Changes

Hi! Maryn here!

There have been some big changes in our house since last time we updated.

Change #1: Mommy went back to work. Only 3 days a week. AND...she works at our "school" (aka. church), which is pretty cool! When our class goes out to play, we get to see our mommy in her office. What's up mom!

Change #2: Big girl undies. I don't like this change. Not one bit. I'm not converting.

Brynn and Leah decided to go with the flow, though in the beginning, they were resistant too.

Here is a picture of them throwing away their diapers. Bye-Bye diapers, Hello big girl panties.

We basically sat around and drank A LOT of juice and water.

Until we felt that urge,

Then, we waited...and waited...

...and waited, and waited

and waited and wated...

for SUCCESS!

(and a chance to ring the potty bell! Woo Hoo!)

Of course, there were some accidents

but, by the end of the weekend, Brynn and Leah were wearing big girl panties.

Good for them, but I'm not quite ready for that program!

I do things on MY OWN time.

We did have some fun over the weekend too!

Our friends KK and Natalie came over (they have a cabin on our lake) and we played.

Daddy pulled us on the tube behind his tractor.

We played with our "brellas" in the rain

We even got to have a PJ party and a bonfire!

Maybe someday soon, I'll decide to wear big girl panties like my sisters. But, for now, diapers are good enough for me.

I'm in no hurry!

Love,

Maryn

 

Graduation Day!

We did it! We graduated today! Movin' on up to the TWO's class!

Here are some pictures of our graduation today.

Sisters!:

Whining! A sign of the times!:

Walking to our class with our buddy Alex:

Here we are at school!:

Our little hoarder!:

The graduation ceremony:

Congratulations Graduate!

Class Picture:

Snack Time:

We LOVE our teachers! (but we were kinda sick of pictures)

What a great year!

Love,

MBL

May and Mama

Hi Everybody!
We haven't checked in for a while cause mommy broke her computer, but we are finally back.

We're excited for summer! Next week is our last week of school, and our graduation. We'll be sure to share some pictures. I can't believe we're almost done with our very first year. Next year, we'll be in preschool! Totally big kids!

So, between you and me (Brynn), I've gotta share something that's been bugging me.

Mom said before that Maryn can tell me and Leah apart.

NOT!

She totally can't. She calls us "the Leah's!" Can't we be the Brynn's?

Every time she calls me Leah, I tell her I am BRYNN as LOUD as I can.

I hope she gets it figured out! I don't like being called Leah.

We've kinda been fighting a lot lately. Sometimes Leah will sing, and I don't want her to sing, so I scream at her to STOP. But she JUST SINGS LOUDER.

Or, Maryn will make a noise that sounds like "ahhhhhh!!" I tell her to stop, but she doesn't listen. So, then just to get even I will touch them in the car even though they don't want me to! HA! Take that!

Mom says all she wants for Christmas is ear plugs.

Other fun news: I peed on the big girl potty twice today. Go me! I got to flush by myself and I got some M&M's. I am really not sure about this whole potty thing, but mom and dad seem really ready for me to give up my diapers. You should have heard them cheer when I went today! I guess we're having a potty boot camp and a "say goodbye to diapers" party the first week of June. Wish us luck!

Medical News: We are finally recovering from our latest round of ear infections, so thanks for your prayers. I think we've had 5-6 since January. We're getting kind of used to seeing the doctor. Maryn has also been diagnosed with asthma. She and mommy have a meeting with Dr. Oster next week to talk about that. We'll let you know how it goes.

Last Sunday was Mommy's Day. Mommy got to sleep in and we brought her flowers. We even made her a beautiful stepping stone for her garden. (Now, she just has to get a garden)

We went to lunch a Papa's golf club.

Here are some pictures!

Enjoy!

We promise not to wait so long for the next update.

We hear you miss us!

Love,

Brynn

Go Team Jonswold!!!

Wow, what a day! Today, we marched for babies! We went out in the rain and raised over $2,100 for preemies! That is WAY more than I can count to. (but, I can count to 15 in English and 10 in Spanish! Pretty good, huh?)

When we got to the walk we played at the park while we waited for our friends to join us. We wanted to stay FAR away from the scary people dressed up as barnyard animals. Dad called them "mascots" and said they were nice. I disagree.

Here is a picture of my family. Mom says we are blessed cause we are all together and healthy. There were a lot of blessed families walking with us today! I know there were some families who were missing special babies too. That's why we were walking.

When the countdown to race time started, we loaded up! Here is a picture of us with our buddies Jack and Kaelan.

Ready, Set, GO!!!

All along the trail there were stops with snacks and prizes.

Pretty sure walks don't get better than that!

Here is a picture of us with our Mimi, Papa and Auntie Lauren. Cheese!

After the race we went out for lunch. I was so tired that I slept through lunch in Mimi's arms.

I woke up just in time to have a bite of my favorite Mac and Cheese before heading home.

Here is a picture of our team at Champps!

GO TEAM JONSWOLD!

Thanks to every single one of you who walked with us, donated or thought of us on this special day.

Love, Leah

P.S. On a completely unrelated, but still very important subject.....We said BYE BYE to our baby cribs!!!Big girl beds only for these big girls. No night time escapes, but we HAVE been getting up early enough in the moring to tune in for the first Blue's Clues episode on Nick Jr. (for those of you without kids, that means 6 a.m.) When we were in our cribs, mom didn't let us out until Arthur. (7 a.m.) Mom says we are her little roosters. Cockadoodledoooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Ring, Ring....

Do you hear it??

It's the ice cream truck!!

We remembered the sound from last year...and we went RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohhhhhh, thank you beautiful truck for bringing tasty treats right to our house.

We can hardly wait for next Tuesday!

YUMMMMMMMY!

MBL