Potty Time!

We are not officially potty training Lucy, but she's in the mode to learn about the potty. We pulled out Tyler's old toilet and she uses it right before bath time every night. Tyler will stand and do his thing and Lucy will sit on the potty until she goes. We cheer loudly (Tyler is her biggest fan) and then she gets in the tub. The other night she didn't seem to have to go and finally got tired of sitting there. She got in the tub and then 20 minutes later stood up and said, "Need to go potty." She climbed out, sat on the potty, and peed! She definitely got a pee pee dance for that! Hopefully we will start with the training soon.

Soccer Season

The t-ball clinic ended and we moved on to the next sport...SOCCER. Tyler practices dribbling the soccer ball around cones with Grandpa Gary and they dribble all over the house, so Tyler was excited to get outside and play on the field. He's really good and he's having fun at the clinic. We have a few pictures of his first night on the field. His friend Payton from school is also at the clinic, so Tyler has been having fun with him too.

Here he is showing off his moves:

Scoring a goal

Hanging out with Payton

New Kids on the Block!

I figure this is a FAMILY website, so I can post a little news of my own. Right? Okay...well, I'm going to anyways. On October 9th the New Kids on the Block came back to Sacramento for a concert. It was a dream come true for someone who has been a HUGE fan and ain't ashamed to admit it. :) Much to Zach's chagrin. My friend Becky and I went and screamed and screamed and screamed. It was such fun. I just thought I'd post a little video of the good times we had. You can scream too if you want. :)

Tumble Time

When Tyler and Aria were little we had them in Gymboree classes and they LOVED them. Unfortunately, they got to be a little expensive and a long drive for a Saturday morning. Not to mention Brooke had just had Matea and we just had Lucy and getting up early was so, so hard! When they got a little older we took them to Tumble Time in Cameron Park for their weekly fix of "gymnastics". Tyler tired of it and we stopped going, but now that Lucy and Matea are of age we decided to sign them up for the toddler class. Oh my gosh...it is the cutest thing I have ever seen. Lucy is loving her gymnastics class and loves the trampoline. She tries to sneak off and jump on it! Tyler decided that he MUST take a class now too, so we put him in one and he's having a great time as well. Here are some recent pictures:

Kids Say the Darndest Things

I just wanted to post two funny things that the kids said recently.

We were at a friend's house for dinner and they served spaghetti and meatballs. Lucy picked up her meatball (which wasn't a ball shape...more like a mound) and said, "Poop!" Mortifying...

Tyler has been resistant to going to preschool this past week. I told him he needed to go so that he would be ready for kindergarten and that there were things he needed to learn. He told me, "I know it ALL already Mom!" Okay...

Sweet, Sweet (Not So Sweet) Lucy

Lucy is getting to be such a big girl! Although, sometimes she tends to act older than her 19 months. I think she's trying to catch up to Mommy! She really enjoys trying to walk around in those heels.

She's also a girl who knows what she wants RIGHT NOW! As illustrated below she knows she wants french fries and she knows right where to go to get them.

Lucy just won't settle for being the "baby" or the youngest. She's got to do what Tyler does all the time. It drives him insane, I'm sure. Here she is trying to play t-ball...because Bobo got to do it too.

Lucy really is growing up so fast. She speaks in pretty full sentences, she comprehends EVERYTHING (except maybe NO!) and she acts like a terrible two year old some of the time. Lately she has been learning the art of manipulation. If she gets in trouble for something and we say, "No Lucy!", she will look at you and smile and say, "Hi Mommy" or "Mommy's eyes" and try and detract from the trouble she was getting in. Oy!

The sweetest thing that lil' Miss Goose does is say thank you all the time. She's very polite and thanks you for everything...when you clean her diaper, when you wipe her nose, and when you hand her milk. She always says, "Thank you Mommy" and then sometimes follows with "welcome" too. But then the not so sweet thing...she interprets the song Skip To My Lou My Darling to be Poo, Poo Darling. :( And wouldn't you know...Tyler encourages her to say that.

Tonight we wish we had the video camera on. Lucy wasn't really diggin' on Mom's spaghetti and she thew it all over the floor. Zach got upset and told her to stop throwing her food on the floor or she would have to clean it up. She said, "NO!" and he asked who would clean it up then? She said, "Mommy"...with a smile. I guess she knows how it goes around our house...

T-Ball Time!

Tyler started a t-ball clinic this past Thursday. He was VERY excited to go play. He couldn't wait to hit the ball the farthest! First they had the kids do stretches, then they ran the bases, and then they got to learn how to throw and learn how to hit. Tyler's favorites were...

1. Hitting the Ball

2. Running the Bases

3. Throwing the Ball

4. Stretching was His LEAST Favorite Part

Guffmiller and Gatorade

We've been working with Lucy to say her name. The first video is of her saying Lucy Guthmiller. Sort of...

The next video is just something funny. We don't know why Lucy does this or where she got the idea, but she's saying "Daddy's Gatorade". She just says it like she's pooping...