My commitment

In a talk by Henry B. Eyring in the October 2007 General Conference he talked about writing every night in a journal about the things that happened with him and his family. I have felt very strongly that it is important that I do that also but I have not done very well with writing. I also do better with typing so I decided to make a commitment to write on both my personal blog and our family blog every night -- even if it is just a few lines to say how our day went. I feel like keeping a personal record is important for me and my family. For those of you who read our blogs, you don't have to read everything -- I have a feeling it will end up being quite a bit.

These last two days have been extremely frustrating with Violatte's potty training. She was doing perfect but these last two days she has only gone in the toilet once or twice and the rest of the times she has had accidents. I have had to have a lot of patience and she has been good about helping me to clean is up and to take care of the dirty clothes but it is just discouraging for me. I can't figure out why she is now falling back so suddenly and so much.

Annalee's new words are "hot dog," and "chocolate." (And for those people out there who think I'm a bad mom . . . yes, I do feed those to my kids.) Annalee's attachment today was a whole bunch of plastic cups. She carried them with her everywhere. When she lost some to the wind she was dramatically upset. It was great, though, because restacking them over and over kept her busy for a long time while I worked out at the aerobics group.

I love going to aerobics. Most days it takes everything that I've got to get there but by the time I leave I feel energized and ready to take on my day. Exercise makes a day/night difference in the amount of energy I have throughout the day. I need to be more disciplined to go to aerobics every single time. I think the fact that I went to aerobics actually is the reason I dropped another 1.5 pounds today from yesterday. It makes such a big difference.

One thing that I really enjoy with my girls is reading. They love being read to and I enjoy reading with them. There are, of course, the arguments about what book to read first but we really do enjoy it. Annalee, especially, seems to enjoy books. She is entertained just reading through them for a long time. Violatte is a little more active and can only sit through a couple of books before she is up and moving. I love to see her enjoy physical activities so much. It's great, too, because she gets me involved in what she is doing and we have a great time together.