Big Boy Lessons

William likes to color... everything.... paper, rugs, beds, walls... I realized that just telling him "no" or having him go to the corner when he did it was not working. So when he recently colored on the wall in the family room I gave him a sponge with soap on it to scrub it off. I think he understood why he was doing it, and if he does it again, he'll have to clean it up. And in other news... William started wearing underwear this week. He loves it and he has been going to the bathroom everyday since Monday. He even stays dry at naptime! We're still having a little trouble getting to the bathroom on time with "number 2", but he at least tries to get there. Having only underwear on and no pullups really helps because he doesn't like to be wet. YAY!! We're a diaper free home!!

"

1st Day of School!!

Today was the 1st Day of School. Kaitlyn was so excited that she's been counting down the days for weeks!! As per our tradition, yesterday evening they all recieved a "Daddy blessing". When the blessings were done for the big kids, William got on the chair and said, "my turn" so he got a special blessing from Daddy too.

Here they all are in their uniforms ready to go. (William had to be in the picture too of course) Kaitlyn starts Kindergarten today!
Sarah starts 4th grade!!

Alan is the big man on campus this year in the 5th grade. He prides himself in the fact that he could be the oldest kid at the school since technically he could be in the 6th grade.

(his birthday is one day before the cut-off, so I kept him back in kindergarten so that he wouldn't be the youngest).