Potty training day 2

Day 2 of potty training was basically just like day 1, with Harper having one successful attempt right after her nap. They are trying though and will catch on soon. We got lots of practice in today since they are spending the night. Ava and Parker
Macee, Parker and Rielee came over after dinner to see the twins while their parents were at a meeting. The girls emptied the duplo wagon and Parker gave them rides in it.

Back on the swings

After hearing that Alan was going to be laid up for awhile, we decided to have Ava and Harper take him some of the banana bread we baked yesterday. They were so excited and just ran right in and gave it to him. We stayed for awhile and visited and looked at their new TV and computer.

Of course, while leaving Alan and Vera's both girls had to pick up rocks, Harper went a little overboard and really had her jacket weighted down. Then she noticed that Ava and Papa were over at the swings and tried to run that way but she had too many rocks to move fast so she started pulling them out and oops, filled up one of her boots with rocks and started limping and yelling for help. Never a dull moment with these two!

They were so happy to swing- "higher, higher!", it was chilly out though so it was a quick session.

Meeting Sam

While we were out for a walk this afternoon we noticed that Laury and new puppy Sam were outside so we took the girls over to meet him. He was kind of shy at first and so were the girls but after a few minutes they were playing with him, throwing his ball to him which he chased a couple of times but then lost interest. Harper showed him her little Doggy who turned up again over the weekend.
In the evening we went to watch th CR girls basketball team beat Winlock 54-18. Macee scored 18 pts, I think, and Tierney had 17, I think, Parker kept talking to me during the game. Good start to their season.

Making wreaths

Tonight we got together at Des' and made arrangements for the bazaar. Macee made a candy cane shaped wreath which turned out great. Auna made a nice candle arrangement and then filled one of the boxes that Gabe and Des made with greens and a Santa. Rielee filled a mug with greens, decorations and a candle and is taking that to her teacher tomorrow. Parker hung out with us, helped cut greens and then carved a wooden arrow out of one of the scrap limbs. We got quite a lot done.

Laptop

Parker with my new laptop, which was an early Christmas gift from Steve and the kids. It is so nice, and I was glad that Auna and Parker were around to had to show me how to use it!

Parker's braces

Parker came over tonight, he was so excited to be going snowboarding tomorrow at White Pass with Dad and Rielee. Rielee is also very excited to try skiing for the first time. I found him some Oakley goggles at Ross, he was happy to get those since he loves anything Oakley, but said he is wearing mismatched clothes since he's grown out of his snowboarding pants. He's still adjusting to his braces, last week he had several canker sores and was really hurting.

Turkey craft

I was surprised today when we sat down with Ava and Harper to make pine cone turkeys. They act like old hands at crafts and they listened to our instructions really well, too. I think it helped that we had a picture to show them of how it the turkey was supposed to look. They tried to play with their turkeys before the glue was dry and Harper had to reattach her turkey's eye, she was very precise about it and did a good job.