The Potty Wars

SO....
Grace is almost three.
She can take all of her clothes off, including her diaper, by herself.
She tells me when she needs her diaper changed.
She brings me the diaper and the wipes if needed.
She loves to wash her hands and can do it all by herself.
She loves her princess Pull ups.
She has picked out Princess and Minnie Mouse underwear.
She likes to sit on the toilet.

She should be potty trained, right?

AND YET....
Every time she sits on the toilet all she does is put toilet paper in the toilet and then tells me "Mommy, it not workin' "
Today she wanted to wear a Pull up and I told her if she was going to wear one she would have to try to go potty in the toilet several times through out the day. She promptly turned around, headed back to her room and said she would just wear a diaper then! What a TURKEY!
I told her I had bought M&M's and she could have one if she went potty. She smiled and I almost thought I had won. Then she said she wasn't big enough yet. I told her she was big enough to do this and she said "No, me get bidder Mommy!" and raised her hand up three or four inches above her head! I couldn't help but laugh - really hard! I am a little worried though because if we have to wait until she gets four inches taller for her to be "bid enough" then this kid is going to be 6 before she is potty trained!! The war continues...

He's all official now!

Last Thursday,

Bryan was sworn in as an attorney in the state of Texas.

What a happy day!

It was so neat to think back over the last three years and realize

WE DID IT!!

We made it to the end of the law school journey,

and we did it TOGETHER!

We really have grown so much as a family and as a couple during these three years,

and although it was sometimes difficult, I'm glad we did it.

This moment was well worth the journey!

Here is Bryan being sworn in by the judge:

Bryan and Ken, the partner of the law firm that he works with:

And here is our family with the judge!

More Fall Fun!

The kids got their first taste of jumping in the raked leaves yesterday.

Yep, poor kids, this was their very first time, they've been that deprived! :)

It's kind of a meager pile because they were so excited they couldn't wait for me to rake all of the leaves up into one big pile!

My favorite part is, OF COURSE, I woke up to a backyard that looks like it was never raked!!

Dang wind!

Guess I know what I will be doing tomorrow! :)

Oh Happy, happy, HAPPY DAY!!!

Three years of Law school...

Three solid months of studying....

Three LONG months of waiting...

and drum roll please....

Bryan passed the Bar Exam!!!

I don't think we can even describe how excited, relieved and

grateful we are to hear this news!

I am so proud of Bryan. He has worked so hard to get to this point!

And now I feel like we are officially done with law school!

Let "real" life begin! :)

Happy Halloween!!

Here's hoping your Halloween was full

of sweet treats and even sweeter Trick-or Treaters!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

from

The Mom, the Dad, the knight, and his pretty pink princess:)

PS. No, I didn't make the cute princess dress. Credit for that goes to my friend Amber who was making one for her daughter and had extra fabric so she made one for Grace, too. Isn't that so nice?! She asked if it was okay that it was bright pink. I said....um, YES! :)