ON A HAPPIER NOTE....

Fia is doing great in the Potty training dept. The way it has always worked with Fia and I is the opportunity will present itself and I will ignore it, thinking that she is not ready (this happened with binkies, bottles, etc.), then another opportunity will arise and I will just Seize the Moment! So, yesterday.. it just so happened.. it was like.. TODAY SOPHIA IS GOING TO WEAR PANTIES! I picked her up from school yesterday and she had the same panties on! I could not have been prouder, except today... (yes.. even after the "incident,"/ I guess she was not TOO traumatized), we were at Walmart (trying to buy my child toys so she could erase the horror of today's events where she was bitten on the the face by a Crazed Toddler), she informed me she needed to go," yuckies." I rushed her to the bathroom and there we sat (potty totally wrapped in the things that hang on the wall, thank you). Nothing.. a little pee, that's all. We finish our shopping in the car, she said it again. Not wanting to do the whole thing over, I said, well don't go in your panties and we will go when we get home. We get home.. all dry. So we take the potty onto the porch and she sits on it while we put her "BUBBLE GRILL" together. Nothing. I leave the porch to go and retrieve all of our shopping items from the car and I hear her yelling something, but I thought she was just excited with her Bubble Grill! Then D comes running out, excited, but mortified!!! YES! EUREKA! She pooed in the potty!! (the little toddler kind)... IT was NOT pretty, but it was in the POTTY! I am SOOO proud! Man.. I love her!
PS.. isn't it funny as we get older, we go from talking about fake nails and cute boys to Toddler terrors and Poop! I love it! N

R U KIDDING ME?

Ok... I know it is natural for some kids to bite.. especially in daycare, shoot, Sophia even had a few incidents. But NOTHING like this!!! I am so mad right now, but at the same time wondering where I should direct this anger! I understand that the mom of this child is probably wondering what she is going to do with her child, but as a Mom, I just can't help from being just a bit PEEEVED Off!!! Anyway.. check out my baby with her first "war wound...." and by the way.. she was not doing anything, but sitting sweetly in a chair. The little bully just decided he wanted to sit there. I needed to vent, now I just have to see if she needs a tetanus! Sheesh!

DATE NIGHT

So... I had the most amazing night with my husband last night. It all started with my "Congratualtions on your New Job" dinner at firewater.. sponsered by Lyn Barnett (Thanks Lyn!), where we had a witty funny waiter who helped us put a Leonards Farmer's Market business card on the chef's desk and my favorite... Crab Cake! Sophia was at "nastics," with her LaLa and then spending the night at Papal's house with LaLa! David and I went home and sat on the porch and spent some quality time listening to Classic Country, talking, laughing, and reminising. We have not had a stressfree conversation in months and I feel rejuvenated in my marriage and in life in general! God has answered my prayers! God Bless Date Night!

NEW JOB!

WELL... I GOT A NEW JOB! IT IS A VERY SCARY AND EXCITING THING FOR US STANCIL'S! I WILL BE LEAVING DFCS, BUT SOPHIA WILL BE LEAVING ALL OF HER BEST FRIENDS AT DAHLONEGA COUNTRY DAY(SEE ABOVE....CAMDEN, DOCKERY, IAN, AND MELODY) WHICH MAKES ME VERY VERY SAD!

I HAVE TAKEN A JOB WITH THE FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND I AM EXCITED AND UP FOR THE CHALLENGE!

I FEEL LIKE THE LORD HAS BLESSED ME WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I WILL NOT LET HIM OR MY STUDENTS DOWN!

KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS B/C CHANGE IS EXCITING, BUT ALSO SCARY....

ALSO... SEE ABOVE WHERE SOPHIA WENT TO IAN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY TODAY AND GOT TO PET A SNAKE, A POSSOM AND AN OWL! IT WAS COOL! DAVID, FIA, AND I ALL TRAVELED UP TO AMICALOLA STATE PARK AND HAD WONDERFUL DAY!