Tonight we went to The Hat. I’ve been thinking about a pastrami sandwich for a few days now. I finally got it.

Steph, Jess and I went to CPK for lunch today. When Jess became distracted from her menu, I grabbed the crayons. This page said “Create Your Own Fun” and I drew an exclamation point. Then it turned into this crazy picture.

It was incredibly silly and fun creating this little masterpiece. Go ahead and click on it to see the details.

My smilemaker today was MAIL! From CJ!

Seriously, what could make opening the mailbox any better than getting a little surprise from a friend.

Today shows Jessalyn taking a “practice run” with her new potty. She never sat on this kind before, although she does have a potty chair upstairs. She wanted to see how it worked, so I stuck her her on it wearing clothes and all.

We’ve been introducing to Jessalyn the idea of using a potty. She’s successfully used her Jess sized potty twice now. Since we have 2 bathrooms here, I got 2 different toilets for her to use. The first is one of those stand alone, kid chair toilets, and then for the downstairs I got the kind that goes on top of the regular toilet. The last thing I wanted to worry about was when we really get rolling with this, she needs to go and can’t make it to correct bathroom. So I figured it’s just easier to have something available in both bathrooms for her should the need arise. Also, since the downstairs bathroom is so small, I figured the kind that goes on top of the existing toilet would be ideal, rather than a separate chair for her.

I’d like to note here that the yucky looking stuff on the front of the toilet is sticker residue from a cruddy toilet lock that didn’t actually work. Yes, I do clean my toilets regularly.

Coming downstairs and seeing this just melts my heart.