We had a great time today with my parents and two of my three brothers. My other brother lives way far away in CA and can only make it over here on the holidays. He was missed. Anyway, the rest of the family drove over from Orlando to visit with us and celebrate Hannah's birthday.

This type of photograph is typical of our family gatherings.

Hannah has a bag of play hair extensions in her hand. She was unsure what to do with them and didn't want them in her ponytail.

So my youngest bro. decided to break them in for her.

Having them over was a nice way to wrap up the week! So now our home is filled with princess shoes, dress up clothes and plastic jewelry along with legos, bionicle pieces and army men. How different it was five years ago when Christian was three! His third birthday was Thomas the Tank Engine and our house was filled with wooden train tracks, little trains and lots of trucks. I don't even want to think about life in five years with Christian being 13 and Hannah being 8. It seems so far away but I'm sure it will be here before I know it.

The transition from diaper to toilet has gone suprisingly well. I really can't believe it. I keep waiting for a setback or something. Since her accomplishment on Tuesday night, she hasn't had a single accident. She did ask if I could put her back in diapers yesterday because she was having difficulty with her # 2 business but after some prayer and encouragment she was successful in doing what she needed to do on her little toilet. We have managed errands, going out to eat, public restrooms and church activities with her wearing underwear. This is certainly not the same girl I worked with on Tuesday! I'm so proud of her! I still use diapers for nighttime but I have confidence that night habits will be mastered eventually. At this point in time I am not going to invest too much effort in trying to get her in underwear for the night. I'm just happy with the progress we've made so far and I want to be sure it is solid progress before we venture into new territory.  

It is hard to believe that the month of May is here! We'll be finishing up school soon and I'm looking forward to the break summertime has to offer us. I have yet to register Christian with the school district in our new county. That is definitely on my to-do list for next week since we're almost done with school and I want to have him evaluated and officially signed off on 2nd grade before July. Anyway, I have a lot on my mind in regards to homeschooling but that's for another post!

I'm off to bed. I hope everyone has a great weekend!