Cloud Nine

It seems as though work and the busyness of everyday life has kept me from journaling! However, I'm going to try to do better this year! The kids are always saying something funny or doing something silly and I just dont want to forget these moments! Chloe repeats everything she hears and just cracks us up! She is getting a little bossy lately! Austin is on cloud nine today because he found out he will be in Alert! He was super nervous about this! We are so very proud of him! Preston is following in his footsteps already reading on 1st grade level! Tonight we made a poster using 100 Popsicle sticks for the 100th day of school with Preston. Good family times, hot gluing, creating, and cleaning up Chloe's mess. We had out play dough, scissors, papers, markers, stickers, and who knows what else before the night was over. Before that we spent some time outside swingin. We had our snow to play in last week so now bring on spring! Chloe's big news...she's been potty trained completely for over a week now! No pull-ups or anything! Yeah, for no more diapers! She loves to run around naked, it's hard to keep her dressed even when its cold in here! We did bribe her with any pretty panties she wanted if she would go on the potty and it worked! She has minnie mouse ones, princess ones, and dora panties! Hey, whatever works!
Last week we had two snow days! The boys were super excited to play out in the 2 to 3 inches of snow we got! Chloe liked sledding, only by herself though! Austin loved trying to snow board, he was pretty good at it, too. Preston liked sledding down the hill on his belly like a penguin he says (his sled is a penguin)! Too funny! We spent the night with my sis and bro in law on Friday and got to play in their 10 inches snow! Good times with the family! The kids loved staying the night with their aunt and uncle!