I have never heard them called drums before . . .

This is Krystal -

So with the "Great Blog Challenge of 2009" in front of me, I have been on the look out for things to blog about this week. Since I blogged on Sunday, I only have to do 1 more by Saturday. Here is something cute/disturbing that just happened - & since I told Megan that it should involve a picture or a minimum amount of words, let me know if this counts or not - as you will read, be glad there is no picture.

So I was just reading through the new blog posts and commenting away (another stipulation of the challenge). Tyson comes walking out of my bedroom, holding one of my bras in his hands. I glance over and see him coming towards me. Before I could even ask what he was doing, he laid my bra on the chair & says "look mommy, drums!" & proceeds to starting pounding on the cups like there were bongos. I didn't even know what to say, I just got up, picked up the bra and put it away.

Really ??

What's New?

Not much - it has been really cold so we haven't done much around here. But I thought I would share some photos from Christmas and other stuff. Enjoy.

I helped mommy make some Christmas cookies.


Here Taryn is enjoying unwrapping presents - she got her first Cabbage Patch Doll.


Here is Taryn in her pretty Christmas dress


Here we are with our Papa - this was Taryn's favorite spot (or maybe Papa's favorite spot for her) when we were there at Christmas
Daddy got a punching bag and I wanted to try on the gloves.

Taryn likes playing with my puzzles

I got these maganetic shapes from Mama & Papa. I built this "house" one day. I was so proud of my house!

Mommy got American Idol for her Wii, but she has a hard time playing, because I won't share the microphone. I like to talk into it all the time.

Taryn got this horsey from Aunt H for her birthday - at first she is a little scared of it, but after awhile she finds out that it is really fun. I had to try it out first for her.

Here is a little video of Taryn. It's good to know she hasn't lost her "growl".

All I want for Christmas is . . . . to buy less diapers

This is Tyson's mommy. I thought I would share with you our Saturday. Tyson has been taking his diapers off at night & the other night he came out of our bedroom with his pants around his ankles and lifted up his shirt to show me his bare bottom. He said to me "Uh, Mommy . . . I think something is missin' " When I asked him where is diaper was he said "I don't know, I can't find it". After thinking about this a couple of days, I though maybe this was his way of letting us know he is ready for the potty.

So I got all of his pants washed up and had a pile of little boy underwear ready for today. Today was going to be the day that we were going to concur the potty.

Below is a play-by-play of today's events - I know this is very similar to a post Nikki put up a while back, unfortunately - we did not have the same results.

8:00 to 8:30 - Tyson woke up & sat on the potty (the little potty that was brought out to the living room for today's events) - No deposits, so we put on dinosaur underwear and some sweatpants. We discuss how we don't go potty on the dinosaurs - he agreed

9:00 - Tyson helped himself to a banana (still not sure where the peel ended up, still looking for it) - when I came into the kitchen, he was stuffing that banana in as fast as he could. I saw a puddle on the floor. I said "Tyson did you go potty in your pants?" His response . . . "Yes, I made a mess & you better clean it up" - underwear and pants #2

10:00 to 10:20 - back on the potty again - nothing.

10:45 - Tyson was walking through the living room, stopped, looked at me with a uncomfortable look and said " There is water in my pants" - underwear & pants #3

After lunch, we tried the potty again, with no results. It was now time for naps, so I put a diaper on him.

3:00 - Tyson gets up from his nap with a poopy diaper. If I have anything good to say about today, it is that he did not poop his underwear!

3:00 to 3:15 - Tyson was back on the potty - nothing - but we did discuss that when he has to go potty that he goes on the potty. He replied back to me, after I asked where he goes potty "Over there" and pointed to the potty. He then repeated after me, over and over again "No potty in my pants, no potty in my pants" I was thinking this as a good start to the rest of the day.

3:30 - Tyson was watching tv, turned around and said to me "My pants" Guess what . . . . yep - another accident - underwear & pants #4

3:30 to 3:45 - potty time . . . . . . nothing

4:15 - I happened to look over and see a dark streak going down Tyson's leg. When I said his name (a little louder than usual), he quickly turned around and slid/slipped on his newly formed puddle. He caught himself and smiled at me & said " I'm OK mommy" - underwear & pants #5

5:30 - tried another potty break, after supper . . . . . nothing

6:30 - Yep, one more accident. This time, I gave him the towel and told him he had to wipe it up. He took the towel, rubbed it across the floor a couple of times, handed it back to me and said "Yeah mommy, I cleaned it all up"

7:00 - Time for bath and jammies & a diaper. I am giving up for the night - tomorrow is another day, right?

One of the perks of being little!

This morning daddy had to get up early to move snow. We got lots of snow and it was really windy, so there were tall drifts blocking mommy's van in the garage.

When I got up, I immediately jumped up on the couch to see what all the noise was about. I saw my daddy in his "tractor". Mommy brought me some pancakes for breakfast and sat there and watched daddy outside.

I'm sure glad I am not big enough to help yet, it looked cold out there.

Taryn is 1!

Can you believe it, my little sister is 1 today.

Here she is bright and happy this morning (well, maybe a little sleepy).

After supper tonight, she got her cake. I helped sing Happy Birthday to her, I'm a pretty good singer if I do say so myself.

At first, she was just interested in the candle. But then we showed her how yummy cake and the frosting was - she dove right in.

She had lots of fun and was being silly for us.

After cake and supper, we drove around and looked at the Christmas lights. I thought they were cool and repeated everything mommy and daddy had to say about the houses.

But Taryn was not as impressed. I guess turning 1 takes a lot out of little girls.

Happy Birthday Mama!

Last weekend, we got to go to Fargo to meet Papa & Mama. It was lots of fun. They brought these cool hard hats that me and Papa wore. I still wear it all the time at my house

Then Paige came to visit us, along with Nikki, Chas, Chad and Tiff. We had a good visit & played with the puppies (through their kennel doors, though).

We all had a good lesson in sharing - with toys and puff corn. I think we ate almost the whole bag that night!

Later after Taryn fell asleep, me and mommy got to go swimming. It was lots of fun. I especially liked looking at myself in the mirror.

After we were done swimming, I took a bath & Lucy wouldn't leave me alone. At first we thought it was because she loved me so much, but then we discovered it was just because she was thirsty.Here are some pictures of Taryn - she is getting so big. She likes to get into everything and then I have to take it away from her. Sometimes mommy makes me give it back, but sometimes I don't have to, because it is not for babies (only big boys like me). Then I help find her something new to play with.

Mommy said she got 2 new teeth this weekend! She loves to eat anything & everything, as long as it is not baby food. She will not eat that anymore. It won't be long before she is walking too. She stands by herself for a long time but is scared to take that first step.

It is our Mama Nodland's birthday today! Happy Birthday, wish we were there to give you lots of hugs and kisses, but instead I got to have chips for a snack (in honor of you!)

We love you!

ZooBoo ??

So my mommy told me about this thing called "zooboo". It's where you get all dressed up for Halloween and go to the zoo. They have all sorts of booths set up, where they give you candy! So this afternoon, me & Taryn got on our costumes to go see this wonderful place - that gives you candy for free!

Here is Taryn before we left. Grandma bought her this Piglet costume this summer. PS - there is extra stuffing on the belly, her tummy isn't really that big.

Here I am before we left - I was Blue, from Blue's Clues.

When we got there, there were so many people and such a long line just to get in, that we left. Mommy thought that waiting in a line that big, would make none of us too happy. She said we have plenty of candy at home. So when we got home, we took some pictures in our front lawn.

Oh, I also wanted to show you my Mr. Potato Head. I was playing with it with daddy today & he said I did such a good job, that we took a picture.

Have a great week & a happy Halloween!