Hear ye, Hear ye, we have accomplished #2!!!!!!!

Grey went poopy in the toilet tonight for the first time, it was HUGE...I mean it was a big deal. We sang, we danced, there was a flurry of chocolate, ice cream, and cake, we blew bubbles, he rode his bike, we called Keaton, we watched Cars...let me repeat, it was a big deal.

We also spent the day in New Albany with Micah's grandparents, we always have such a great time up there, and we always seem to find out some really cool family history in the process. Todays tidbit was that "the hill" where they live is called Mary's Meadow, after Grampa Dick's mom. It was originally owned by his parents and then split into 8 parcels and sold to six different people, this left one parcel in the middle that is considered the neighborhood park...how cool is that. I also found out that both a Schulz and a Moser live on the hill (both my maiden names).

Pics from Today

Now, normally we wear cloths around the house, but we are trying to potty train. If you are shy when it comes to little tushies turn away.

Tragedies and Triumphs

Here's my week in snippets...we'll start with the good stuff.

We've got the boys sleeping in the same room, and the best part is we are putting them both in bed awake and they are falling asleep together!!!!!!!!

Gentry started signing "more" today. The funny thing is it wasn't for more food, but because he wanted the necklace I took away from him back...

Micah research project got approved by Martek, this is big because he'll be able to use work hours to do school work, and he won't have to drive to Lex. to work on it. Ya!!!!!

bad stuff

sister filed for divorce, husband checked out of rehab.

aunts live in boyfriend got hit by drive by, paralyzed from waste down

Micah's aunts house is covered in floodwater, lost just about everything

I finally conceded to putting Grey in school under the compromise of a Montessori school...never mind it's $3000 for 9mo. of 3hr a day schooling...back to homeschooling I guess.

Playgroup at the park

Well, the turnout wasn't huge but we had a great morning at the park.

Lydia


Kristi & Connner


Keaton and Grey


Keaton & Clay


Grey-monkey


Caged Animal


Jaba the hut, in a swing

And it continues...

Grey's weapon of choice today was lotion, smeared all over his bedroom window.

Shenanigans!

Yesterday had some pretty big blunders. Grey got mad at me for taking away his Lightening McQueen so he went into his closet and got the hydrocortizone cream and wiped it all over himself. After a good smacking and a shower I let him run around naked. He went pee in the potty so he got his new spiderman action figure that came with bubble bath. While I was feeding Gentry he decided to go get his bubble bath and dump it all over his bedroom floor. So another spanking and shower and then to bed early. Does anyone know how to get bubble bath out of carpet because it's not coming out. And this morning I found Gentry trying to eat it, it does smell like tutti fruitti, can't blame him.

In the Needham tradition...

In true Needham fashion Grey was introduced to the track yesterday. Some friends of our have seats, and originally Micah and I were going to go until we realized that it was a friday and we don't know anyone that we can leave the boys with on a weekday. So we decided to divide and conquer, Micah took Grey and I stayed home with the ever fussy Gentry. They had fun but Grey really didn't understand the twenty min. between races, so there was lots of hide 'n go seek and snacking. But they did win $90 on a race and celebrated with ice cream.

I also went on a date with myself last night. I went to go see "In the land of women" with Adam Brody & Meg Ryan. It was a pretty good movie, but I think the most incredible thing was that I haven't been to a movie theater in at least two yrs. The last two movies I saw in theater were Van Helsig and Spiderman. Can you believe that, it's so pathetic. I love movies, we owned video stores growing up, I'm a total movie buff, I even love the stupid B movies like "Earth Girls are Easy". It's just so expensive to go to the movies when you throw $30-$40 bucks for babysitting on top of the normal cost. It was really nice to be alone, not worrying if anyone else was having a good time. Of course a couple times when the movie would get loud I wanted to say "shhhh the baby is sleeping", until of course I realized that he couldn't hear it from our house. The girl at the counter even asked me if I was a student, I thanked her, I actually felt kinda younge. And to all of you screaming that I am younge, I know this, I just never FEEL it. Most people doing what we are doing in life are almost a decade older than us, the people our age are....being younge.

House of Pain

The insanity in my house was a little more than normal last night. It started off with me laying in the floor playing with the boys. First Grey stepped on my breast and when I yelled he jumped and kneed me in the chin.

Gentry was playing in the floor and Grey shoved a baby spoon down his throat and gagged him, he later threw up a little blood.

Grey slipped getting out of the tub and busted his eye open. It scared the crap out of me.

Now, do you understand why I need a girl. I need to have a frilly little girl who wants to play with my hair and have tea parties. Instead during the day I am head butted, shoved, hit with bats, bitten, body slammed, etc. and that's all before the kids wake up :-) Jusk kidding honey!

Eucerin Disaster!

Yesterday, during my sons "rest time" he got into a tub of eucerin cream (like vasoline only thicker). He wiped it all over his paintings, his dresser, lightswitch, floor, changing pad, blankie, and himself! Not only that but he took all the wipes from the box and took a big poop while he was at it, so I couldn't just strip him and stick him in the tub. So I had the neighbor stick him in the bathroom while I cleaned up the mess. He thought it would be a good finish to the disaster to dump out all of his bubble bath in the tub and play with it until I could get to him. Even though I washed his hair with adult shampoo it still looks like a greasy old mans hair. It was an all around bad moment for me.