Faithbooking

I've discovered Faithbooking, and have decided that I'd really like to keep a Faithbook for my family.

According to Wikipedia, "Faithbooking, or spiritual scrapbooking is a creative expression of a family's spiritual journey, values and events that are captured in scrapbooks, diaries or journals that combine the use of photographs, decorated papers, scripture, thoughts, prayers, blessings, stories and embellishments such as buttons, ribbon and other creative art media.[1] The goal of faithbooking is to creatively preserve and tell a story about how a family grows spiritually"

I've seen some beautiful pages out there (this blog has some really great ones), and am excited to get this going!

I finally got the pictures off of my cell phone! Here are some from our trip to Disneyland.




And from a Wheeler farm Day with Chi, Sarah, and all the kids!

While reading scrpiture stories as a family the other night, we were talking about the Exodus. John asked Michael how the Israelites got food.

"Jesus put it on the ground."

"...and what was the food called?"

"Nanas!"

I love my cute kids!

I recently ran across this video of my JM

He loved watching Clark Kent run when he first discovered his powers in Superman Returns.

Enjoy

Just moving some entertaining stuff here...feel free to watch.





Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Have I mentioned how much J'adore Severus Snape?

Hooray for JM! He's been using the potty pretty regularly!

Of course, we're off to California tomorrow, so it might not have been the best time to get him started... oh, well. Fortunately the Disneyland map has all the toilets marked. =)

Yep...Disneyland. I'm calling this the kids' first trip, because it was only 1 day before, and we were all stressed out. This is a whole week with just us!

We'll bring y'all back souvenirs.

Well, It's been forever since a new post graced this fine blog (lol) but I'm back at it, and with good news!

JM decided he's excited about potty training! He's wanted nothing to do with his cool truck potty that makes cool truck noises when you pee in it, or his super cool Disney/Pixar themed underpants, until now.

Today he decided he wanted to wear the underpants.

I don't know what changed his mind, but he was really excited about it, so I put them on him, we ceremoniously threw away his pull-up (chanting no more diapers! Yay!) and I told him not to pee in them. (wishful thinking, I know. But a little threat never hurt anybody...) And we brought his potty into the living room.

He spent the next hour telling me he'd peed, which he hadn't, sitting on his potty for a few seconds, and then changing into different underpants.

Then I heard it...the sound his potty makes when you pee in it!

He did it!

I gave him a sticker to put on his potty chart, which got him so excited he was dancing around the living room. =)

I hope he sticks with it!


"Look at these cool underpants!"

UPDATE:

He's been using the potty consistently over the last few hours! The only accidents have been poop...that's the frustrating part, I guess.