Birthday fun!

Lots of big things happening in our house.  Hyrum didn't have school on Monday, so he had plenty of quality time with his legos.  We/I decided that Monday would be our day to start potty training Lila.  She hasn't really shown an interest or signs, but I figured we'd give it a go.  We gave it a go and she kind of got, but not really.  By Sunday we had our first success of her hitting the toilet when prompted to go to the bathroom.  Usually she would have a little accident and then run to the toilet for the rest.  It's been a different experience than with Hyrum.  We have another week of Tim at home and if she isn't showing more progress then I'm going to have to reevaluate the plan, because I can't just leave her at home to be close the the bathroom when I need to run errands.

Tuesday Hyrum was back at school, with less fuss.  We really had a pretty good week of him going to school.  He was also able to spend a couple of days doing inside recess, which aloud him to check out the classroom library.  He was in heaven.  

Lila and I had our first letter lesson.  In honor of the letter 'a' we did apple crisp.  She had a lot of fun mixing and putting it all together.  Hyrum enjoyed the fruits of her labor.  You'll have to forgive the underware pictures...potty training woes.

The rest of the week was spent playing and staying close to the bathroom.  Tim was home studying and working on different things.  Liam's big news is that he FINALLY had a top tooth come in.  He has been working on it since August.  I'm hoping the second will following within the week.  He's super cute with his teeth.  He finally figured out how to use a sippy cup and enjoys taking big gulps.  He's becoming more aware of his body.  He enjoys falling on his bum, rolling to the laying position, crawling super fast and the stairs.  Speaking of bums.  Lila discovered that it hurts to fall on her bum in underwear.  He's still super smiley and gets into everything.  I have to watch him like a hawk, because he puts everything in his mouth from the tiniest bit of lint to lego pieces imbedded in the carpet.  

Friday was technically Lila's birthday, but since Tim was working all day and there was a ward party we opted for a Saturday celebration.  Hyrum was super excited to go and had a blast running around with other kids and getting filthy.  He had dirt encrusted nails before he even got to eat.  He also loved it because he got to stay late with Tim.  Tim was in charge of pick-up, so Hyrum stayed to help.  Hyrum's brand of helping included finishing off the pink lemonade and snatching treats before they were sent to the garbage.  He was all smiles when he got home.  

Saturday was Lila's day.  We woke up and had crepes for breakfast.  She enjoyed her decorated chair and a tasty breakfast before gifts.  We opened cards and gifts after we got ready.  A couple of gifts we needed to go get them.

We first went to Bath and Body Works where she got to choose her own lotion.  She is always going after the lotion Tim and I have, so we thought it would be cute to let her get her own.  She settled on a strawberry one.  We then walked over to the Walmart for her to choose her big girl bike.  She had been ready to transition from her balance bike for a while.  She saw the Minnie bike and knew that was the one.  She had some time practice outside and by dinner she was doing really well with peddling and turning.  We finished off the night with pizza, cake and ice cream.  She chose purple cake with purple frosting and it was a hit.  I was surprised because the male side of the family put up a stink about the purpleness, but both enthusiastically ate their cake.  

Keep your fingers crossed that Tim will get a few more fellowship interviews this coming week.  Hope everyone has a wonderful week!