Almost there...part 1

Only 5 more posts until I reach 100! So, I thought that I would tell you 100 things about myself...but rather than listing all 100 at once, I am going to break it up into 5 posts of 20.
Here it goes...
1. I was born on March 28, 1979...yes, that means that I will be 30 in two weeks.
2. I was born in Houston, Texas.
3. I have 1 older brother and 2 younger brothers (1 is a half brother). I also have seven step-siblings, but I only know 3 of them.
4. My parents divorced when I was in the 4th grade.
5. When I was 5, my family lived in a trailer, and my entire family shared a room.
6. I was one of two whites in my kindergarten class...the other girl was a red head.
7. My husband and I have gone to school together since the 7th grade.
8. My husband was my first boyfriend, but unfortunately not my first kiss.
9. I played volleyball in Jr. High and High School. I was the setter.
10. I also ran track for 2 years.
11. I sang in choir since the 4th grade.
12. I played the viola in 5th and 6th grade.
13. Both of my parents are remarried. My mom remarried when I was in 7th grade, and my dad remarried 4 months before my wedding.
14. I wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember.
15. I taught for 6 years before coming home to be with my children. I taught 1st grade, 5th grade, 2nd grade, and 1st/2nd grade combo. I now homeschool Kindergarten and 1st grade.
16. Josh and I will celebrate our 10 year anniversary this August.
17. There were times in my life when I said I would never be a stay-at-home mom and I would never homeschool...now it is my dream come true and I love it!
18. Josh bought me our Camry for college graduation and my first teaching job...and now he drives it!
19. I have articles of clothing that I have had since middle school.
20. I have never tasted or tried alcohol or drugs of any kind.

Anything else??

Can anything else go "wrong" today??
My day started with trying to make bread in my bread machine...until I realized that I did not have any flour! Luckily, Paige was not here yet, and so I called her dad and asked him to bring me some...thanks, Bryan!
Then I started my laundry...and when it was almost done, I realized that I did not add soap. THEN, when it was done, I was distracted and put it in the dryer. Those clothes are now folded amongst the others...and I have no idea which ones are really clean...they all smell good. Oh, well, they will get "washed" again next week.
Lastly, I admit, this one taught me a lesson about grumbling. You see, our garbage was full, and my wonderful husband had not taken it out...all weekend. So, I was grumbling this morning as a I pulled the bag out. Well, as I was tying the bag, I noticed a cup at the bottom (a plastic kid cup)...I thought, "Did a cup break?" So, I looked through the bag (our kitchen bags are white and you can kind of see through them) to see if it was broken...and low and behold, there were more. I finally had to relent to untying the bag and digging into it. This is what I found...

All of our kid cups, plates, and bowls were in the trash can! You would think that I would have noticed them missing, but I didn't. I think that I just kept assuming they were dirty...I have an idea that one of my adorably, sweet nephews thought it would be fun to put them into there!
I just had to laugh. I am so glad that Josh did not take out the trash...he never would have noticed them!

All in a days work...

Okay, so neither of these actually took a day, but rather months, but everything finally came together TODAY!
Potty Training and Walking!
So, after many long months of attempting to potty train Brenden, today was a vision of success...for him, not me. Our progress started with nothing, to "piddling" in his underwear, to going when taken with occasional accidents, to going when taken with rare accidents, to FINALLY, "Mommy, I need to go potty BAD!" I wanted to throw the boy a party! My entire family (my dad is visiting) was here to cheer for him!
As a previous blog mentioned, my sweet Makenna has tried so hard to walk for a very long time. Her legs are slowly gaining strength and she has finally made walking her main mode of transportation!
What a day!

My girls!

She fought sleep all afternoon, so I decided to give her a snack...she didn't make it!

Katelyn went ice skating for a friend's birthday party. We started out slow, but after a few times around she started to relax a little. Her skates slid on the ice, but I was mostly holding her up...my arms were pretty soar the next day!

"Yes, mom is finally letting me call someone!"

"Hello?"

But the tag is in the back...

...Says Brenden after dressing himself!

Sure enough, the tag was in the front...whoever made these pants, obviously does not have children!

Taking her time...

Makenna has been attempting to take steps for about a month now. Every few weeks she seems to get stronger and goes a little farther. She has now figured out how to go all the way around the living room, from chair to couch to table to chair to piano bench. She is still working on going from the piano bench back to the chair!

Random

So, today I was pulling into my driveway, coming home from church, and sitting on my porch were...4 CATS! I do not own any cats...and now 4 of them have come calling! I do not mind cats, but my husband is not too fond of them. I do not plan to take any of them in, but I sure hope that they find a home soon...or else go home and stay there!
I would have taken a picture, but I shooed them away before I thought of this wonderful, thought-provoking blog.