Kitchen & Potty update

Hey!!! We're surviving over here! :) So far, I feel like the whole project is actually going pretty fast! We're only 2 weeks in and SOOO much has been done already! This past weekend we were able to paint like crazy....then today the floors went in...and then tomorrow the cabinets go in! Woo hoo! Then it'll just be waiting for the counter tops! Can't wait! Thankfully, the weather has been pretty nice so we've been able to be outside a lot and grill out. Grandma Kathy offered to have us over once a week for a meal so that is a huge help...and our friends have had us over too! Can't wait to repay the favor in our new kitchen! :) So, things have been going pretty well! The only thing that ISN'T going well is potty training! Blah!!! I do NOT understand these little kids of mine. For instance, Emily was seriously pee-trained for a month, not ONE accident - only poop accidents. And then she did fine the 1st week and a half of the kitchen remodel..but then NOW...she's all of the sudden having accidents! Part of me thinks they are just having too much fun playing outside that they don't want to come in and do their duty. Hailey too - she's like totally regressed with kills me cuz i KNOW she knows HOW to do it! Addy is doing the best as we speak but it can fluctuate too with her depending on our what we're doing. I am so mad at myself for putting them all in pull ups the 1st week of the remodel because that really messed them up. They just started going in their pants again cuz they feel so much like diapers. I just did it cuz I didn't want to deal with poopy underwear and having to drag that through the torn up kitchen to the laundry room to clean it.... Ahhh...oh well... I'm sure they'll pick it up again after the kitchen is done. It is just so hard to swallow the fact that they are having accidents now that I KNOW they know how to hold it! So confusing and frustrating! Oh well - we'll keep plugging away! Here's some pics!

"Emmy - let's hold hands!"
"Okay - ready?!"
"Go!"

Playing downstairs - AEH

Watching....

Mr. Jon on stilts! All eyes were GLUED on him! Great entertainment for the girls!

Our big dumpster! :) After the snow melted, Ryan put "Frosty's nose" (charcoal) in the dumpster. Everyday, the girls keep asking to see "Frosty's nose" in the trash. Then, the other day, we were playing outside and the girls wanted to go sledding but I said we couldn't because there was no more snow! I asked them where all the snow went and they said "in the garbage." :)
Hailey directing traffic
Emily, Hailey, and Addy playing in the kitchen
2 wknds ago, we drove to Iowa City to see college friends who just had their first baby girl. The girls had fun "babysitting!" Here's our friend Evan getting worn out with 3 MORE girls! :)

Looks like Hailey was loving the road trip... :)
Coloring in the basement... (EAH)