Lake Livingston

We spent the weekend with The Carter's at their family lake house this past weekend.  We got in on Friday night, went out to dinner, and headed to the house to get settled.  We let George, Clara, and Allison sleep in the same room.  It was a party until 10:30 pm both nights!

We woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful day and enjoyed the gorgeous views from the deck with coffee in hand.

 
George and Clara had lots of firsts on Saturday.  First boat ride.  First dip in a lake.  First time to fish.  George was even super brave and did the rope swing off the dock.  So fun!

On Sunday we had one more fishing adventure before we went home and George caught his first fish, a catfish! 

Thanks for the great weekend Jake, Maria, Allison, and Kate!  We had a blast!

Strumming on the guitar

Grandma and Pop-pop Wanno bought George and Clara guitars this summer.  They LOVE them.  It is quite adorable to watch them strumming on the guitar.  Clara has a sweet style, more folky then anything.  George on the other hand is a total rocker.  Love my little musicians!

And here are these two silly monkeys having some fun at Grandma and Pop-pop Wanno's house.  Goofballs!!

Pool acrobatics!

Don't pee on Spiderman!

I think I uttered that phrase a thousand times over the last few weeks.  Either that or don't pee on your princess!  This is code for Mommy finally put on her big girl pants and potty trained the twins.  It took about three weeks but we are 98% there.  They have very very few accidents now.  They have the most difficulty when we are not at home.  At home they are pretty independent which is wonderful.  Out of the house the reminders are constant and they are a little unsure of strange potties...who isn't?  It wasn't as difficult as my mind had made it out to be.  They love their big kid undies and will proudly tell anyone who will listen that they used the potty!

How'd you do it you ask?  Some call it bribery but I call it positive reinforcement.  We had a system where they could earn toys that they picked out at Target.  Each time they went potty they put a pompom in a cup.  When their cup was filled with pompoms then they got to pick one of the toys.  It worked like a charm.  Now we use M&Ms to reward going potty but are tapering off on the rewards slowly.  You don't get treats for going potty for the rest of your life! 

Another milestone has come and gone.  I am one proud Momma of my two sweet monkeys!  Good bye diapers and pull ups!!!!