Buzzing with the Bean's: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

We have BIG news at the Bean house……drum roll please……. Little Miss Vada peed in the potty THREE times this weekend pooped ONCE! I seriously did not think that we were even close to this happening. Apparently I turned over a new leaf this weekend, it is called EXTREME PATIENCE. After many deep breaths, and saying- I CAN DO THIS, I CAN DO THIS, I CAN DO THIS….(you would think that I was training myself:)) Vada finally peed in her potty! After doing it once she really started to catch on and of course I bribed her with a piece of a Hershey chocolate bar:) We are no where close to being fully potty trained, but it feels good that we finally made it to step one!

Last weekend we had our first camping adventure of the summer! The Bean and Vanderhorst families set up camp at Baker Park (I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love the Three Rivers Park District) on Lake Independence. We camp every summer, but MAN- it is a lot of work! There was probably a couple things that added to this, one- Vada is VERY mobile and two- we brought Lexi for the first time in a couple years. Despite a few more hectic moments, we had a fun-filled time. I am actually surprised that we have not camped there before, we will definitely be going back. It is a big campground with really nice paved trails.

Thank goodness we brought our bikes! Jaxson biked up and down the road by our campsite all day long! He was trying to be cool and do some tricks, which ended with a few band aids, but he was having so much fun! I think he would say the best part of the weekend was when he got to go biking with dad at 10:00 at night and they saw a whole field of fireflies. He has been talking about how AWESOME that was:)

Jaxson caught his FIRST FISH!!! He was so proud!! I think this picture is really funny because Jaxson is all bundled up on the pier because it was pretty windy and chilly, but below we have Vada swimming in her boat. She had been looking forward to swimming in her boat for weeks. I am pretty sure that she was the ONLY person in the whole lake because it was defiantly not a water day. She didn't care, she was going swimming!! She was having so much fun playing in Vadaland- bouncing up and down in the water, wind blowing- oh it makes me laugh!

Two little Monsters snuggled up by the fire!

On our way home from Baker Park on Sunday we stopped off to grab some lunch at the Peppermint Twist (drive-in) in Delano. They have AMAZING burgers! They were even featured on the Food Network for their food. If you are ever in that area, I would definitely check them out! They have great shakes and malts too!

Peppermint Twist in Delano, MN

Well a Summer would not be complete without going strawberry picking! I took Jaxson and Vada picking with me this year. I have to say I was extremely worried that Vada was going to have a huge melt down and start running through the strawberry fields. Luckily, there were just a few moments of fussiness, the rest was filled with juicy strawberries and red mustaches. Typically I avoid any situation that could possibly create unneeded stress to my life. Unfortunately, Vada has the tendency to do this a lot…. But apparently, I am finding my mom skills which include- bravery, endurance and a place of tranquility. I have to equip myself with these before taking Vada out on any adventures. These skills have to be intentional or else we all end-up having huge meltdowns. ….I think we are making progress!

Jaxson was my all-star strawberry picker! He was finding strawberry jackpots all over the place!:)

"These strawberries are good, mom!"

All our hard work!

This afternoon we attended the Bean Family Reunion. It was really good to see Presten’s grandma Jo and Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Greg. Presten really enjoys seeing them so we hoping to stay in closer contact with them over the next year.