We had a nice weekend. Saturday morning, Roger and Cleo went to her art class. Sidney and I went to the post office to mail Vivian's birthday cards and gift card. Vivian is my best friend and Cleo's godmother. Then, Sidney and I went to the library to find new train books but we did not find any. He has around 4 at home from the library and one my dad got him. I am not counting the 8 Thomas the Train books he has. He likes the realistic train books now. There are some simple puzzles that Sidney likes to do there - the babyish wooden ones. Sidney can put together a 24 piece puzzle by himself but he still likes to do the simple ones.

After the library, Sidney and I picked Cleo and Roger up from the Southwest Arts Center. We made our way home and I got ready for my friend Lillian's birthday tea at the Roswell Tea House in Roswell, GA. It was around a 50 minute drive from our house. Lillian's real birthday is Nov. 16. It was a really nice event and gathering of interesting women. Most were married with young kids, some worked full time and others were stay at home moms. It was from 1-4pm. Afterwards, I went home and played with the kids.

Sunday, we went to church and food shopping. Then, I got my hair dyed and blown out. It looks nice. I got home around 3:30pm and Roger and I played with the kids. We made dinner - sauteed zucchini and squash, roasted cut up potatoes, pork chops, "fried" green tomatoes (I baked them instead of frying them), and ratatouille. The kids and Roger did not eat the tomatoes or ratatouille. Cleo and Sidney both gamely tried the tomatoes but did not care for them.

Sunday evening, we watched some of Beauty and the Beast and the beginning of Aladdin. Cleo and Sidney both enjoyed the movies. Right before the kids went to bed, Sidney noticed Cleo's little stuffed jaguar and Sidney asked for it by calling it "Baby Jaguar" (Diego's little pal on his show is named "Baby Jaguar"). Cleo said "no, it's mine." Sidney and I went to his room. When we were walking to Sidney's room, I could hear Roger reasoning with Cleo that she never plays with it. A few seconds after I closed Sidney's door, I heard Cleo's little feet and the door opening and she handed Baby Jaguar to Sidney, who was very happy. He brought the stuffed animal downstairs this morning and was pretending it was hopping along our ottoman.

Sidney's potty training continues to progress. When he's home, most of the time he alerts us that he has to go potty. He is so proud of himself when he uses the potty. We, including Cleo, are very proud of him too.

Cleo has gotten so thorough and good at brushing her teeth that we let her do it all by herself. Meaning, we don't let her brush her teeth then follow-up with our brushing areas we think she may have missed. She doesn't miss any areas anymore. I told her she's such a big girl and does such a great job that she can do it by herself. She loves being trusted to handle the task by herself.

Every time I see a commercial for Breaking Dawn, I get more intrigued. I may have to sneak out during the kids' naps on Nov. 27 and see it at a matinee showing. We will be in NYC Nov. 18-26, so I can't see the movie on the opening weekend. I haven't seen any of the Twilight movies in the theater.

When I picked up the kids from daycare on Friday, Sidney's main teacher, Ms. Long, told me that she recalled Cleo being a calm, relatively quiet little girl when she was in Ms. Long's class. Ms. Long informed me that Sidney is the opposite. Apparently, he makes his presence known at all times. So, this weekend, Roger and I continuously reminded Sidney to please be more quiet when he's in class and just listen to his teachers. I think Ms. Long is too nice to tell us that Sidney is disruptive and talks too much, but Roger and I suspect that her comments were code that Sidney is a little noisy. I think Sidney is so excited to be able to express himself and has so many thoughts, ideas and observations, he just feels compelled to share. But he still has to learn to listen and I appreciate his teachers' need to have the kids be quiet.

Have a good week!