So many milestones

Don't know where the time goes...obviously not spent blogging about what is going on in the Padre household!

Natalie is - almost- potty trained! Yeah! She has been in underwear every day since the beginning of May and is doing great. She was going through the night without having a wet diaper so I switched her to underwear in late April at night and then transitioned to underwear all day. The first couple of days at day care she went through 4 pairs of pants but this last week, Natalie came home from day care in the same clothes that she went there in! Very, very exciting! I am no longer worried about her starting pre-school the week of August 11th.  She does have accidents still and the bowel movements tend to be a bit tricky - she knows they are coming but wants to get off the potty before she is truly finished.  But we know she will get there.

Her language continues to improve and she has become a real chatter box. Lexi spent the night at Auntie Michelle's house and Natalie talked our ears off! Now we can't get her to stop! We can't understand everything she is trying to say - sometimes it is the words and other times the context...we will get the words but can't figure out what she is referring to.

Lexi is reading chapter books to herself and doesn't want to put books down! It's SOO wonderful.  She really loves to read. Math, on the other hand, is kind of a struggle for her.  And Mom and Dad don't know how to help her   - they aren't doing it the way we dig - so there have been several tantrums thrown.

Stephen and my goal this summer is to teach Lexi how to ride a bike.  We didn't get very far last summer and she tends to get so nervous. I hope we have the patience to make it through.