Monkey see... Monkey do!!

New boots!

Housekeeping

You lookin' at me?

Ainsley's coming to the end of her Munchkin year at Abra. She had her inaugural performance at graduation last week, and in typical fashion, stole the show (at least she did for us).

It's been a big year for her, and she's certainly feeling it.

She's recently begun karate classes as a "Little Ninja," following in big brother's footsteps as much as she can. It's amazing to watch her in class... SO intense!

Getting ready for Summer 2012

Guess who conked out the second Tough Mudder crossed the finish line?

Hard work & dedication

So Ainsley turned 3 this past weekend. Kind of a big deal, sure. More so, that she's excelling incredibly at getting out of diapers/pull-ups.

There's a bit of a side motive, the gymnastics group Kim signed her up for requires participants to be potty-trained, and she got accepted/off the waitlist a little quicker than maybe we thought.

That said though, she's been doing great. Of course last night put her a little over the top.

About 10:00, she woke up, and I got into her room about 5 seconds before she would have really started crying, when what to my wondrous ears...

"Ainsley, what's wrong?"

"I have to go potty"

"Really?"

"yeah"

"OK... let's go"

I'll spare the details, but sure enough, she did, and she made it, and she went right back to sleep.

If there's anyone who's not for sibling rivalry, I think I can qualify... BUT... Harry's going to be 7 in April.

... I'm just sayin.

Groundhogs Day

My kids live on yogurt. hat's pretty much it.
Inspired by "Eat this, not that for kids" we had a special dinner tonight: "Groundhogs in blankets" (low fat mini hot dogs wrapped in reduced calorie crescent rolls) and little tater tots hiding in (spinach) leaves and whole carrots, because they are groundhog food. The only thing left on Harry's plate was the tater tots. Ainsley did not clear her plate, but she did eat most of everything. Including the carrot! They talked about their food and they were excited about it. It went so well that I was thinking tomorrow's theme would be "Groundhog Day - the movie!"

Mine

We are having "mine" issues at our house. Ainsley came home today with Ruby's Dora earmuffs. It seems there may have been a misunderstanding. Zoe maybe put them on her hook, so she thinks Zoe gave them to her. Found out they are likely Ruby's. Explained the misunderstanding and she seems okay.
This evening she commandeered Harry's little Lotso bear. I think she calls him her huggie bear. It really is very cute, but I tried not to let on. I really did. Harry agreed she could play with it but was not happy that she insisted it was hers. Finally she put him in her room and closed the door. Logical if you are 2. Kevin made her go get him and we explaiend she couldn't play with him if he was alone in her room.
Hopefully this phase will pass quickly!