Now is the time where I am really enjoying being at home. Yesterday was a beautiful warm day. I got out the lawn chairs, pulled Cooper's exersaucer into the garage, got the girls in their swimsuits and let them run through the sprinkler. My friend and neighbor, Paige, came over with her kids and it was a party. We had a nice picnic in the driveway before we all called it quits for naptime. It was just fun and relaxing...a great way to spend a morning. Much much better than sitting in an office trying to bail your client out of their problems.
Since our last post, we made it up to the lake for the first time. We all had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's cabin. We then left Cate with them for an entire week! I think that's the longest I've been away from her in 4 years! She had a great time connecting with Grandma and Grandpa. And I had fun here with Clare and Cooper. I got to spend a lot of nice quality time with Clare which we had needed. But it was really great to see Cate again at the end of the week. I had really missed her....way more than she missed me I think. Clare is scheduled to go visit Grandma and Grandpa towards the end of July. Not sure if she'll make it the entire week, but who knows.
While Cate was gone I tried to potty train Clare. The first day it was me who needed the training...I completely forgot to have her sit on the potty so she peed her pants...not once but twice!! The next day we both did much better until the end of the day. Poor Clare must have had a runny poopy (sorry for the faint-of-heart) and messed her pants. That really got her down and she didn't want to do it anymore. I made sure she knew that it was okay, kids have accidents, but she still didn't want to do it anymore. I think it was totally stressing her out all day having to remember not to pee her pants because after we put her in a diaper she was so happy and carefree. I figured she wouldn't want to return to underwear for a long time, but just this week, she wanted them on again...for a couple of hours anyway. She really does know how to do it, we just need to make it enticing and a habit. But I have no doubt it will happen this summer.
Scott started a new project, building the stairs down our hill. He got 4 stairs done last Saturday and they look great so far. It will be so nice to have them done and be able to get down there without twisting our ankles and fighting all the grass and weeds.
I decided to postpone my garage sale until the Carver Steamboat Days Citywide Garage Sales. That will give me the whole summer to get things marked and clean out all the closets. I'm going to try to do something each weekend to move me toward that goal. This weekend - the back hall closet.
That's about it in Schwakeland. Hope you are all enjoying a great beginning to summer. Chat with ya soon.
