Lazy Summer Days

Here's a few pictures from last week... a makeshift water slide in the backyard that the boys loved but Emma was afraid of. She loves big areas of water - pool, ocean - but seems to be afraid of things that spray like the sprinkler and this cool water slide the Daly's have. Ryan, Brendan and Andrew had fun for hours!

Emma is posing proudly with her 'Potty Presents.' We tried this with Ryan when he was trained but afraid to go stinky on the potty - each time he went, he got to choose a present (I love the dollar store for this very reason). Emma is not afraid, she just doesn't always tell us when she has to go. So we are trying the Potty Present route with her, only it's a bit more difficult b/c she will go on the potty half of the time. So I have to pick and choose when she gets a treat. The latest is that she must tell us she needs to go stinky on the potty and then go. Needless to say, there hasn't been any presents opened in a few days.

We are watching Tyler for a few days and the kids love having him around. They want to help feed him and play with him, but they don't like it much when he cries, especially Emma. She gets very dramatic and exclaims 'Baby Tyler Crynin!' Here's a picture of the boy cousins during bottle time.