How to Night Time Potty Train Your Boy in 2 Nights or Less...

Yes, I know I should patent this idea since it worked SO WELL for me, but here goes:

Pink Pullups for Boys

That's my secret.

Pink Pullups for Quinton.

The first night, he didn't even notice.

The second night, I was on the phone and Matt was getting Quinton ready for bed. The next thing I know, Quinton comes stomping up to me, waving his pink pullup in the air and says, "Mom, I am NOT WEARING THESE! THEY ARE PINK!"

I said, "Okay but then you have to wear your underwear to bed and not have an accident."

Quinton turned around and said, "FINE!"

That was 4 nights ago and we haven't had any accidents!

Who knew pink pullups would do the trick?

I only bought them because they were on clearance and I had a coupon for another $2 off so they were about $6 cheaper than the Lightning McQueen pullups!

I'm waiting for the Mother Of The Year nominating committee to call anytime now!!!

Easter Time!

Happy Easter from the (Chicago) Harkers!

We had a delightful Easter Sunday!

Quinton and Matt woke up to their Easter swag left by E.B. White, himself.

Quinton really enjoyed all of the gifts the Easter Bunny left and when he woke up on Monday, the first thing he asked was if the Easter Bunny had come again. He was VERY disappointed that this Easter Bunny basket thing is a one-day-a-year gig.

I don't blame him!
We hope you had a great Easter!

Where Do I Start?

I don't even know where to start.

The past month has been a blur, kind of...

Normally, I would blog late at night, with the TV on in the background but about a month ago, we ditched cable to "economize" and now it's so quiet here in my "office".

Anyway, I finally uploaded my photos and have random ones to share.

Below, Quinton is jumping on our trampoline in his new Transformers PJ bottoms and matching cap that I sewed for him. I call this picture "Skillz" for Quinton's jumping skills and my sewing skills!

This picture makes me laugh everytime I see it! This is our friend, Makenah, wearing Quinton's Optimus Prime helmet. When you talk, there is a voice changer to make your voice sound like Optimus Prime. Really this was a Christmas gift for Quinton that I could play with!
This picture depicts an average "Date Night" for our family. Matt and Quinton had lots of fun with the chopsticks, too!

This picture also makes me laugh because Quinton had been quiet and voila, I found him like this. It just looks like he got into my lipstick, right? Sort of.

It was my COLORSTAY lipstick which stays on for a LONG time after it dries. Quinton slept like this and true to its name, the lipstick didn't even rub off on his pillow case!

Nope.

I had to SCRUB it off his face the next morning after a nice shower to try and steam it off!

Thanks, Covergirl!

And last but not least, the many faces of Quinton!

As you can tell, Quinton is quite shy of the camera...whatever!