Little Brownie Bakers

Little Brownie Bakers

Cookie Sales

Well its that wonderful time again. We are back to being the cookie mom and Taylor selling those wonderful cookies. She has upped her goal this year too 1000 cookies and well last year she was sooooooo close to that. So we figured we could do pretty good. If mom gets the word out. She really wants to go too Big Surf again. So if anyone is interested PLEASE let me know I will so come too you. Money isn't due until Feb. 20th so a little over a month away. Here is a link that will take you too see all the different cookies. Thanks for all your support.

Also, If many of you are on diets you can donate money too her troop or you can donate boxes of cookies for we will be sending them onto the troops over seas. Uhaul is going to be shipping them for us for free. Yeah!!!!!!


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Potty training

I just have to say three words, OH MY HE--!!!!!!!!!!!!

For you moms that are doing this at 18 months. You are either crazy or super moms. I am so beyond frustrated. I usually wait until they are ready. Let me tell you. I was alot younger when Taylor was two and listened to all the moms then that said you have to have your child potty trained by two years old. So I cussed screamed fought and did all the fun treats and nothing worked. It took her so long to get it. (she wasn't ready I know that now) So I knew that she didn't deserve that and I didn't need to push it on her. She eventually got it. And after months and months of pull ups it was so over YEAH. When it was time to potty train Calvin I said no way, I will wait until he is ready. And we talked about it and tried a few times. But since he was scared of everything, we patiently waited. And one day after he was 3, he told me mommy I need to go poop. I just about freaked and flew out of my skin. SO excited and two days later he was completely potty trained and very few accidents, With no pull ups. Then, Tayton, once again was 3 and one day was potty trained no pullups and very few accidents.

I knew that waiting and being patient was the key. Well, Boy number 4 isn't so ready. Since Daxton has a few areas that he is slower in, we knew that he wouldn't be ready as the boys were right after turning 3, Well, Daxton will go in the toilet and he is wanting to wear the older two boys underwear. So, I decided two days ago to start letting him wear the underwear around the house. He has had a few accidents. But for the most part I have been on top of everything and he is going in the toilet. He doesn't tell me that he needs to go but he at least (hopefully) is getting the repetition of going in the toilet and will hopefully soon get the consept and start doing it all on his own.

Well, the frustrating part. I talked to his preschool teacher before the break and she said that when we are ready to potty train him they will also help him and do it at school. So today I took him into school and gave them the run down and said that he has a protective underwear on. ( I found them at Walmart) They feel just like underwear and the boys alway thought they were underwear. But when you do in them they don't leak everywhere like underwear does. But you still have to wash them not throw them away. So they would still have to take him and at least try and go potty. Well, his assistant teacher just seemed anoyed that I would do that too them. And like she didn't want to help me out. I am not asking her to potty train him. But he can't miss two weeks of school and I need to get it in his head that humans go on the toilet. HAHAHA.

Well, everyone cross their fingers and pray for him so that he will get the consept and be that big boy he is so badly wanting too be. They crap that us MOMS have to deal with.

Taylor, AZ

Well, We finally got away. Thanks to Devin's parents. We were able to get away to their summer home. Since it has been almost a year since we were able to go up and enjoy some time to relax up there. We were expecting a snowy time but none, Until the day we were leaving.

It was so nice to get away, but since mom has ADHD and can't sit still for that long it got a little to relaxing. Yeah I know how sad. I think I took a nap everyday that we were up there. We got up there Tuesday night and left Sunday afternoon. It was so nice and quiet, kids went outside 98% of the time. Playing with other cousins and neighbor dogs. Finally after the 4Th day up there mom dragged dad out of the house. We went on our journey too Showlow Yeah hew!!!!!!!!! There wasn't much snow there either but we did find enough to play in at their local baseball park. So basically that is what these pictures are of. My camera was on the Fritz so didn't get any more pictures. SO sad.

Sunday morning we got up to Tayton running in our room "Mom it is snowing", (Mom) "No, it isn't!" (Tayton) Yeah it is and our car is covered in it." So of course I thought well maybe it had snowed over night. And sure enough it had. Out of all the days the day we are leaving. It had about an inch on the ground. So Devin pulled our burb under the covered porch so hopefully the window could stop getting more snow on it. Our windshield wipers are just about dead but since we really never need them we haven't replaced them. Well guess what we need them and really bad. And since the snow was coming down more and more we were scared that we wouldn't be able to make it home so that Devin could get to work on Monday. So we let the kids play while Devin and I packed up the burb and cleaned the house and winter proofed. Let me tell you as much as my kids love the snow they hate too be cold. When we called them in they were all crying except Taylor. MY HANDS HURT<>

Well, all in all we had a safe, fun and relaxing cheap vacation.