Gotta Get a Gordon....

So for a while now, Daniel has been very aware that his Thomas the Train collection does NOT include either a "Gordon" (one of the engines) or an "Annie and a Claribel" (two passenger coach cars).. So he's been saying at random moments "We gotta getta gordon".

We'd talked about maybe getting them for his birthday (a while a way still) or maybe even further away at christmas..But he wasn't really seeming excited about waiting that long..

And then this weekend, since I was home from work on Friday, we decided to take another go at potty training..And Daniel knocked it out of the park. Over 3 days he only had 2 accidents when he was wearing his big boy underpants, and the few times we did put a diaper on him, he kept them dry each time.

I'm SO proud of my big boy. We're not at the end of the road, but we've made it over the first mountain.

So, as a big treat for a big success, I decided it was time to get a Gordon..And so we did :)

Happy Early 4th of July!

So I have a couple GREAT pictures from this weekend.

1) My kids, and their cousins, AND, their Great Grandparents - Gramma Lona and Grampa Bobby. Gramma Lona will be turning 88 in a few weeks, and Grampa Bobby will be turning the big 9-0 in November. They are quite the inspiration :)

2) Our Plona family. Our entire Plona family.. All 42 of them! I'm extremely lucky to be part of this group - who turns out year after year for our annual 4th of July picnic and camp out. Yup, I said camp out... It's a great party - one I look forward to every year. Special thanks to Cousin Traci for bringing her tripod so we could get a complete family picture this year!

3) Since Daniel has been "in a mood" when I've tried to take his picture for the past few months now, I don't have a lot of good shots of him recently. Somehow, we caught this good one of him yesterday...