Crazed Mommy

What would possess any sane mother to let her kids have pet mice. I'll tell you why this crazed mommy did. We went to the pet store to see the puppies. I guess walking into that store was the first mistake. So we played with this adorable cockapoo puppy and our kids are dying to get a dog. After lots of whining I finally said it was time to put the puppy back. It's not time to get a dog yet. (Moving, taking the Bar, not knowing where we are living in SLC yet are a few reasons) Adding a puppy would be bad. So the kids walk over and start laughing at the crazy mice running around in circles. They were quite entertained for about 20 minutes and everyone else in the store was entertained by them laughing at the mice. So being the pushover I am, when they asked if we could get mice instead, I reluctantly gave in. Needless to say we now have squeaky and brownie who are two messy, noisy mice that our children absolutely adore. Here are a few pix.

Potty-trained

I realize potty time is usually private time but it's not always that way at our house. So this picture is a priceless opportunity for me to announce that my 2-year old (for one more day) son is fully potty-trained. We are very proud of him. It helps that he's been the easiest child for potty-training. The Lord must have been compensating me for the early colic days. It just clicked for this boy. And now, he is even starting to stand up to pee. We feel very lucky.

Winter Swimming

It's been a long, long, cold winter out here in the midwest. The worst in our four years out here. Needless to say we are very ready for spring, or in this case summer. The kids are ready to swim. So we have tried to take them swimming about once a week at our local YMCA. They love it, and as you can see here, they look awesome.