MOTO MADNESS!!!!

Moto Madness was a camping trip put together by Ben's brother (great job Andy!). We went out to the desert in the middle of nowhere that had a bunch of ATV and motorcyle trails. We went with Andy's family and Holly's family and Drew and we all had a great, fun, dusty, dirty, hot, wonderful time. I think the boy to girl ratio was something like 3:1, but it's okay 'cause I have a sweet pink helmet:) Some even caught a few fish in the tiny stream. We had 3 four wheelers and 9 motorcycles and they didn't sit still very often. WOW! We're hoping to make this a frequent tradition!

Kyle, Riley and I takin' it easy...

Jason, Ben and Riley chillin' by the fire...

Our late night tin foil dinners and s'mores...YUMMY!...

Some of our super fun cousins...

Our Ritz Carlton on wheels...

Sean and Kyle going for a ride with their cousin...

Riley can now army crawl, crawl on all fours, go up and down our 2 office stairs and pull himself up on just about anything. We are so proud! Look how big he's getting!



Kyle can make his own bologna sandwich. All I have to do is open the bologna for him and he's good to go! This is his own recipe...bread, bologna, mayo, ketchup, BBQ sauce and mustard. Mmmmm?

Potty Training With 4 Kids

If you are looking for a "How To Potty Train With 4 Kids" this is NOT the blog for you! If you don't like reading about poop, this is also NOT the blog for you.

Do you ever have an experience that seems really bad at the time, but then later you think, 'oh that wasn't so bad?' This is NOT one of those! It really was that bad.

It all started when I was reading my friend's (you know who you are Kristy) blog and she posted this super cute potty training chart and said how she used gum to reward her son (who is Kyle's age) for pooping in the toilet. I think to myself, Great Idea! Which it is, if you do it right and have time to pay attention to your child. But I did not. Here's the story...

Yesterday we are at WalMart and I see the gum and I let Kyle pick out some gum for potty training. He is excited about this because he has not been allowed to have gum since he smeared it (very artlike) all over the window in the back of our car. So he picks strawberry and we spend yesterday and today making little comments like, "When you go poop in the toilet you can have strawberry gum." So today Kyle goes over to the couch and plays quietly. This means he is going to poop. So I ask if he wants strawberry gum. He says yes! This is progress for us. We go to the bathroom, but I am in the middle of making lunch and Riley needs me and I have to find Sean and Jason so I leave him there. I kind of forget about it. Later we have lunch. Then he is over playing quietly at the couch again. I quickly go over and ask if he wants strawberry gum. He just looks at me. I ask him if he pooped. Again, he just looks at me. I go to check his diaper and find that he DOESN'T HAVE ONE ON!!!!! I kind of forgot to put one on after he tried to poop earlier. He must have just put his own pants back on, which again is progress for us. Luckily his pants are hand-me-down elastic leg pants so we are contained a bit. Did I mention that Kyle has had a stomach bug for 4 days? So a dozen or so wipes and a bath and a really gross scrubbing of some hand-me-down pants that were too good to throw away later I can write this post. And yes, it was worse than I am describing here.

I think we will be waiting until the big boys are actually in school and I can focus on Kyle before we start potty training. Or I'll just wait until I potty train Kyle and Riley together:) What's a couple more years of diapers? At least I know what to expect.