dance class and will start this week. They have dance every Wednesday and they do flippers (gymnastics) every Thursday.  I bought her a dance costume and what a doll she makes in it!  Still have to go get her tap and ballet shoes.  Might have to hide those things at home!!!
We also started learning to say our prayers. We say four words at a time and she repeats what she can back to us.  If she can memorize her nite nite book, she will have no problem with this.
New favorite food is poo pies. French fries. But only the ones from McDonalds and Whataburger because they come in the containers she can hold.  She does not like Chick-Fil-A fries.  They look weird to her.
Daddy taught her how to fill up the water toys in the bathtub. They have fun squirting each other.  He can't complain when she gets him wet, it's his fault!!  Oh and she made me paint her toe nails one morning before class!  I told her I would do it after school, she was "no mommy, paint Juliet toes now!  Pink like mommy's!"  I'm in trouble!!!  Somehow I have gotten her to start saying "I'm a T-Rex", it's pretty cute.  She loves Dinosaur Train so it helps when we are watching it and I point to Buddy and tell her to say it.  She likes to stomp around and say it too!
If you haven't seen the newest addition to the Cozy Coupe, check out flickr, we got her a little wagon that you attach to the car and she can carry her babies around in it.  She hasn't had it long enough to see exactly how much you can put in there, but I did catch her trying to ride in it. 
I could go on and on, but I think I am finally getting sleepy, so I am going to call it quits.  Thanks to everyone who called, sent a text or a facebook post wishing me a happy birthday.  I had a really good day!!

Laura

What's his name?

Well we have finally decided on a name for our little boy.  He will be...

Nathaniel Jack and we will call him Nate!

His nursery will be in dinosaurs!

Where have we been?

Where have we been you might ask, I am usually pretty good about checking in at least once a week, but we have been busy.  It is so funny how you get caught up in living life you forget to write it all down.  I do make notes in my phone so I don't forget what I want to tell you.

Juliet is growing up so fast, she is talking in sentences and is such a chatter box.  Get her going and she will wear you out just by talking to you.  I kept wondering why she would tell me she wanted to go outside and play basketball and would grab her red ball.  I thought it was because Jon had basketball on TV and she was just repeating, well no, actually she was saying Juliet go outside and play bouncy ball.  Makes more sense now. 
She can tell you what is going to happen in her TV shows before it happens, or will talk along with the characters.  She has also started dancing again when there is music she likes.  She seems to be more into My Friends Tigger and Pooh and Dinosaur Train more now than Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but she still likes MMCH every now and then.
At bed time we read our book, The Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton, which is starting to show that we read it every night, and she can tell us what is going on on the page and knows what is going to happen next.  We don't even have to have the book with us, we spent the night with Mama and Papa Friday night and I started telling her the story and she chimed in with what she knew was the story.  She has started wanting Minnie panties over her nite nite diaper because it makes them pretty, since the pull-ups are called pretty panties.  Bedtime has become a nightmare, she has a complete MELTDOWN when it is time for bed, screaming for My Mommy and My Daddy.  It is so sad, but she does not rule this family, she has to learn to go to sleep.
Jon and Juliet have a new game that she made up.  Daddy say no, Juliet say yes, Yes, No and they go back and forth.  It's actually pretty cute!  She got a balloon purse tonight at Chick-Fil-A, they have a family night every Tuesday night where they do something different to try to get families to spend time together. 

Miss Independent now not only wants to get in her carseat by herself, she also wants to get out of it by herself too.  She can also pedal her bike on her own.  It's a little hard uphill, but she loves going down and is really good at it!  She also cooks her own breakfast, it is the only way we have found that she will eat in the mornings.  We give her a cold pancake, she climbs on her stool, opens (with help) the microwave, puts it in, sets the time and pushes the button.  Woo-Hoo ladies and gentlemen, she eats!!!  She also found a rick krispie treat the other day and wanted me to open it for her.  We have played this game before so I figured I would be the one eating it.  Nope, she ate about 3/4 of it.  Surprises all the time!!

I had a Dr. appt for peanut today, (we are almost sure we have the name, be patient), so I didn't go in to work before the appointment.  We were letting Juliet sleep as long as she wanted but she woke up.  I went in to see if she just wanted a blanket, but she was sitting up ready to get out of bed.  But, when I picked her up, she snuggled into me so I took her back to our bed and she laid on my chest and we snuggled for another 45 minutes.  I am so blessed with a precious little girl who loves her mommy and her daddy.  You never know which one of us she will want. 
Check out the precious bluebonnet pics that we got at Granny's house.  My favorite part was when Juliet gave Granny hugs and kisses.  They are on flickr, here is a sneak..