Random Tidbits

Delaney makes me laugh.  She has been obsessed with Callie's underpants and wears them over her diaper most of the time. Today she actually wore underwear and no diaper for part of the evening and all potty went into the potty and she stayed dry.  I'm in trouble now!  She really is going to potty train herself. Aack!

Another thing Delaney has enjoyed is the fireman's hat.  It makes Callie crazy that she wears it backwards, but Delaney thinks it is so cool.

Yep, check out how cool she is!

Whoo-hoo!  Mom's got the hat on now!

Yesterday we went bowling.  Hey, I titled this "Random Tidbits".  That means its all random!  And yesterday we went bowling!  That really means that the kids bowled 3 frames and went to the arcade and scavenge trash off the floor while Dan and I finished the game.  Oh, Delaney had a blast pushing the ball around, so she helped too.

Here's Marian.  She nearly put holes in the floor with her huge heave and drop technique.

Dan did not do too shabby himself. Okay, that's a total lie.  None of us bowl well and we only had one score that broke 100. (It wasn't Dan or me!)

My 3 funny girls.  They were obsessed with the bowling balls.  Delaney carted hers all over the place.  Surprisingly, she did not drop it after the first time.

Joshua had a good time, and cracked me up. After he sent his ball down the lane, he would squat down and watch it from right in front.  Very cute.

And today.... ah, today was the first day of school!  Hooray!  I got up early and made breakfast.  Marian said she wanted Dutch Baby, so that's what we had.  They ate it all and seemed happy to head off for the bus!

Marian refused to smile or do anything else.  This is them before walking to the bus stop.  Thank you, thank you Grandma White for shoes that Marian loves!  Check out that they even match her clothes today. It was raining, and I walked to the bus stop with them and they got on the bus with happy faces.

They had even happier faces getting off the bus!  I was so glad.  Marian said she had a good day and liked her class and teachers.  I had been really worried.  They both seemed to have a great first day and are excited to go back.  Whew!

Um.... before this next picture, let me say that Marian told me she learned a new bike trick.  She wanted me to come and see and to bring the camera.  So I did.
I nearly had a heart attack when I saw this!  One week ago she couldn't even ride the darn thing and now she's doing this?!!!  Oh my.

Tonight has been interesting.  2 minutes ago Marian came sleepwalking out of her room.  I guided her back in to her bed, and she came back out skipping.  Skipping, I tell you!  She's in bed now, but this must have been a doozy of a school day.  She hasn't sleepwalked in a long while.  And Delaney.... where to even start!  I put her in bed at 8 pm, all sung to, tucked in, and ready to sleep.  In the last 2 hours she has had 2 diaper changes, jumped on her bed, tapped on the wall, opened her door and asked for things 4 times, and cried 3 times.  No wonder she won't wake up and get out of bed till after 9 am! (And I open her door, pull the shades and turn on the hall light at 8 am!  She just keeps sleeping!)  I'm trying to figure out how to get her to go to sleep earlier and wake up earlier.  Its hard to put her down for a nap if she's only been up since 10 am.

And that's all the good stuff I can share with you tonight.  I'm tired and I'm going to go to bed, so I can lie there awake for a few hours while getting pummeled and getting up to pee 500 times.  Whoopee.