Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Zach was getting over a cold and started complaining that his ear ached. So I put him in his bed, turned on a movie for him (ahem, Nacho). 30 minutes later I come back to find Brooklyn playing with his battery operated train which is very loud, the movie still playing, and Zach sound asleep with a toy sticking out of his mouth. Aren't kids the BEST when they're sleeping so cute.

Terrible and Terrific two's

Yesterday was quite a day for this little one. She and I had quite a few issues. As soon as she woke up, I knew it was going to be a rough day. She hadn't wet in her diaper during the night and I was so proud of her. I tried to get her to go on the potty and she wouldn't. Then halfway through eating her oatmeal for breakfast, she decided she wanted fruit loops. I told her no and she went into complete meltdown. This was her longest tantrum yet and it was bad. She threw the HUGEST fit in her bed for almost an hour. Wow, it was not pretty. She had 3 accidents yesterday one of which was poop and another meltdown right before dinnertime. I was so relieved that she was finally asleep for the night, that I had to take a picture of her. She looks so peaceful and sweet. Yesterday was a test of my patience for sure. I think I passed.

my little movie quoter

Zachary has always had some what of a good memory. He has quoted movies since he was nearly two years old. The first movie that I can remember him quoting was Toy Story 2. He used to watch that movie everyday and he would always quote woody and buzz. As he has grown to his ripe old age of 4, he has moved on to more "mature" movies. ha ha. During the holidays, he loved watching Elf and he would quote that all the time. He has been seriously obsessed with Nacho Libre for several months now. I thought that it was just going to be a quick faze, but it has stuck around. I have to admit, when he pulls them out of the blue it just makes me laugh. He will come up with a quote that I haven't heard him say before and it just gets me laughing. I love it, he is so funny. The best part is, whenever he quotes the movie he does it in his little mexican nacho accent and that makes it even better!

So for any of you who haven't heard his famous little Nacho quotes, don't hesitate to ask, he will be happy to perform for you

Zach the photographer

" Mom, when can we get my bike out of the shed so I can ride it down to Sam's house?"


Zach recieved a fisherprice digital camera from his grandma and papa for Christmas. He loves it. He is constantly taking pictures of anything and everything. And I mean everything, the t.v., the floor, his foot, the walll,Brooklyn screaming because she doesn't want him taking her picture. The camera is obviously not super high quality, but it does the job for a 4 year old. When he saw me posting pictures on my blog he told me that he wanted me to put some of his pictures on my blog, I told him yeah sure. So this morning we got out his camera to put the pictures on the computer and he had decided to delete every picture that he had taken. I was a little bit sad because he did have some cute ones on there. He picked up the camera a went out on the back porch in his bare feet to take some more for the blog. I have to say they turned out pretty good for his little skills. So here are a few of Zach's photos. Mostly, he is just wishing that the backyard was not filled with snow so that he could be playing outside. He has a MaJOR case of cabin fever. He asked me to take a picture with his camera to post with his others, not his most handsome face, but it's my Zachy.

Two Year old Pictures

This one is cheesey and they did a bunch with the bear and trunks.

I took Brooklyn to get her two year old pictures taken at Target. I was wishing that my ever talented friend Meegan could take them, but being as she lives 3 hours away and I am the most impatient person ever, we had to settle on good old Target. They turned out decent enough. Some of them were ever so cheesey, but I had to post them anyway. She was really cooperative during the whole session, maybe that's why the lady kept wanting to dress her up in other clothes.

Potty Trained!!!...just about

So... Brooklyn is I would say, potty trained. She didn't have any accidents yesterday and she tells me when she has to go and she will even take her pants off, if possible, and sit on the toilet all by her little self! I love it. I am so glad that we are just about done with diapers. There are some downfalls though, last night, she and I were at Target and she kept telling me that she had to go poo. So I kept taking her to the bathroom. Everytime we went she did go pee but no poop. We ended up making 6, yes, 6 trips to the restroom while at Target. That's almost enough to stick a diaper back on that teeny little butt. Also, one time she tried to go pee at home without her potty seat on the toilet and she fell in, she came in my room with her bum and legs and arms all wet. How scary would that be? Now we just have to work on getting rid of her binkey!

ABCs

So Brooklyn needs help to say her ABC's but I still thougth it was worth posting. Then I try to get her so sing some songs and she starts to lose it. Of course.