The empty house

It seems like the fam has been gone quite a bit this summer, leaving me to put back in place all that has come out of place, only to be in that state again in a few days. As much as I love my kids, it is always nice to get my wits back about me. I do feel for my wife who is stuck with them until I arrive at the lake on Thursday afternoon; they are always a handful, but from what I have heard so far, are starting to grow gills. I can't wait to see them though; life seems incomplete without them waking me up in the morning and the occasional cage match over toys.

He did it!!

I would just like to say that I had very little to do with it. I have tried so many different ways to make it happen and failed every time. I tried M&M's; I tried dollar spot treats; I tried "shoot the cheerio" and even used up a whole day of vacation to get it done. In the end, all it took was a teacher at school who had no idea that he didn't know how yet...and lo and behold....


HE WENT POTTY ON THE BIG BOY POTTY!!!!!!!

Yep, that's right. On July 1, 2009 Lukas went potty on the big boy potty for the first time! This is big news people! Like I said, we have tried so many different methods, I had almost given up! I figured he would be the first college freshman still wearing diapers (and riding a trike, but that's a whole other story!). The good news is I can rest easy now...ok, well not completely easy since we haven't figured out how to do #2 on the potty yet, but we are getting there!