Fun Outside (before the snow!) and the Potty

This morning I was quite surprised to wake up and see snow outside! Hailey is very concerned for all of our flowers ... this morning she said "oh no, Mommy ... it can't snow ... our flowers won't be able to grow anymore." I think she was on the brink of tears ... she loves flowers! I told her that eventually some flowers would still bloom (I sure hope so anyway!) once spring returns to us! Every morning she asks me if she can wear shorts or capris. She is quite excited to display her spring/summer wardrobe.

We had a very nice and relaxing weekend at home. Brian and I spent a lot of time out in the garage and attic organizing clothing bins in the attic and cleaning up the garage. Although it was still a little chilly on Saturday, the kiddos spent most of the morning playing outside. They were happy to be outside! They were doing chalk on the driveway, playing on the swingset out back, climbing trees, and playing hide and seek ... speaking of which ... it's pretty funny watching a 4 and 3 year old play hide and seek together. Brian and I got a good laugh. They actually do a really good job counting and hiding, but Hailey will purposefully act like she doesn't see Justin hiding so that she can look longer. And Justin hides in the exact spot Hailey picks every time. But it's neat that they love playing with each other so much.

Here are the kiddos outside on Saturday ...




In other exciting news ... it seems that Justin is getting pretty close to being potty trained! Over the past few days he has been sitting on the potty pretty frequently, and every time he's on the potty (either because he says he has to go, or because we put him on) he goes! So he seems to understand the concept of making himself go. And then this morning he and Hailey were playing downstairs, and he came up and told me he had to go potty ... so I put him on and he not only went tinkles but also did his first stinky on the potty! We were all excited (Hailey was telling him that he's a big boy now!) ... he even got to call Daddy at work to tell him his exciting news! So we'll see ... I'm not putting on big boy underwear quite yet, but I'm working up the courage if he continues to do well and seems ready. The prospect of having only one kiddo in diapers is very exciting!