Adios Dipaers!

 The only way she would stay on the potty

Brody was such a great big brother to read her a book in the bathroom!

 

It almost killed me, but many pee pee accidents on the floor, and two carpet poops later (one of which was during a party we were having), I can officially announce that she is FULLY potty trained.  Pull ups only at bed and nap.  She all of a sudden decided to go with it and hasn't had an accident in over 2 weeks.  I can't express how happy I am that we a diaper free household!

Science Experiment

A little baking soda and vinegar experiment made Brody a happy scientist!  He was soooo excited to make his "dictions" (predictions) as to what was going to happen!

Alison Sassy Pants

 

 Always naked

 Homeless chic, a look put together all by herself

 Screaming at Brody (per the usual)

Dinner with goggles (she didn't take these off for 4 days)

 

Alison has continued to entertian us with her fiesty attitude and hysterical antics.  She just got her big girl bed which was am unexpected success.  She even takes naps in it without an issue!  Brody and Ali have a love/hate relationship as most siblings do.  She frequently destroys/ruins/ grabs/bothers whatever he is playing with which infuriates Brody!  She loves screaming NO to most anything and has perfected a good tantrum.  She is now fully potty trained but the four days of "naked potty boot camp" almost sent me to a home.  SHe is SOOOOO stubborn when she doesn't want to do something!  She is growing up WAY too fast!

Christmas 2012

 Miss Ali before her Christmas morning meltdown

 Brody trying out his new clubs

 One of the many delicious dinners

 Ready for Santa

 Lovin' each other:)

 Soooooooo full!

 A quick game before bed.  Brody was so nice and helpful!

 Santa came!

 Mimi and Papa

 The four wheeler remote control...a HUGE hit!  Thanks Papa!

 The Princess and her princess castle

 Ali got a bunch of dress up stuff.  This was the only time she wore it!  The Bubble Guppies shirt on the other hand...that is the first shirt we pick out of the wash!

 Every 2 year old needs pink pumps

Better late than never I guess!  Our computer has not been cooperating lately and it has become quite an undertaking to upload pictures and update the blog.  Our Christmas was wonderful again this year!  We were lucky enough to have Nana, Mimi, and Papa join us for the weekend prior the big day.  Brody was VERY excited this year while Alison is still on the fence with the whole thing.  On Chirstmas morning, she only wanted to open one thing, then began to cry because she was overwhelmed.  Brody was more than happy to open them for her!  I also think we ended Christmas 5 pounds heavier after homemade meals of pierogies, glumke, desserts, tamales, jambalaya, and sweets!  Not that I am complaining though...

Naptime with Daddy

So sweet:)

It's Beginning to Look alot like Christmas

 The beginning of the decorating

 The Real Tree.  We only had one meltdown at the tree farm so I say...SUCCESS!!!

 Ready for Santa Claus!

 The wine bar at our party.  Like I said, I still stink at my new camera so the rest of the pictures (like the table full of food I made, the people there, etc.) somehow got erased. Oh well...

My super cute wine glass name cards:)  I am SO clever!

Slacker Mom

OK, I am a complete slacker and realize that I haven't updated in over a month.  I thought I would fill in on all of the going ons in the Lane House since then to keep everyone in the loop.

First of all, I got a new camera for an early Christmas present.  It took me three weeks to have enough time to load all of the software to upload the pictures.  I know there aren't many pictures to see, but I didn't know how to use the camera!  I am much more capable now:)

Alison and Brody have just gotten over a nasty Upper Respiratory Infection and Ali had a double ear infection to boot.  All of this of course happened while Jon was recovering from his knee surgery.  Thank Goodness Mimi was her to help out.  However, she got Bronchitis as a departing gift.  Jon and I are just waiting to see when we will get it.

We spent the weekend before Thanksgiving in Rhode Island and had a great time with family and friends.  I took pictures of the kiddos, but those pictures are on the other camera and it may be a while before I can get the pictures off of that relic!

Ali is still as sassy as ever.  She never wants to wear what I put out and her favorite phrase is "No!" and "I don't like/want it".  Great, exactly what we need, another opinion!  She continues to love learning and currently knows all of her letters (uppercase and lowercase), most of their sounds, numbers to 15, colors, shapes and pretty much everything else she can get her hands on.  It's pretty hilarious to practice letter flashcards with Brody and have Alison screaming the answer from the other side of the room before him.  He gets super mad!

Brody has a love/hate relationship with school.  He hates waking up in the morning and getting ready, but loves to go to school and play "activities" with his friends.  His teacher tells me that he is excelling in math, but needs to work on his letters.  His attention span is as big as an ant's unless he is super interested in it.  Can't wait for kindergarten.  He did pay attention yesterday for an hour to correctly put together a Lego tanker truck he bought with his allowance though...go figure!

All in all, I vow to update more often, take more pictures, and write more reports for everyone.  Everyone can have a new year's resolution right?  Hopefully this one will last longer than usual!