I jinxed myself...and aquarium...and

I often take pictures with the intention of using them on my blog, and then I don't get around to it often enough. Like I was going to post a blog after Mother's Day because Tim did an extra good job on pampering me...but it just didn't happen. So, here are a few different recent events.

This is Lydia's preschool group. She "graduated" this week. It was like a joy school group that the mothers taught. Lydia loved it and I liked that it was free and only required me to teach once every 6 weeks. They are a cute little crew.

Congrats Lydia!

It finally reached into the 90's this weekend and so Lydia spent all her time outdoors. This is Lydia, Ellie, and Gracie using the slip and slide. They were out there happily splashing for about 6 hours on Friday. Of course we used it Sat, Mon, and Tues as well. The clouds rolled in Wed and we've had rain since. Lydia still asks me if she can go swimming though.

Friday we went to the aquarium with some friends. This is a tunnel in the coral reef the kids love to play in. While there potty training was brought up as two of the little ones are in the process. I thought Ali has shown interest, maybe I should bring in the potty chair so she can get used to the idea of it. I'll wait a couple more months to train her though. So I cleaned up and brought in the potty. She started using it right away and I had 3 days where she only used the potty with only one accident. I thought I had been given a miracle! So naturally I wanted to share that miracle. I started to share with my friends that Ali had potty trained herself very easily (and at 26 months) Well...I think I jinxed myself in sharing my miracle so soon. I believe she has lost interest because she doesn't use the potty anymore. I have put her back in diapers because I really don't want this headache yet. So, all you mothers who were mad at me because of the lack of difficulty during the potty training process, fear not...it wasn't the miracle I thought it was.


I think Lydia is mad in this picture because she is jelous that Jacob is hugging Jaqueline. We had a great time at the aquarium together. It is small, but just the right size for us. We see it in about an hour, the girls are tired, and we're ready to go home. It was fun to have so many friends there too. Thanks Amber and Jessica!