The Dog Days of Summer

Summer is here and it's HOT! The "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" has lost most of it's appeal, but the swimming pool has not. We try to let the kids play in the pool as much as they want to, but some days it's just too hot, even in the water.

Justin and Abby came up last week for a visit. Josh and Kaitlyn got to play with Abby on Wednesday night. They had such a good time I called Judy on Thursday and asked if we could come back over and she went to pick up the kids. We had a great visit and I know the kids had a good time.

Kaitlyn is starting to talk more. She's very independant, which is good for the most part. She prefers a "big girl" cup to a sippy cup, but she still insists on a bottle at nap time and bed time. I'm thinking of telling her when she turns 2 that she has to throw the bottles away when she's done and when they're gone, they're gone.

I started planning her birthday. We're going with a Minnie Mouse theme! I found a great cake online that I want to try and make for her. I showed the picture to Josh and he said "Mickey Mouse". I showed Kaitlyn and asked her if she liked it and she said, "Yes"!

We've been really working on the potty training with Josh lately. He likes wearing his BVD's and Kaitlyn's been wanting to wear some over her diaper, so I went out and bought her some girl panties to wear. She gets a kick out of wearing them. I'm hoping one day soon she'll catch on to the whole potty training thing and be done with diapers.