Giving up my anal retentive ways

I know some of you are saying "woo hoo!" while others are thinking "yeah, right. We've heard that before." But really, I am (at least where pictures and blogs are concerned.) I haven't posted any updates since early June simply because I haven't had time to go through my lengthy picture saving and editing process. The relatives are screaming; friends are beginning to think I've fallen off the face of the earth; and I personally am getting stressed out just thinking about it. So, I've turned over a new leaf, and at long last here is the latest update from the House House to you!

June 14 - Owen's 3rd Birthday and Kendall's 1st Dance Recital

July 17 thru 24 - Roadtrip to Iowa to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Besco


























July 27 - Sabrina LOVES Guacamole (thanks to her brother and sister)





Where we are now...

Sabrina is just 9 months old and already pulling up and cruising with furniture. What am I going to do? Kendall and Owen were just barely crawling at this age. She's using sign language to ask for milk and smiles big when we sign "eat" to her. I'm guessing she'll start using that sign soon.

Owen is every bit a 3 year old. One minute he's a snuggly cuddly little guy. The next, he's an independent, defiant Tasmanian devil. Potty training is going great though so we are all happy for that.

Kendall does not like summer "school". Every Tuesday and Wednesday she "has a tummy ache" and declares that she is too sick for school. We've taken to bribery to get her to finish out the summer without all the kicking and screaming. Here in a few weeks we may be the proud owners of 1 or 2 hermit crabs...

Welcome!

Everybody else has one, why not us?

Welcome to the House House blog published by yours truly, "The Mom". I thought about writing this nice long introduction about who I am, a history of our family, why I'm doing this, blah, blah, blah, but then I realized you already know all of that so let's just jump right in where we are today.

Sabrina is crawling and has been for about 2 weeks now. Life has definitely changed for us. No longer can I just plop her down somewhere and expect her to still be there when I get back. She moves slowly but deftly and is getting in to everything. Kendall and Owen are finally learning to put their toys away because anything left out is sure to be covered in slobber and spit up in 30 minutes or less.

Owen turned 3 yesterday (6/4) and has moved on to that next phase of life - POTTY TRAINING! Today is Thursday (6/5) and we are hanging out at home close to the bathroom. We've managed to dribble in the potty and pee on the kitchen floor but he is making the effort and hasn't declared potty mutiny just yet. His birthday party is on the 14th and we hope to be diaper free by then. I think that depends more on my resilience than his.

Kendall is enjoying her first day of summer vacation - if you can call it summer vacation when you only go to school 10 1/2 hours a week. Her summer activities include but are not limited to dance recital, parent's day out twice a week, swim lessons, flight school (museum sponsored program where she'll learn about airplanes and airports), and just general hanging out with family and friends.

That's all for now. Stayed tuned for more updates!