Potty Party Disaster

K-so I'm so behind and have a million things to post from the last month but I'll start with yesterday morning's disaster!

For those of you who don't know I think potty training is definitely the worst part of parenthood. As my sister in law Minde once put it: Potty training will be my hell if I don't make it to heaven. I completely agree! I will be potty training all the celestial children! Anyway...Dal turned three on Monday so I thought I'd take a stab at the idea of the potty. I am sick of changing double bums! So we spent over an hour in the bathroom Tuesday morning having a "potty party!" Mayci and Ragan joined us and we played games and sang potty songs and loaded Dallin up with lots and lots of drinks from his "water bobble." Mayci started to get fussy and I realized I needed to feed her which is usually done in the nursery without the other kiddos, but I didn't want to ruin the "Party" So I sat on the stool in front of the potty and fed her. Well Dal just happened to want to sit on my lap at that exact moment and was not happy that Mayci got first dibs! He stood right in front of the potty and instead of turning toward the toilet, he decided to let it go right on my legs! My instant reaction due to the fact that I couldn't get out of the way, was (sadly) a smack on the side of Dal's head hoping he would stop peeing, but no...the water bobble did it's intended trick and he peed for a good 30 second all over my legs and the floor and the clean undies I had waiting for him for after he peed! Potty disaster! I hate potty training and I'm pretty sure the smack up the side of the head will help to postpone any desire Dallin will have to use the potty in the near future! I've ruined it! ANY potty training advice...or better yet volunteers would be appreciated!!!

Anyway...on to bigger and better things...with pictures!

So we finally had some summer fun. We went to this "cabin" at Bear Lake. That is what the owners call it! Cabin my...well you know, it's more like a designer summer home. They happen to have three other houses! I couldn't believe this place! It would have been perfect for a couples retreat, but with almost twenty kids in the house....yikes! It was not quite so relaxing trying to keep everything nice and clean and unbroken! We succeeded though and it was a fun weekend.

We did have lots of care free fun on the private beach though! It was beautiful and not to hot. So much fun! The kids played in the water ALL DAY! You can tell by James' raisin toes in the pics. Ragan loved being buried as a mermaid and we had to for tradition sake bury Uncle Tay. We made him into Sponge Bob this year!

Ragan has become Mayci's personal jewler! She is so proud of her creations. She got a bead kit from Mayci in her Nursing Basket. I gave each of my kids baskets from their new baby sister when she was born. Stuff that they could do on their own when I have to nurse Mayci. I am determined to nurse her for the whole year, so I needed to make it one on one time so she doesn't get distracted like Dallin did. He only made it to five months...we'll see how we do.

This picture is soley here because I think it's adorable! Look at those cute boys and their beautiful eyes!

These next pics are what my kiddos do when I'm on the treadmill. They want to exercise too, so I put on my workout videos. This is Taebo! They crack me up!

Many of you have noticed that Mayci's hair does not lay down. She has a natural alfalfa big time! This particular day her hair decided to be a full on mo-hawk! We now call her Mayci Mo!

Sweet girl!

Last sunday Dallin got yet another head wound. He seems to be prone to these! He fell out of the van strait on his head no cushion. His goose egg looked like a cartoon! I couldn't believe how big it was!

Profile to show just how huge it was!

Mayci is so full of smiles now, but here is one of the first that I captured on camera

James started first grade. He couldn't have been more excited! He also started piano lessons which he was even more excited about...I hope it lasts!

We have a new cousin! Davis King was born 2 weeks ago yesterday! He is so adorable.

He make Mayci look like a giant! She is two months old today! It goes by too fast!

My sister Holly and I seem to be on the same baby schedule. All of our kiddos are within 2 months of eachother and until this one they've even been the same sex! To bad it won't continue! I'm done, but I don't think she is! Look at the cute crew.

Dallin turned three on Monday. I planned an impromtu party after James gave me a guilt trip about Dallin not having a friend party. He told me that Dallin should be special enough to have friends too, like him and Ragan. So I planned the party monday morning and had it that night. It was a super hero party and ended up being a lot of fun. Dal loved it and I hope he felt special!!!