Ellie Successed!

Eleanor has taken it upon herself to be potty-trained. When she first made this decision she sat on the potty chair for more than 45 minutes. To encourage this, we give each member of the family an m&m every time Eleanor succeeds. This was a popular idea among the second youngest of our family, who is the main motivator of our little sweetie. Isaac has begun to greet Nora's success with a rounding acclaim of,

"Ellie successed! Ellie successed!"

Comments

I recently joined an online myspace-style site called multiply. While browsing people's profiles I found a link to a page with html's for funny 'comments'. I found my favorite, one which I can really connect with:



I think that sometimes people get annoyed at how much time I spend with my friends. =D

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day, everyone! It's been a fun day for us, though I'm not sure that Sam (who was planning on 'going in' with someone for a present since he's so far away) knew what he ended up getting Mom. Anyway, Isaac said our family prayer tonight, and was prompted by Dad to say we are thankful for our mother. After completing half of the prayer he paused, and then said "please bless us that mother's day will be over soon." Oh, dear.

Scooper of Love

One of Isaac and Eleanor's favorite toys is a wooden one. Basically, it's a stick with two cylinders on the bottom with small wooden balls inside that rattle as it's pushed. The other day as Isaac was pushing it around he turned to me and said, "I'm scooping up love!"