This and That {Mid March to Mid April}

Back in March, there was a Kids Expo that we went to. The tickets were cheap, and this guy was going to be there...

Bob the Builder!

(Wyatt's favorite show at the time)

Here they are waiting for Bob to come out.

First glimpse of Bob

The show was not that exciting. Bob basically did some hand motions to a recorded sing-a-long. I think the kids were more interested in the free animal crackers we got at one of the booths, which they'd started snacking on while we waited for the show to start. It only lasted about 15 minutes too. At least the tickets were cheap :)

So we checked out the rest of the Expo. Ben convinced this clown to juggle with him. I think it had been several years since Ben did this, but he did pretty good!

On a nice night in March we walked down to the park to feed the ducks. I attempted to get a picture of the three kiddos together. Piper and Lila were willing to look my way.

Wyatt wasn't so cooperative! Oh well, on to the playground...

Posing for me on top of the large climbing rock.

Is that a smile?

Now, that's more like it!

Piper took a turn too (with Daddy holding on for safety).

Such a happy girl.

One last time climbing the rock before we headed home.

Random pic of Wyatt playing on Ben's iPad. For awhile he was really into the game "Where's My Water?" where you have to make a path for the water to get down to a crocodile in the bathtub. It is a fun and challenging game. I don't know that he was all that great at it, but he sure did enjoy playing it. (I think he's moved on to Angry Birds now.)

Easter eggs I filled and then sent in the mail to my nieces and nephews.

At a friend's birthday party.

The party was bug-themed, and the kids each got a bug catcher then had to find the bugs in the backyard. Thankfully, the bugs were the plastic variety! :)

Lila with her bug catcher and bug hat she made.

Piper made a new friend at the party.

First time to wear pigtails.

Too cute!!

I ran a sanitize cycle in the washing machine. The kids were fascinated by the foaming bubbles swirling around!

Celebrating Wyatt's first successful use of the toilet (going #2) with some ice cream at Braum's!

Easter 2012

The kids waiting after church for the egg hunt to commence.

Piper and Kelsey

Even though our other dog, Maggie, is more friendly with people in general, Kelsey is way more tolerant of Piper's attention. Piper calls her "doggy". She will sometimes say "Maa-ee" for Maggie, but usually just refers to both of them as doggy.

Going down a slide with Aunt Janina.

Piper and her friend, Molly

In April we went to an indoor Safari park for some friends' birthday. Here Lila is riding a "zebra" (mechanical animal). Wyatt went to the party too, but he wasn't brave enough to ride the animals (I think there were 3 choices).

Here's a wide view of the place. Besides the animals, there was also a small train to ride and some fun play place areas to climb around in. In the back there was a few miniature golf holes too, but my kids weren't interested in that.

Birthday twins each got their own cake!

Wyatt was willing to ride on the train -- but only if I went with him!

Piper stayed home with Aunt Janina since Ben was out of town that weekend.

I made a chart for Wyatt once he had going potty on the toilet down pretty good. I told him when he had it all filled out, he could have this outside toy. He loves to play in the dirt, so he was excited about this. About halfway through the chart, I had to tell him he needed at least 4 smiley faces in order to get it. An X was for potty, a smiley face was for #2. The whole point of this chart was to get him more comfortable going #2, and I was worried he was going to fill the whole thing with Xs! I think by the end he had 6 smiley faces. It was just the motivation he needed to be "trained". He has done really well since then. (This pic was taken April 17th.) He has had a few accidents, but they usually only happen when he's unwilling to stop whatever he's doing and go to the bathroom. Overall, he has done great though. I must admit back in January, I never thought we'd get to this point. I really, really hope he is my toughest potty-trainer because he was tough! :) Through all of this, Piper can now say "potty" (paw-ee), so hopefully she will remember Wyatt's example when it gets to be her turn :)