Picture Play

I was experimenting with my Kodak software. I thought these were sweet pictures of Karsyn and Lamar. She definitely has her moments between Daddy and Mommy. Sunday was definitely a Daddy Day.

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Soccer & Spring Pictures

Yesterday, Landrie played her first 2 soccer games. It was 40 degrees when we were out there and a ridiculous wind. I'm guessing it was less than 30 degrees with the wind chill.

Landrie's team has only had one practice, so they were not as prepared as the other 2 teams but still played their hardest. Most importantly though, Landrie had fun and is excited to play again next week.


Thankfully today was a beautiful "sunshiny day" as Karsyn likes to say since we had family pictures planned. Below are the pictures I took when we finished, but they are about the same quality as the photographer caught since Karsyn was not interested in cooperating. She was above all bribes offered and buried her face in my leg for several shots. We'll get the real pictures back later this week. I'm hoping there are a few we can use.

My Princesses

On Sunday, the girls, Lolly and I went to Elle's Princess & Pirate Tea Party. It was so much fun! The girls were greeted by Snow White and got to play will every princess toy imaginable. After Elle served them tea, Ariel came by the party to play games and entertain them. It was a great party!

Karsyn was "Trincess Barbie" as she says, and Landrie was Cinderella.

Landrie's First Soccer Practice

Last night, Landrie had her first soccer practice. We were supposed to start last week, but we had crazy cold rains for several days straight. The weather was perfect for her first day out.


Landrie exceeded my expectations last night. She listened so well to her coach and tried everything that was asked of her. I think she really enjoyed herself!

Restraining Karsyn on the sidelines was definitely a challenge, but she did good too. She joined in some of the games with the team and played photographer for a while.

Karsyn also had a PERFECT day on the potty! I'm so proud of her! We went to soccer practice and a restaurant for dinner and NOT one accident! She's doing GREAT!

Another GREAT day!

I'm shocked that I'm able to type this after Sunday not going well at all. Karsyn is well on her way to being officially potty trained!!! Yesterday, she had her only accident at 8:15 because Mommy didn't take her before our walk to see Campbell. When she woke up, her pull-up was dry and she's stayed dry all morning long. Wooooo hooooo! I'm just a tad bit REALLY excited!



I'm so proud of my littlest BIG girl!

I promise this won't become a PT blog, but I need to record this for the books. Our well-documented first attempts didn't go so well, so I'm pleased to report our progress this time.

Thanks for everyone's support and encouragement! As melodramatic as it sounds, I couldn't have made it through these last few days without it!

Karsyn's Big Day

**Monday Update: Karsyn has had an awesome day! No accidents and we've even braved 2 car rides. I'm so proud of her and she's VERY proud of herself!


Here's what we're up to today! (Click the link for a fun video)

We're out of diapers at the our house and we are on Spring Break! What a better time to potty train Miss Priss. On Friday night, the girls both got to pick out prizes for Karsyn's potty training adventure. Landrie is being such a good sister and helping Karsyn remember to go potty and keep her panties dry.

We've got candy and prizes waiting for success! The candy is for each time Karsyn goes successfully and her big prize if she keeps her panties dry for 2 days.

For being a good helper, Landrie picked out a Barbie as her reward. Karsyn chose Dora and Diego dolls. They are proudly displayed on the towel bar in their bathroom to remind Karsyn of her reward. Right now Dora and Diego are sad so they're facing the wall. When Karsyn keeps dry, they'll turn around and cheer for her!

Since we're house bound for a few days, I'm trying to keep Landrie and Karsyn entertained. We've painted toe nails and even did a mini-makeover for Landrie. Isn't she beautiful?!?

If things continue this way, we're going to have a long, boring week! If you have any ideas for us, please post them in the comments. I don't do boredom very well!

Hope you're week is a little more interesting than ours! I'm sure Karsyn will give me plenty of blog material so check back for more updates.

Cha-cha-changes!

It's an exciting time of year with birthdays (mine and Karsyn's), Spring Break coming up and Summer just 3 short months away. With the changing of the seasons, The Kirk Krew is undergoing some changes too...mainly Landrie.

Landrie starts soccer for the first time next week. She's very nervous about trying something new, but I'm sure she'll do great. The biggest challenge will be trying to keep Karsyn off the field. I think she's more interested than her big sister.

We also got an email from Landrie's Pre-K this week. They are going to be taking Graduation pictures next week! I can hardly believe that Landrie is about to go to Kindergarten! She's been at her preschool for the last 4 years, so it will very different for her to go to her new school. When we talk about it she goes through the typical questions, of who will be her friends, will she be the littlest there, etc. We just keep encouraging her and hopefully easing her fears. I know she'll do great!