Happy Mother's Day! Happy Sunday! Happy Ascension-Observed (in most dioceses in the US)!

This can be a hard holiday for many - my sister nailed it in a post a couple of years ago, which you should probably go ahead and share with all your friends who are women:

Happy Mother’s Day to mothers who’ve lost children, to mothers who haven’t yet begotten children, to mothers who ache over their empty arms and mothers whose arms sometimes seem too full... 

If you are a woman, you are a mother. Happy Mother’s Day to you.

Read the rest here.

As a Mother's Day gift to me, Peter slept through the night! Like, all the way until 6 am without needing ANYONE! It's a miracle!

Feral Children, Potty Training, and Mother's Day {7 Quick Takes}

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We are, I think, in the home stretch of potty training for the time being - I don't think Peter's anywhere close to ready (although he keeps *asking* to go to the potty - I let him, and then he stood up and pooped on the floor, so I'm just gonna stick with diapers for now), but Elizabeth's getting closer to finally staying dry through the night. We're trying something new and I actually found a pretty awesome resource that I'm definitely using for all the kids I'll be potty training in the future!

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Of course, I say that now, but I have to confess...

We may have achieved "housebreaking" more than "potty training."

Apparently it was all fun and games until Mary Claire stripped down and pooped in the mud puddle. Some would say #wildandfreechildren but I'm pretty sure it's more like #feralchildren

A photo posted by Rosie Hill (@rosiehill425) on May 2, 2016 at 11:37am PDT

Mother's Day and ModCloth: The Perfect Combination

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Have you browsed ModCloth's website before? It's amazing - full of vintage-inspired clothes, beautiful jewelry, but also totally quirky stuff like this bunny clutch. Honestly, I don't think there's a mother out there you couldn't find the perfect gift for at ModCloth. Check out some of my picks from their site right now:

Did Somebody Say Potty Training?

So far in our parenting careers, we've successfully potty trained 4 children! Hurrah! I feel like I should get a medal, or maybe a bottle of wine?

But it's not quite a 100% success with the four oldest quite yet...

There's one lone nighttime holdout. 

Our oldest was night trained by the time he was 3. Our 2nd was 18 months (I KNOW. It was the BEST.) The twins took longer to day train, so I wasn't surprised that night training took a while as well - both were day trained by about 2.5, but it wasn't until after their 3rd birthday that we started having dry nighttime diapers every once in a while. And then... It stopped.

Well, one of them continued doing really well staying dry every night. The other twin? Had a dry diaper at Thanksgiving and still talks about it.

It's May.

My Sunday Best: Vol. 1 (In Which All of My Photos Are Terrible)

Last week I asked if you all would consider linking up with me if I started a new Sunday linkup, and at least two people said yes so... Let's do this! 

John Paul was my photographer again, but obviously I chose an inferior location because he backed up as far as he could and... Couldn't get my entire body in the picture.