Ripley's Believe it or Not!

Woah...what a day in the neighborhood! Today was Kyle's day off, so we were enjoying a leisurely morning at home. I was reading a book out on the front porch but had to move inside when the wind got too strong. After a while we heard a loud crackling then a huge crack. Kyle yelled, "Abby, you've got to come see this!" A huge section of our neighbor's tree (across the street) had blown over, taking with it power lines and the telephone pole! Kyle and I had both been afraid that the tree in our front yard was coming down. Kyle, who was holding Mac, ducked to cover Mac in case the tree was coming down on the house. Fortunately it wasn't our tree and the other tree only landed in the street. UNfortunately, though, the power mast was pulled off one neighbor's house and the power lines were ripped entirely off of our other neighbor's house. Somehow our power lines remained intact. We then spent the rest of the day contacting our neighbors since all 4 of them were at work. We also had to call Consumers Energy, and electrician to fix the power masts on both neighbors' houses, and the road commission to take care of the huge tree blocking the road. Kyle decided that we should grill burgers for Bryan & Julie and Brian, Kristi and Elizabeth since they wouldn't get their power fixed/turned back on until later in the evening. Even though it was a mini-crisis, we all had a great dinner together. We love our neighbors and love any excuse to get together with them. Next time it'll be just for fun and not because something bad has happened!

Potty Training

Well, Ashlyn is unofficially on the potty training track. After going poo-poo on the big potty at Great Grandma and Great Grandpa's, she's become more interested in all things potty. On Easter, while at Grandma and Grandpa Warmington's, I used a Pull-Up on Ashlyn because--in a hurry--I couldn't find her diapers. She liked the "big girl diaper" so much that we decided to try some out at home. I got her some Cinderella (or "Rella", as Ashlyn calls her) Pull-Ups. We typically put one on her in the morning since that's her most predictable potty time. She thinks she's so cool! She's getting pretty good at telling us when she has to go wee-wee or poo-poo...although we don't always catch it before it happens :) But she also loves to sit on her potty chair and is SO proud when she actually goes on it. Today she brought me a Pull-Up and said "wee-wee", "poo-poo"...and then actually did both on the potty! We are by no means heading into potty training full force! I don't have the time or energy to make it happen fast. We're just letting her set the pace since we're in NO hurry here! Anyway...more than you really wanted to know, but that's the big deal at our house! :)