Pictionary, potty training Eli and cute Cara

I played Pictionary with Joel today. I love playing with him because I love seeing his drawings and his interpretations. Also if he doesn't know what something is, it's a good learning opportunity. Today he drew THE BEST ambulance complete with siren and cross. I was so proud of him.

I love the confidence he exudes when we play. "Mom I'm really good at this game because I'm such a good drawer." I so want that confidence to stay in his little soul and it warms my mommy heart to hear it.

He's also very into The Price is Right now. Kelly tapes it everyday and they watch it daily after dinner. When Joel's home he's yanking me around to play another Price is Right game. I love seeing his creativity when he incorporates the various pricing games to make them his own

He's continuing to have trouble at school keeping his hands to himself. I kind of blame the soccer camp I put him in last summer where he learned lots of bad habits. He does better when we've promised him a reward if he has so many good days total. So far he's gone to a haunted house, seen High School Musical 3 and is working on a trip to a water slide park with Daddy.

Eli is still such an adorable looking little person. A month or so ago I was teaching grace arts at Joel's school. Eli was at preschool at Emily Walsh's house and Katie Robertson was watching Cara. As soon as preschool ended Emily brought Eli over to Katie's house where Cara was. Katie's little boys kept telling Eli to look at the baby girl they were watching. When I picked Eli and Cara up and we were riding home in the car Eli asked me where Cara was. I told him she was right next to him in her car seat. "NO!" he shouted, "That's baby girl!"

Eli's potty trained, but he doesn't like to do anything on his own. He ALWAYS wants me to be a part of his potty experience and he won't poop in the toliet, but luckily he doesn't do it in his underwear either. He usally has a bowel movement after he goes to bed when he has his nighttime diaper on and Kelly almost always changes it. What a nice husband!

Cara's developing more and more into her own little person. She can stand quite well on her own right now and is mimicing us more and more. When I nurse her or feed her a bottle, she just squeezes her fist and signs "milk" over and over again. It's so cute!

She's definitely my worst sleeper though, she's still not sleeping through the night.