A quick update

I'm afraid my post will be short and sweet with no pictures or video to accompany it this week. I'm am in the middle of taking a graduate class at UNL this week, and things are a bit hectic. The kids stayed with my mom Mon and Tues, and with Ellen Wed and Thurs and back with mom on Friday. So, they're off the regular routine, plus they have a little bit of a virus, which is causing some unpleasant diapers. That's not helping matters. They fell asleep instantly tonight and are sleeping like logs right now. Hopefully they will be better after a good night's sleep tonight.

A quick potty update. They have all gone potty at least once, which is excellent. We're not doing too much with it this week, only what the grandmas are willing to do. We'll start back up again in earnest next week when I'm back home. We're also considering trying just one of them (probably Grace) in underwear. We wonder if maybe concentrating on just one at a time is a better idea than we originally thought. We'll have to see. We're traveling some in August, so that could be a challenge.

Grace was able to pedal her tricycle on her own this week, which is great. She's finally has enough leg strength to do it. Will continues to amaze us with his great memory. It seems like we tell him something once and he will talk about it later. For example, my mom must have told him Grandpa was at work, looking at people's teeth. This morning, Brian told Will he was going to grandma's house, but grandpa would be at work. Will said "work on people's teeth?" Xander is coming out of his stubborn phase (a little). He's been better lately and not quite so much to deal with. We've been ignoring it at much as possible, and giving him some choices has seemed to help. We (or at least I) have been trying to give him a little more attention to see if that helps improve his behavior. He has a tendancy to play by himself or wander away, so I have been wondering if he gets less attention than the others because of that.

That's about all. I'll get some video over the weekend and some pictures and give a better update next week. Thanks for being understanding, it's a busy week for me. Take care!