Time to brag on Mr. Patrick

I am SO PROUD of Patrick. For all practical purposes, HE IS POTTY TRAINED! We really started working with him in January, but with no real pressure. Before long, he was asking to go to potty. I think the Incredibles, Spiderman and Superman BIG BOY underwear helped, too. A couple of times we have forgotten to put him in Pull-Ups before going to bed, and he woke up dry.
I AM SO PROUD of my little man for being potty trained a month before his 3rd birthday!!
No more $ on diapers!!
(He is feeding Paul a plastic steak he cooked on his in tihs picture.)

Summertime, Summertime, Sum Sum Summertime

Reasons I LOVE SUMMER! C'mon June, July and August!

1. Hanging out in the blow-up pool with my boys.
2. I can get a great tan. I might not have the bod I used to, but I do have the tan.
3. My birthday - July 24th
4. Looking forward to vacationing in Colorado for a week with my boys, Mom and Dad and Josh & Meghan.
5. I am going to allowed to wear capris & flip flops to work!
6. Gives me more incentive to loose more weight to fit into cute sundresses.

2 Legit 2 Quit

Yeah, I quoted The Hammer. And I was jammin' along to this cd this morning too. REALLY jammin'! I needed a musical pick-me-up this morning, so I choose this cd. Jump by Kriss Kross, OPP by Naughty by Nature, The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground, 2 Legit 2 Quit, Iesha by Another Bad Creation.
Funny story how I got this cd. . . I went with several other "Young Professionals" in Student Affairs to the Alamo Bowl to coordinate Raider Gate and escort the Masked Rider. It was the night before the Alamo Bowl and Jon Mark and I were out late on The Riverwalk. We did RAIDER POWER so many times on the Riverwalk, we needed some coughdrops. So we commandeered our Surburban and went looking for a Wal-Mart. In addition to getting coughdrops, we got breakfast and juice for the next morning and this cd. We also got pictures with Ronald McDonald. JMB and I had it on 2 Legit 2 Quit so that it would play LOUD when we all got in the Surburban early - like 6am - the next morning to head to Raider Gate. The others didn't find our early mornin' jam as impressive or humorous as JMB and I did. Ever since this trip, this cd makes me smile and think of those carefree, crazy times.

Sweet Toby Kowalik update

Toby's doin' great, he's already grown a half inch, and he's close to4 1/2 pounds! He's goin' through all the stuff preemies go throughbefore they're allowed to go home, but he's holdin' up great! I gotto feed him my first bottle last night (it wasn't HIS first, justmine.),and we made it nearly all the way through. From Toby's Dad, Steve

Who's ready for FOOTBALL???!!!

Patrick is SO READY for Red Raider football! We took his new binoculars to the spring football game. He's still trying to figure out how they work. He looks into them backwards, because the he says end your supposed to look into "doesn't fit his eyes." Did that make sense?

DOODAH & PAPA J

DOODAH & PAPA J!!!!

My Doodah & Papa J ROCK! Guitar harmonica & all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's #37 for The Ricker

That's right, Ricky Shroder turns 37 today. Happy birthday to Mr. Silver Spoons.













And now for my pet peeves. . .
1. Dirty dishes left in the sink when the dishwasher is open
2. Slow drivers
3. People who mispronounce my name or misspell either of my names
4. People who talk on the cell phone when other people are in the car, when they are in the bathroom, other public places where others might not want to hear their conversations