This week Bob had to jet off again. This time a whirlwind trip to the Northeast. While he was away, my Mom came to spend some time with us and keep us company. The girls seem to be getting extra spoiled while Bob is gone on these business trips. We enjoyed many meals out or ordered in, which was nice for me because I didn't have to worry about cooking and that is always a special treat for the kids too. Wednesday I ventured out with my crew to Target. My mission: panties for Anna Grace because, yes, the dreaded time has come to potty train her little self. Before we went I asked her what kind of panites she might like. I was certain she was going to say Ariel and I was glad because I knew those would be available. But no, what does my little princess decide she wants? Yo Gabba Gabba panties. Where in the world would I find little panties that had Broby on them? Not at Target I already knew. None-the-less, we loaded up and unloaded bright and early at Target, Emma on foot and the rest of the crew in the double, monstrous stroller. Anna is less than excited about potty training. She is perfectly happy in her diaper. Starting in early April she had her first successes at school and she is staying dry quite a bit throughout the day, so I've known she was getting ready to really start training, but having a newborn, I've been putting it off. Anyway, back to Target. Emma finds the Dollar Zone and goes bonkers over all the Hello Kitty items. I let her pick two things. We move on to the undies section and, of course, there are no Yo Gabba panties. Anna settles for Ariel. We continue to browse around and then move on to grab some food for lunch. As we are heading home the sky opens up and it starts pouring. Here I am with two children crying because it is lunchtime and they are hungry. When we got home it was still pouring and, unfortunately for me, our garage is not an accessable entry. One by one I unload the kids and try not to get drenched. After lunchtime, potty training begins. I started Emma out in panties and within two weeks she caught on. Anna Grace was a whole other story. She liked her panties but in true Anna Grace fashion wanted to wear all three pairs at once :-). This was the least of my worries. She kicked and screamed anytime we approached the potty seat. Then she wet her panties and didn't seem to care. I resorted to a pull-up which she wet shortly after. I am still continuing but she has not had any success. She may not be quite ready yet, but I figure if she does it once at school, she can continue the pattern at home. We will see what kind of progress we make over the next few weeks.

Thursday was great! Henry had his 3 month portrait session and actually giggled for the first time while he was being photographed. He was precious! The rest of day was spent shopping. It is really amazing what an entire day of 9-5 retail therapy can do for you! At the days end Mom and I found some good deals on kids clothes, a new beach/pool bag (our small one does not hold everything needed for 5 people), some new shoes, and few other things.

{happy 3 month old}

Friday afternoon my Mom headed home and the kids and I waited for Bob to get home. Unfortunately this was not going to be until about 9pm or later. We spent the day playing, watching Lady and the Tramp, turning our playroom into a "restaurant" (per Emma's request) and eating dinner upstairs, and playing on the new iPad Bob bought for us. That thing is so awesome! We are Blackberry users at our house, so we do not have the touchscreen luxury that our iPhone friends are use to. The girls are in love with it! Since it is a touch screen it is very easy for them to use, especially Emma. Her favorite apps are a fun spelling game, Toy Story read-along, and the game, Memory.

I'll end this post with a cute pic of my bunch of three! Here's to hoping the rain moves out and we can head to the pool or lake sometime this weekend!