The Weekend!

This past weekend was fun! I got to go with Brent to Shreveport for a night and the kids got to spend the night with their Auntie Randi! We had a very nice time in Shreveport, well I had fun! I know Brent is there all the time so I'm sure he would like to be else where. But, we got to spend time together and that's all that matters. He took me to a great steakhouse and we ate way too much and then went back to the hotel and saw 88 Minutes. It's a pretty good movie if you like those intense movies.

Randi had all kinds of things planned to do with the kids. They made cupcakes, carved a pumpkin, and drew us some pictures. Hannah also got to sleep with Aunt Randi in our bed! It was quite a treat for her. She has been talking about it since Sunday. Randi took lots of great pictures of all of their activities! When we returned home, Hannah had prepared a very nice dinner for Brent and I with her pretend food. It was so cute!

Hannah frosting the cupcakes!

What fun is it if you don't get to lick the spatula?? Jake is just an innocent bystander...he's just waiting for the finished product!

He gets his chance and boy does it show!!

Look at him go for it!

Hannah and Auntie Randi in Mommy and Daddy's bed! She was good, Randi said she slept on her side the whole night! Good job Hannah!

Is this not the coolest pumpkin you have ever seen?

Me and Hannah after we got home. You can barely see the magnificent meal of pretend food that she prepared. She even used her blankets as table clothes. What a sweetie!

What's going on?

Well, the last 6 days have been fun! A little hectic though. Jake had been doing great with the potty training until yesterday. For some reason he decided he didn't want to do it any more and Hannah decided she didn't want to take a nap!!! Yikes! Which means...everyone was miserable from about 5 p.m on! Brent had been out of town for 4 days and the kids usually are really good when he's gone unless, he's gone for more than 3 or 4 straight days! I guess this was one of those times. I thought I was going to pull my hair out...I missed Brent and Hannah and Jake missed their Daddy! What a long day that was. Thankfully, Brent came home about 7:30 p.m. last night and we had dinner and everything was fine again! Of course, he's been gone today but they were good! Jake is back to potty training and he's doing great! I almost thought I had it made tonight! I put him to bed and he looked over at his bunk beds and said "bed!" I said "do you want to sleep in there?" and he quickly got out of my arms and headed for the bed. I tucked him in and did our little routine. I went about my normal getting ready for bed myself and thought, he hasn't made a peep. This went on for about 15 minutes. Usually he's screaming in the middle of the bed. Sure enough as I got closer to the door I heard him saying "nice,nice,nice" and I realized he thought he was in time out. I picked him up and loved on him and reassured him that he was not in trouble but thanks for trying it out. Oh well! He went to sleep in the crib! Not quite there yet! Well, that's whats going on in our house! Love to all!!!

This is a picture from September of 2007! Crazy, it just seems like yesterday!

Way to go Jake!

Well, big news here in the Reubin house....Jake is potty training!! This is not something that I was really thinking about. I was more concerned about getting him to sleep in the big boy bed! On Friday the kids went to Mother's Day Out like usual and this time when I picked them up their teacher informed me that Jake went to the potty! I was shocked! He's only 22 months! I was thinking I would start when he closer to 2 1/2 maybe even 3. I had heard horror stories about little boys and potty training! Well, we have "Super Jake" here and he has gone all weekend and at least 7 times today!!! Yippee! It's been so easy! He just says "potty, potty" and we run to the bathroom and he goes! How many 22 month olds do you know that are potty training?? Anyway, we went to Wal-Mart yesterday and got him his very own "boy potty seat". It's spiderman!! Check out some of the pictures I took! Don't worry the potty seat is clean. He was just showing off! So the next step, I guess, is to get him into the big boy bed. One step at a time!

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Today is my Dad's birthday! Yippee!!! I couldn't have asked for better parents. God has blessed me with 2 of the most fabulous people I know! When I look back, I had a wonderful childhood and wouldn't change anything about it. I have always looked to my Dad for guidance and now look back at how I was raised to continue on as a parent myself! What more could you ask for! He's a great Dad and a wonderful "Papa!" Have a great one Dad!! Love you!

A day with Daddy!

Brent started a little tradition with him and Hannah when she was about 10 months old. He would take her somewhere special for some alone time with him. Yesterday was one of those days. Brent got some tickets to the Ranger game and decided to take Hannah for her first baseball game experience. Check out what a good time she had!

Hannah eating her hot dog in the Suite...

and eating some peanut butter crackers.....

and being silly.....

and drinking orange soda!

A day at the Ballpark makes for sleepy Hannah!

Needless to say, she had a lot of food out at the ballpark. Today while Hannah was in school, it was Jake's turn to spend some alone time with Daddy. He had his first try at pushing the lawn mower with Daddy! He seemed to enjoy it, even though it was taking Daddy a lot longer to mow with a little person helping. I caught a couple of pictures of him in the act! What a big boy!

As busy as Brent is, he always makes time for his 2 favorite kiddos! He is always bringing us souviners home, spending alone time with the kids, and helping me around the house...when he can! He's like Super-Dad and we love him bunches!!!