So it's Been a year and a half.... maybe more.

So I utterly and truly stink at this blogging thing. It isn't that I don't think about it, I do. I often plan the blog posts in my head, but I never seem to be able to find the time to record them. Oh, well. I am going to do what I can do. Seeing as there are very few followers this blog is mostly for me anyways. :)
So life here has been crazy, hectic, and busy. We are in the last week of summer and Eden is getting ready to enter the first grade. I know I often have to pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming that she really has turned into this amazing beautiful girl. As part of our end of the summer week Eden is having a sleepover with her BFFTS Audrey. For those of you who may not be sure as to what that acronym means it is: Best Friends Forever Twin Sisters. The two of them have decided that best friends forever is not enough, and that they also need to strive to be twin sisters. I will admit it was cute the first time they said it but after about a hundred repetitions I have to admit it is getting a little creepy. :) Point is though that she is getting to have her best friend spend the night and couldn't be happier. It was important for her to be happy this week as much as possible because Elliott is out of town. He is in Seattle living it up in glamorous child free nights. Just kidding he is working grueling 12 hour days trying to get the part he is testing finished. Worst part is he will miss the first day of school. Eden was crushed, and to be honest I wasn't thrilled either. The transition to school is hard enough with both of us, it is a bit overwhelming by myself. Eden has her meet and greet with her new teacher tomorrow, so hopefully that will help her to become more excited and less anxious about starting a new school year.

Eli is coming into his toddlerhood with a ferocious zeal for destruction. He will be three next month and he is all boy. His favorite past times are destroying things his sister builds/makes, annoying his sister, playing with his toy tools, climbing on his sister, and sometimes playing with his animals. Notice that most of his favorite things to do revolve around irritating his sister. I have a feeling that Eden going back to school is going to be hardest on him. In other exciting news of toddlers Eli is finally potty training. I know it seems a little late but I just don't think he was quite ready. After doing fairly well for the past few days we have had a bit of a setback today. I think it has more to do with Eden having a friend over, than him not wanting to go on the potty. We have had three accidents since he got up from his nap alone including one where he pooped on the bathroom floor. In his defense he felt really bad about it, and ten minutes later pooped on the potty. How is that for excitement? Yeah, that is how we roll. Nothing but high quality excitement for us. If you had asked me 7 years ago before I had Eden if I would ever spend a majority of my day talking about, thinking about, and tracking my toddlers potty habits, I might have told you that you were nuts. But the truth is I couldn't be happier. It isn't perfect here, in fact most of the time I seriously consider myself insane for taking on this thing called motherhood. Especially when the kids are complaining that they are miserable and that I am just so mean, because I won't let them eat candy for dinner and destroy the house. They also especially despise the whole cleaning phenomenon I have been trying to get on board with. Not that I blame them, I truly loathe cleaning, but I am trying to at least keep the house in a semi state of disarray as opposed to complete destruction. But overall I look at my crazy silly life, and think how lucky I am to have these days with them. That these days are fleeting and that before I know it they will be grown and not want to snuggle with mom on the couch during family movie night.