Something special from each kid

This coat was the first piece of clothing I bought for Kate.  I got it from Gap right after we found out she was a girl-- I thought it was darling and could hardly wait for her to wear it.  My Mom gave me a whole bunch of fun and beautiful bows. Most of her bows come from my mom!

 Tanner-man started the potty-training business! He caught on quickly as soon as I offered "soda pop" as his reward! He wasn't interested until I told him he could have pop-- and then he honestly ran into the bathroom and went potty.  I couldn't believe that was all it took. He goes pee by himself, but gets me a diaper to go poop in.  He's such a silly boy--- he was super easy to train.  My favorite part is that he goes all by himself without any reminders and will go all day long just to get a treat.  He puts the chair by the treat cupboard-- climbs up on it, and then counts "1, 2, 3, 4" and grabs a bunch of candy--- mostly smarties or gummy bears.  The 2nd day he was being potty trained we had our friends over and when Tanner is done going potty he waddles out of the bathroom with his pants down and finds me to help him pull them up.  Well, he did that and Sadie Allen and Avery Orme were in the living room.  They started screaming, "Tanner's naked" and ran around the house.  You can imagine how funny Tanner thought that was--- he took his clothes off and started chasing them butt naked! He continued to use the potty and run around naked multiple times while they were here.  It was innocent and cute!

 Reece is now a Bear scout! He earned his wolf, some arrows and a whole bunch of other awards.

 Reece has a pen pal from Kindergarten that lives in Boise-- her name is Isobel.  She sent him a birthday present so he made this nice card for her as a Thank you.  He looked at a picture of a dragon from a book and drew this impressive dragon! He is very talented with art--- something that doesn't come from his parents but most definitely comes from his Grandpa Miller and Great Grandpa Miller.

 Benson LOVES Kate.  When she was first born that is all he talked or wrote about in School.  He would randomly write "I Love Kate" on all his papers.  It was adorable.  This is one of the papers that I could about Kate! And then I also liked his definition of Love "love means liking someone. It's fun!".