The Orchard Team Huddle

WARNING:  This post is full of potty language so if that is offensive to you, please don't read:). I started potty training Mason on April 1st.  It wasn't the best day but what day is?  An hour into the process Mason had peed on the floor three times (thank goodness for wood)!  I wondered if I was really committed enough to see this process through.  Later on, Russell had a little guy party to kick off the MLB baseball season so we had a few uncles and cousins around which made for some definite distractions.  Mason was agitated and bothered that I kept taking him to the bathroom.  He would get angry with me and just when I left him alone for 10 minutes he would pee.  Sigh.  I knew this was going to be horrible.  That night Stockton had a game so I gave myself a bit of a break and armed Mace with a Pull-Up!  Much to my joy he decided to do his dirty deed in there and I didn't have to deal with a mess.  I was okay with that ti...

In an effort to tighten the eating-out-budget belt loop just a bit Russell has tried just about every $2.99 Value Meal out there.  His personal favorite...Whopper Wednesday, the only day you can get the Whopper Value Meal for $2.99 (although he recently informed me that it is now $3.49, darn price of gas!).  I probably wouldn't have even thought about blogging this story except for the fact that yesterday he was already expressing his excitement for Whopper Wednesday!  You know, kind of like waiting for the grocery ads to come in the mail, or a coupon for free Humus or a FREE MEAL at Cafe Rio:).  Perhaps I have rubbed off on him just a bit!