Last Days of Summer

Just playing at the park.

Love Potion Number 9

Jonah broke into song on our way home from dinner tonight.  He loves when Grandpa Bush plays this song for him on the piano and was happy to perform when I wanted to get it on video.

Photo Op

It only took me three years to finally take my kids to have their pictures taken in a real studio.  I like to fancy myself an OK photographer (for a mommy) and just haven't ever had anyone else do them.  I stumbled by a new studio in our mall the other day and I thought I might as well have them done.  I just didn't want to regret it.

Jonah was quite the model and posed happily for each shot. Sophie, on the other hand, was quite a nightmare.  We got to the shoot and I pulled the hairspray out of my bag for some last minute touch-ups (reminding myself of one of those pageant moms--in a very small way).  Sophie was immediately apprehensive about the red-headed guy behind the camera.  We got Jonah's done and then had to wait while they shot another family's so Sophie could calm down enough to get a couple shots.

Luckily, we got a few.

Potty Training: Part 2

Well its looking like there will definitely be more parts to this story.  I was hoping Soph would grasp the idea a little faster, as Jonah did, but she hasn't.  She has gone pee pee in the potty but doesn't tell us when she needs to and for the most part, it all ends up in her pants and on the floor.  I caved yesterday and put a diaper on her after about half the day went by with NO success at all.

Maybe she's not ready yet.  I'm just not sure.  I think potty training is the hardest thing about raising young kids.  My mom says we were all potty trained by 18 months.  If this is true, she was one patient mother.

Here are a few fun pictures I captured over the weekend.

I call this one "Bare-back".

"What?"

Don't you love her outfit? She HAD to wear the shoes.

I'm thinking, "Don't you dare."

It's Potty Time: Part 1

Hopefully there are only 2 parts to this post.  That will be decided after tomorrow--when we start potty training Sophie.  My plan is to go "cold turkey" like we did with Jonah.  I think she's ready.  She talks about the potty and likes to sit on it.  She also loves her new undies.

She picked Hello Kitty and I picked some of the beefy Gerber ones with extra layers to soak up the accidents.

We're going to have to work on the mechanics.

So many options!  Let's just wear them all at once!