Addison's Poop/Sucker Party!

Addison POOPED ON THE POTTY!!!! Last night about 730pm she went to the potty and said she had to poop- within 30 seconds poop was in the potty. SO EASY! We've been working, begging, bribing and everything else for months. She potty's nearly perfect but has been very scared to poop. A few weeks ago I started talking about her getting a sucker party and she LOVED that idea and has been talking about it daily. So, within 10 minutes of her going poop lastnight we were in the car heading to the candy store to get a sucker. I bought her (and jackson who's been coaching, encouraging- and begging- for months also!) the biggest lollipop we could find.

Today, I put on an inpromtu Sucker Party. It was so fun. We were SO very sad that Ashton, Parker, Auntie and Uncle were on vacation in Mass. and couldn't come to the party. We had fun anyway. There was pizza (addison's favorite), cookies w/ suckers on them (we went to order them last night after the candy store), and pink juice. And of course, SUCKERS - balloons, and blowers.

Michigan trip

This past weekend we packed up the Sequoia and headed up to Berrien Springs Michigan to visit my great friend Tonya and her beautiful family (husband Chris, Max- 3- and Monty- 1). We had a fantastic time, a perfect roadtrip and so many fun things to do. We hit the beach the first day, hit a pancake breakfast at the firestation where we toured every fire truck imaginable (Jackson's all time favorite part of our vacation), went to the park, had a birthday party for Monty and hit the lake right before heading home! It was a fun-filled trip with great hosts.

Thank you Snyders!!! We had a great weekend!

Tonya & her sweet Monty boy!

Chris brought us lunch. Pizza & sand... yummy :)

Beach bums. Jackson, Addison & Max

Me & Ton

Tonya made cupcakes and let the kids decorate. Great idea! The kids had a great time doing it!

Sparklers!! They were both nervous about the fireworks but did really great!

Addison wanted to "pretend" she needed a breathing treatment. The kids got sick (addison on the way up to Michigan) right before we left. About a minute into our trip Jackson said "Auntie told me it would be good to take my breathing machine on our trip". Nathan & I looked at each other and turned the truck around. Thank goodness. By St. Louis he was really needing a treatment.

Sweet pic of Addison

Jackson made an attempt at skiing! I was so proud of him. He drank a lot of water getting up the first time and didn't want to try again. My aunt Barb has a ski like that so I think we'll try again this next weekend!

Jackson & Daddy on the tube.