The Burkett Blog

Monday, July 11, 2011

4th of July

Here is a link to photos from the 4th of July. Last minute we hosted a lunch for some of my high school friends and their kids. We had perfect weather and a wonderful afternoon catching up. Doyl saved the day with a bounce house for the kids, which kept them occupied while we socialized. Aunt Nancy captured the day with beautiful photographs. Enjoy the snapfish album.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Look Mom!

Trader Joe's often gives out stickers to kids at the check out counter. On the way home from the grocery store this week, Xavier yelled from the back seat, "Look mom, I put on all my stickers!" I turned around to see stickers up both of his legs. He was very proud. Here is the picture I took when we got home.

Spider Man

For the last three weeks, Hunter has been attending Summer Camp at his preschool. They kids were very into face painting, and everyday when I picked up Hunter he was a different character. His favorite was "Iron Monster" based on the Sesame Street episode where Grover changes into an "Iron Monster" to help iron wrinkled clothes. One day they had a Spider Man theme, and all the little boys had a Spider Man face. This is Hunter as Spider Man.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Vegetable Garden

At preschool this year, the class worked on a garden with the help of one of their teachers, Mr. Nick. Gardening was one of Hunter's favorite activities this year. Since I don't have a green thumb, I invited Mr. Nick to help us start a vegetable garden at our house. We planted mini watermelon, cucumbers, squash, and radishes. Next week we will add a strawberry seedling. This is a picture of Hunter and Xavier with Mr. Nick sitting in front of the final project.

Building the planter.
(Hunter's face is green from the face paint earlier in the morning.)

Xavier looking cute.

Spreading out the dirt.

Xavier planting mini watermelon seeds.

Hunter planting squash seeds.

It's Official, Xavier is Potty Trained!

Last weekend, Xavier decided he didn't want to wear a diaper anymore. Saturday and Sunday we "practiced" wearing underwear around the house, and Monday we went to the store so he could pick out his very own underwear. He hasn't looked back. Monday and Tuesday there were quite a few accidents as Xavier learned what it feels like when "pee pee wants to sneak out". By Thursday, he was accident free and doing #2 in the potty! The last two mornings he's even woken up with a dry diaper. I am sure the success of his easy transition from diapers to underwear is partly due to being the second child and being motivated to be like his big brother, but also has a lot to do with his personality. Whatever the reason, I can't believe he's potty trained - I love it! And, if anyone needs to some size 5 Seventh Generations diapers, I have five unopened packs in the closet.