Sunny Sunday

Today was absolutely gorgeous--sunny and 65 degrees, which is pretty much perfect at any time of the year, but especially in early March in Michigan.  We took full advantage of it!  The windows in the house were open, and I did my weekend errands with the sunroof open and the windows down.  After the chores were done we just had a blast playing in the sunshine.

First time in the sandbox this year.  Nathan was so excited to be reunited with all of his sand toys!

Before our walk I had to take some photos of Natalie in her snuggly little bear coat.  This is her "fending off the paparazzi" pose.

This is already a classic Natalie expression.  This is her studying something interesting face.  In this instance it was the camera.

The four of us headed out for a walk around the neighborhood before dinner.  This was the first time that Natalie was big enough for us to use the double stroller that Becky and Andy handed down to us.  It's so nice, and Nathan thought it was really cool that there was a seat for both kids.

One edge of our neighborhood borders a farm, so Nathan had to get out into the field to check things out.  He discovered some big chunks of dirt.  What does any three-year-old worth his salt do with a big chunk of dirt?

Why, throw it of course!

Such a cute kid

Such a cute hubby and baby, watching Nathan's antics.

The random household task crossed of my to-do list this weekend was to clean out and reorganize the linen closet in the kids' bathroom.  I hadn't done that in about five years, and it felt so good to sort through all of our old towels and organize our cleaning products.  The closet has a childproof lock on it, which means the cleaning supplies aren't accessible by the little ones.

And, here's the BEST and most exciting news of the weekend:  Nathan is using the potty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   He is so very proud of himself and excited about his new accomplishment, which is even more exciting than how proud we are of him.  He's had a few accidents, but overall he has done really, really well (he even had his first peeing outside experience on our walk today. haha).   Now that he knows that he can do it, he's all about it.  Hooray!  Do you like the super fancy sticker chart and stickers?  I love that Nathan picked out a sparkly yellow "P" sticker and put it over the one that I wrote in.  What a big boy!