November 2008

I have started this post so many times, but then I don't finish, and it times out, and so I start over, but don't finish, and then it times out...you get the idea.

Lucy had her birthday party on the Saturday after her birthday. Since we have a very small home we just invited her closest friends that are her age. All of her Aunties, Uncles, Cousins and Grandparents were very generous and kind! A birthday party is always good fun. I made my favorite lasagna dish and the traditional Mower Birthday cake...Yumm! It was a great time.

Oh Lucy gave me a great gift for her birthday - she potty trained herself. A long time ago my friend Amy Harper was asking another friend Jenny about how to best potty train her daughter. Jenny said "Wait till their three!" I have have given little attempts at potty training but kind of held onto that information. Once Lucy turned three I would work on getting her potty trained. Well, the day after she turned three she wanted nothing to do with diapers and would only wear panties. She had 5 accidents total and 4 of them were all within an hour and a half when it was just Daddy at home?!?!?!? I don't know what happened! She still wears pull-ups at night time, but their dry in the mornings. Have I mentioned that I have a perfect child?

Oh I had another proud moment recently too...At our craft day at church we had a great lunch and we were using cups from McDonalds for our drinks. Lucy pointed to Ronald McDonald and asked “Who’s that?” I was so proud that she had no idea who Ronal McDonald is. I know it’s silly, but hey, I take pride in the little things. I guess I'm a little proud of the Mom I am too when my daughter doesn't know what McDonalds is. Of coarse the exception is her little friend Claire who spent a month at the Ronald McDonald house visiting her preemie baby sister in the hospital, but lets hope that we never have to take advantage of the hospitality of the Ronald McDonald's House.