Grover is one of my favorite characters on Sesame Street. (I actually like him more than Elmo.) If you grew up watching Sesame Street, you...

Teaching Matthew independence starts with the little things - like wiping his own chin. Matthew is generally neat and likes to be clean. B...

It was time for a morning snack. In her little toddler voice, Elizabeth said "no! no!" to yogurt and happily nodded "yes!...

A person's a person no matter how small. - Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss' books have become some of Matthew's favorites. His current favo...

Forget M&M's or any food as a "reward" for using the toilet. That never worked for Matthew anyway. Unless his bladder ha...

Pouring a drink from a shallow pitcher is one of the fine motor skills that I plan on teaching Matthew this year. A watering can is one of t...

After a little over a week of no potty accidents at school, Matthew wet his shorts twice yesterday. The hourly potty timer they had for him ...

Potty training has been a wild roller coaster ride for us since after Christmas 2010 (when we started potty training Matthew in earnest). Up...

Tons of fun! Hours of fun! Lots of laughs and squeals! For everyone! Well, unless you're too big to crawl through in which case yo...

Preheating the oven to make dinner, Bill turned around to see Elizabeth digging through her cup drawer. She found a koozie cup, put it on he...

Our "walkie talkie" can actually walk and talk. She can walk up to 6 feet unassisted and can say "up." Our walkie tal...

The sky is falling. And I'm not referring to snow. Having two kids, who are fairly close in age, when they are both sick is not easy. I ...

Matthew can turn doorknobs. He's been able to do so since he turned 3 last year. Closed doors are not barriers to him in our house anymo...

These amazing photographs were taken in early June. They perfectly portray our life at that point in time: sleep deprived (but happy) parent...

When I'm feeding Matthew, I usually put Elizabeth in a baby seat/ rocker right next to Matthew's high chair. She loves the interacti...