What nots and goings on at our house...

Here's an update on Han's matching and potty training... the matching is definitely an important aspect of Han's life. The other night she wanted a pink spoon to "match her bib." Today she is wearing "big girl panties." This has been a pretty big deal of course. She did pretty well in them yesterday with the Pee Pee, but did have an accident with Poo Poo. This morning she doesn't want to wear any pants. Apparently she wants to have quick access to her panties... not for potty purposes, but so that she can interchange them frequently throughout the morning according to the color she feels most moved to be wearing at the moment. We've already seen pink and yellow on!! And by the way, those worried about her teeth, we have been giving one M&M now. I just didn't realize the power of just one M&M. If only that's all it took to motivate me!
Wednesday night was Russ's Bible study group night, and the guys all come over here. The kids were just getting out of the bathtub when some arrived and Han, wearing only her pink hooded bunny towel which was on her head and flowing behind her like a cape, ran up to one of the guys and gave him a big hug. Hud, who had decided that he wanted to join the guys' night was sorely disappointed and sad when he wasn't allowed. Han, the sweet sister she is, was trying to console him saying, "Tay Huddie, tay." ("It's O.K. Huddie.") When that didn't seem to help she said, "Tee DammMa toon!!" ("See Grandma soon!") Guess you know how you rate, DammMa! Fortunately it didn't take Hud long to recover from being banished upstairs with the girls, gather his wits about him, grab the extension hose to my vacuum, and proceed to stand at the top of the stairs, blowing on the tube to make elk bugel sounds down at the guys. That'll teach 'em!
Yesterday while coming home from the store, I spotted a turtle trying to cross the road. Since turtles have been a big part of our life lately, I decided to stop and get him. The kids were sooo excited! We put him in a box with some mulch and a few rocks, and Han ran to get him some lettuce. We talked about how we helped the turtle by getting him off the road so a "big tuck" couldn't come and give him an ouchie! When Russ came home, we all took a walk to the neighborhood lake and set him free. We think he likes his new home! At bedtime we talked about how God made all the animals and turtles, and they both prayed and thanked God for the turtles.