I went to pick Megan up from "school" today, and the first words out of her teacher's mouth were, "We need to talk." Uh-oh. The next umpteen years of school previewed before my eyes. She was cranky, refused to take a nap, sassy, and just plain out of control. She's been like that lately at home, too. I don't know if it's teeth (5 coming in), potty training, terrible 2's and/or all of the above. SO glad I don't have pictures to post with this. (On a side note, my camera is on backorder.) Sorry teachers...

I'm thinking that maybe she is about 75% potty trained. Thanks to Gran...she helped us crack down on her this week. We've been leaving the house for a few hours at a time with no pull-up/diaper on - just panties! We went to a funeral last night, and people wanted to hold her, so I kept saying, "Hold at your own risk...she's got panties on." Thankfully she didn't pee-pee on anyone. She also went to storytime and the mall today in panties. She told me at least 3 times that she needed to go. Whoo hoo! I am pleasantly surprised how nice people are when I explain the urgent need for a potty. I've even been led back to the employee only bathroom a few times. No one has ever hestitated, and I really appreciate it. Course they have a vested interest...what business person wants pee-pee on the floor of the store?

We're still working on it...especially at night time.

To all of my scrapbooking friends, pick up your jaws...I bought a CRICUT!!! It's Walmart's fault, really. They had them on sale so cheap on Black Friday - with a bonus cartridge. I couldn't help myself. And to make matters worse, I've become an eBay addict, bidding on cartridges, mats and blades. Sickening, huh? I won two cartridge auctions yesterday, and thought that was the end, but then I saw the Michael's ad today and they have the cartridges on sale this week...Daddy says I have to get more jobs or quit buying Cricut stuff. I'll let ya know what I decide to do!

We took advantage of the last summer/November day and had a fingerpainting session outside! As you can see, it turned into a body painting session. She was very proud of her "art" and Daddy put the paintings in the "gallery" (garage). She was most proud of her "aquareene" hands...she made those all by herself.

"No Mommy, I carry the basket! I need some cute cups."

Megan said to Grandma the other day, "I go to Grandma's house!" I've heard all of my life how I learned at a very young age to pack my overnight bag when we would go to Granna's house; perhaps the apple doesn't fall far from the tree?

Grandma came over after work to pick her up, and as Daddy walked out to put the car seat in Grandma's car, Megan said, "No no no no no Daddy! You stay here!" It was HER night! And she had so much fun. She colored, ate dinner, crawled all over Scott, sang the clean up song while he cleaned his room, played and played some more.

Sometimes I say some of the stupidest things to my parents. Like who do I think they are? Last night I said two of the dumbest so far. To my dad, father of five, "Do you know how time consuming potty training is?" (Duh!) And also to my dad, when I called at 10:30 p.m., "Did I wake Megan?" Uh yeah right! She was still awake! I knew better than that!

So often I'm irritated with shopping experiences lately that I thought I'd share a great experience I had with www.winkflash.com. I normally print all my pictures for scrapbooking with my Epson Picturemate - and LOVE IT - but a coupon changes things!

Winkflash sent a coupon code via email for 50 free pictures, with $.99 flat rate shipping. I carefully chose, and my total came to $1.59 for 55 pictures. I ordered them on Thursday; they came today. AND they look great!!!! The quality of the pictures is the best I've seen from a developing company. I consider myself a semi-pro at ordering pictures; Walmart = blah, Costco = blah, Walgreens = no thanks, and Snapfish = high shipping.

Although the coupon code has expired, they've got great regular prices of $.12 a picture with $.99 flat rate shipping (no matter how many you order). Did I mention the pictures look great?

This is the 500th post on the Adventures of Megan! Thanks to all who read this mess...you're what keeps me going!

Well, she's not necessarily potty trained, per se, but she does go potty at least 10-15 times a day, will tell us when she needs to go, and has been out of the house in panties instead of a diaper or Pull-ups. Nighttime and afternoon are the hardest times to stay dry. The times between 11-2 p.m. (while not napping) are full of distractions. She has about 2-4 accidents during that time frame for some reason. Playing, Barney, lunch, etc, are all more important than potty time. Other than that, she's doing spectacular!!!!! Her potty charts are full of stickers...we still have a long way to go.

Can you tell from this picture that Megan worships the ground Uncle Cott Cott walks on? It's true!

We are so proud of Uncle Scott. He took second place at a very difficult tournament yesterday. He has improved so much in the off season...and he was pretty darn good last season! Megan likes to talk about watching wrestling, but she isn't so fond of it while Grandma, Mommy, and everyone else is screaming their heads off! Poor Daddy has to hold her away from the rest of us.

Megan and I spent some quality time together today. After our marathon trip to Wal-mart, umpteen times to the potty and various other activities, we got out the "goo" and paper for some fall art. We "gooed" leaves to acorns and such. Then she colored them with aquamarine. Of course they are SO beautiful!

Last week, Megan made a tree painting at school. She showed Papa, and he asked her what was on the back. Somehow, I'll never know, it turned into the following response - and if that wasn't enough, they added a new word to it.

Tomorrow Megan goes to school, which is why most of you think I can't wait until tomorrow, but there's something else...it's Uncle Cott Cott's first wrestling match of the season. I am SO excited!!! I've got my camera charged, 8GB card cleared, Grandpa's camera charged, Meg's cheerleader outfit laid out, my wrestling shirt clean...we're ready to roll! Megan has been preparing for tomorrow by watching Cott Cott's scrimmage match, on Grandma's blog, over and over and over and over again. Surprisingly enough she remembers several wrestling terms and cheers from last year. Of course I'd love for Cott Cott to do well this year (no pressure), but I'm more interested in him enjoying his senior year of wrestling.

Megan was in playing on her bed and had an accident.

Mommy: Oh Megan, why did you pee-pee on your bed?

Megan: Because God made pee-pee.

Mommy: Hmmm....

We are doing a camera switch with Grandpa, so Daddy was in charge of getting a new camera card. Drumroll...Daddy got me an 8 GB memory card!!!!!! I can now take and store 2247 pictures on my camera!!!!!!!!! Holy moly. I'd better get started...

as a professional potty-trainer? If so, I'm hiring one! :)

This is what happens when Megan has too much cake and Sprite.

Tonight we helped celebrate Daddy's grandma and grandpa's 60th anniversary. It was a nice gathering of family and friends at a restaurant. We met family members that we didn't even know about, and got to hear interesting family stories. It's so hard to mingle with people now that we have Megan, the Texas Tornado to follow around. She was under the impression that tonight's festivities were just an excuse to run around like a wild child with her cousins. She bonked her head numerous times, ate unknown objects off of the floor and tackled unsuspecting cousins. Fun was had by all!

I noticed a tear on "Little's" body yesterday, so I decided to try the ole' switch-a-roo. Gran was able to find an identical Little, so I just handed the clean one to Megan and told her that Little had taken a very good bath. It worked! Daddy and I had NO idea just how dirty Little was...yikes! I'm definitely keeping the old Little around for the memories...

Megan and I are back home. We miss Granna and Double G! Grandpa. so sweetly, flew to Brownsville, worked and then drove back with us. He was SUCH a great help!

Meg went to school yesterday, and she did very well. Thanks to some help from her friend Ellie, she didn't even cry when I left. They talked about Thanksgiving and painted a fall tree. She is so proud of that painting! Next week is the Thanksgiving feast, and she gets to be an indian. Whoo hoo!

I took Grandma to and from her LASIK surgery yesterday, and she was a model patient. The valium didn't kick in until after surgery...which then made for a very entertaining ride home.

In between school and chaperoning Grandma, I went Christmas shopping! It was so fun! I can't think of a time that I ever used "Christmas shopping" and "fun" in the same sentence. Megan makes it fun...I am SO excited about some of the presents...




The busy day ended with Daddy's flag football game. It was the last game of the season, and we hadn't been to one game, so we went to cheer for Daddy. Daddy scored a touchdown, and Megan verified that with her touchdown signal. She kept cheering for "Romo, Julius Jones, and Marion Barber". Of course she was more interested in running around and eating nature, so I really couldn't tell you much about the game other than they were all irritated at the officials. (Megan kept wearing her hat backwards and saying, "What up dog?" Who taught her that?)

After this post, I'll quit rubbing it in that we're swimming and hanging out at the pool (maybe). Megan was a totally different person at the pool today. Instead of a little bit of timidness in the pool, NO fear what-so-ever. We weren't inside the gate 30 seconds before she tried to jump in on her own. Then she proceeded to wear Granna out with "push off the side" and "jump off the side". We both have tan lines from today! Whoo hoo! :)