Living in Georgia

 Say it ain't so...just over a week is left of our summer vacation.  I'm not ready to send them back, and I know they're not ready, but at least I know we've had a great break. I have about 300 pictures from our trip to Seattle to weed through and post and blog but I think I'm going to have to wait until the boys go back to school to find the time.  In the meantime, here are just a few random pictures. Above is Wyatt following in Jack's footsteps.  I can't believe that Jack is only two belts away from being a Black Belt in tae-kwan-do!  So proud of him!!  One of my summer projects was to teach Wyatt his alphabet and help Ethan with his sight words. I thought these magnetic letters would help.  They've all enjoyed playing with them but I don't know if any of my goals were accomplished.  Every time I comb Wyatt's hair after a bath I say, "oh how handsome," so now he asks me to make him look handsome. It's the

 It was a big weekend in the Cornwell household.  We finally made the LONG-overdue decision it was time to potty train Ethan.  No more excuses, it was time to do it.  Jason was gone for an Army weekend so I thought it would be the perfect time to tackle this.  Probably not the best move on my part but that's my story and I'm sticking to it! We started off the weekend okay, knowing there were going to be accidents. I decided to follow the Three Day Potty Training plan, which is basically take your kid out of diapers and then just spend all your time with them, observing them and getting to know their signals.  Sounded good.  I figured that Wyatt took about a week to finally get the hang of it so it would probably be the same with Ethan.  I bought two packs of underwear (minions from the Dispicable Me movie, one of Ethan's favorites) and got my bed mats for the couch set up and ready to go.  I put him in underwear, where he stayed until we headed to the pool for an

 The boys love painting figures with Daddy.  This is Wyatt's guy.  And this is Jack's.  It's often hard to get Ethan outside to play but he has really enjoyed jumping through and then throwing the hula hoops. At this point, I'll take whatever I can get!!

 Just a few simple Memorial Day decorations.  It's always fun to celebrate a holiday with a get together with friends, and we are blessed with some really great friends!!  These kids have so much fun together.  So do these kids!  Ha ha.  Good friends, good food - what could be better?  This is a seriously addictive Snickers Salad.  You have to make it when you can feed a crowd or cut the recipe in half because it doesn't hold up after the first day or so, but honestly, I could eat this until I got sick - it's THAT good!  You can find the recipe here:  http://www.ericasbloggityblog.com/2011/10/delicious-revision.html  I love a good salad and I've recently become a bit obsessed with orzo pasta.  Mmmm. Anyway, I made this Orzo and Broccoli salad and it, too, was a hit.  Again, this is one that feeds a crowd (I sent some home with Kellie and ate off it for a week and still had to toss some).  I made a few adjustments (used mozzarella instea