Dry!!!

Well, I am excited to report that Matthew and Caitlin have graduated!! They no longer wear pullups at nighttime! This is very exciting news around here-especially in the budget department (pullups are so expensive!) They have worn underpants to bed instead of pullups since the weekend and have been dry every day. Im so proud of them. Today I don't have any pictures to post, but i figured it might be time to do an update of all the little things that we have been up to.
Other than dry pullups it's been pretty uneventful here-we had a nice quiet father's day weekend...well actually Matt probably wouldn't describe it as nice, since one of the first things I did Sunday morning was to break the bathroom sink...I was fixing one of the slow drain problems that comes up periodically (usually after matthew and caitlin have decided to play "lets see what goes down the drain and what doesn't"), and instead of unscrewing one of the pipes, i snapped it off; actually it pretty much crumbled off...it was old and corroded (one of the many perks of living in a 30 year old house). However when it snapped off it left parts of the threading on there. So i bought a new part, and long story short, after about 3 hours of cursing, swearing, and eye rolling (along with a promise that i would NEVER try to fix anything else on father's day EVEREVEREVER again) Matt magically fixed the sink. He hated doing it, but i was so proud. Later that day we went swimming, and then we all went out to our favorite restaurant-Buffalo's-for wings. It was great.

As far as house selling goes..no it hasn't sold...and we've lowered the price for the 2nd time. Since we started a little high, this is definitely still ok..but im not sure how many more price reductions we can take. Pretty soon we're going to be paying someone to take it!! Stupid housing market!! Oh well. We're still happy here, though anxious to get this move over with before #3 makes an appearance.

Chassie girl is doing well...i have to report the funniest new trick that she has. In the evening, after much begging and pleading, Matt plays hide and seek with the babies. They take turns hiding, and when daddy has had enough, he finds an impossible place to hide (under the beds, buried in the closet) and hangs out there. However I decided to get the dog involved..I'd noticed that she would always sniff around while they were playing-so I told the kiddies to "ask Chassie where daddy is", and sure enough, she went around to all the rooms, poking her nose around till she finds him!! It is hilarious. She'll just stay at the same place (where he's hiding) until the babies figure it out. Matt get's so mad!!! "Its not fair!! Chass isnt' allowed to play hide and seek!" She gets so happy when she gets to play though. We try to include her in all the games that they play in the evenings; Matt used to play this game where he would toss the kids onto the beds-the flying game-and once Chassie was acting so rowdy (like she wanted to play too), so Matt picked her up and tossed her onto the bed-and she loved it!! So every time after that he would have to toss her. She's a bit too big for it now, but it was so funny to watch.

Matt's job is going well-he is staying ridiculously busy though. He also periodically plays softball during the week or on the weekends which he enjoys. Im hoping he'll have an early game soon so the babies and I can go watch. I think they'd like it.

Matthew and Caitlin went swimming this weekend and are doing so well!! At the two pools we have been to, they don't allow water wings, but the pools are 3 feet in the shallow end, so Matt and I just let them get in since they can touch, with no floatation of any sort. They have started putting their heads under water (caitlin is still just bobbing up and down) but Matthew will stay under for a few seconds...even try to swim while his head is under. He started doing it after Nana gave him some goggles to wear...I think he was intrigued at being able to see so clearly under water. Caitlin is a good swimmer too; the only problem that she has is that she tends to be a little frantic. Once she gets past that, she is going to do very well. She adores swimming (more so than Matthew), so it will be nice for us to move somewhere that they have a community pool!!

I hope thats all the news i have...this has been a long rambling post-but I wanted to stay relatively caught up. I'll try to get pictures soon.