MaRcH MaDnEsS

The end of March is approaching, and lemme tell ya, I'm excited! Not that March was a 'bad' month necessarily, but we just had so much going on in March, and with the death of Grandma and having company, potty training and birthday parties.....it's just been crazy over here!

~The beginning of the month, we were blessed with some beautiful spring weather. I love it! Finally after being cooped up in the house all winter, we were able to go to the park a few times and play outside, and the kids even got to try out Isaiah's new "bike" he got for his birthday. Lilly really liked it!

~Then of course, as you all know from my previous blogs, that we have officially been in the potty training mode over here. It wasn't working too well at first, but I think Isaiah has finally gotten the hang of it, and we are beginning to see fewer and fewer accidents during the day. Hooray!! He just might get the hang of this after all!!! =)

~This past weekend, was just a mess, weather-wise. See the pic of Lilly riding the bike, then the pic of our back deck. Two totally different seasons. And yet, all within just a couple weeks of each other. We got hit with what I would call "March Madness". KC weather is just plain crazy sometimes! Spring, come back!!!! We allready put away our heavy winter coats and gloves and hats! We are ready for Spring!

~So, what do you do when you are suddenly stranded in your house for a few days, because the roads are so nasty? Why, do some "spring" cleaning of course! I am having a garage sale at the end of April, so I figured Saturday would be a good day to go through the attic, and the kids' rooms and toy boxes, and pull out garage sale stuff. Here's what I came up with:

Now who's going to go through all the stuff and price it and set it out on tables for me? Anybody?

oh the joys of potty training....

whoever said that if your child is 3 they should be potty trained???? Apparently Isaiah missed that memo. Isaiah refuses to tell me when he needs to go potty......ugh......this is so frustrating. Number 1 is one thing..........peeing all over the floor.....but this morning, Isaiah took it to a whole 'nother level. Yup. That's right. #2 in his bright blue, brand new, Thomas the Train underwear. GROSS! It's almost just as bad, but he didn't even tell me he went.......he was just running around playing, with a stinky buldge in his behind. I only got clued in when he came racing past me and I got a whiff. He is not even the least bit bothered by this fact, and continues to play happily. this worries me.

Happenings

Monday Happenings at the Haines':

~~I got the potty training blues. Tried to start potty training Isaiah a couple months ago. Long story short: It didn't work out. He was not even a teeny tiny bit interested. So, I quit pushing it, and thought I'd try again after he turned 3. Lo and behold, he is now 3. ugh. Which means.....the potty training season is back in full swing. We tried all day on Saturday - went thru several pairs of underwear, and not even ONCE did he pee in the potty. We didn't really try on Sunday. We weren't only but home an hour or two, with church and all. So we started it back up again today. So far- 2 pairs of underwear soaked, along with a piece of carpet in the living room, and not even a tinkle in the toilet. *sigh* Wish me luck.

~~ I am stuck at home vehicle-less today. Jer's truck decide to blow up this weekend (well, not really blow up, but it may as well have.....). So it's in the shop until sometime the middle of this week. Which means Jer took my truck to work. So I am at home on this beautiful 70 degree day. Anybody want to come rescue me and take us out? ;)

~~Isaiah received one last birthday wish from his late Great-Grandma Haines. Yesterday at church my mother-in-law handed me an envelope with Isaiah's name on it, in Grandma's handwriting with $15 in it, meant for his birthday. No card, just the money. Happy Birthday Isaiah, from Great-Grandma in Heaven.

~~I am very excited about my new computer we got. It is an HP 20" widescreen, and looks really slick. I'll have to take a pic later and show ya'll. Jer and I spent some of the weekend cleaning out my office and desk area and he put up my new computer for me. Still taking a bit to get used to......newer, different functions than what I was used to. But I think I'll like it. :)

~~I'm off to do laundry and take Isaiah to the potty.....again.