*Last week was super busy for us. I have no idea what we did. How does that happen?
*We took the kids to an amusement park for the first time Friday night. They LOVED it! And guess who forgot her camera? Yep, I tell ya, I'm bad about that.
I'll just paint a picture for you.
Imagine sweet Noah riding the boats round and round and round and round smiling and waving with each turn he made. He was so precious!
Now, imagine Noah on the frog hopper sitting next to kids 3 times his age. They flew 40 feet in the air and hopped all the way down. Can't you just see him? No? Well, he's the one crying and screaming "I not yike dis. I don't wanna be a frog! I need my mom. I not yike dis, no I don't, no I doooonnn't!"
My munchkin was so content to sit in her stroller and eat. She devoured a hot dog (yuck) and a few other items that I'm probably unaware of! The girl's an eater.
I even managed to get a few rides in. Wouldn't you know the first ride I chose to go on got stuck mid-air. We hung horizontally, 50 feet in the air for over 10 minutes. When I finally got the operators attention to confirm that we were in fact, stuck he calmly told me that yes, we were but not to worry because he though he could have us down pretty shortly. Trust me, that appeased all of my anxieties.
*We also had one of Brad's college friends staying with us. I love my husbands friends! Not love them, but love them. You know, like love them because my husband loves them type of love them. Yeah, that type of love them.
*Saturday we went to a family reunion. Family reunions equal akward fun! Pictures? Nope. Not there either. Oh well, I probably would have forgotten their name by now anyway. Except Kayt did look so cute in her turquoise skirt!
*Every Sunday we eat lunch at my in-laws. It's become a weekly tradition that we all look forward to, not to mention the best meal we eat all week! And then Brad played golf with my brothers this afternoon.
*This evenings been full of yard mowing, Otter Pop eating, baseball playing, laundry washing and house cleaning in attempts to get things back in order after our fun-filled weekend.
*Speaking of baseball, Noah makes me laugh when he gets all the equipment out and says "Okay mom. I'll be the batter and you be the glober (glover)!" It's pretty cute; I'm not the pitcher, I am the glover. And he is GOOD at baseball. I pitch glove him the ball and he hits it the full length of our yard and we have a big yard. My boy is super coordinated and athletic. I know I'm his mom, but I really do think he is.
*Are you bored yet?
--imagine me saying the next point in a voice that pleads for your help--
*I need potty training help. Badly! I'm going out of town on Wednesday and will be gone through the weekend, but plan on giving potty training our best efforts when I return. I've gotten advice from a few people, but I'm open to all that I can get. Does anyone have good advice or a must read? Please, please pass it on. I beg you....
*Peace Out Home Slice.
5 comments:
ok you may think this sounds so silly but the thing that finally worked for matthew was teaching him to pee standing up so he & daddy had pee-pee parties-they would go together & daddy & matthew would stand next to each other & have at it. Also you may have to do some extra laundry but matthew also finally got it when we just put him in underwear instead of pullups! go to wal-mart & let noah pick out some underwear ( you want a coupld of packages of 3!) that helped too-i will be praying for you it takes patience:) call if you need to scream, cry,or vent!!
mary katherine
Potty - Training...my least favorite words in the entire world!!! Yuck...I'm so over that. She can just wear diapers forever. I'm sucha bad mother...haha. :)
I agree - skip the pull ups as much as possible! I was pregnant and training Camryn, so we got everything but night time. She can still remember waking up in her pull up and making the choice to just pee right there in it!!
It stinks to be changing sheets at 3am, but if they are ready, after a few of those fun middle of the night soaks, it's like their bodies guard against it and wake them up.
Good luck!!!
What has been working for us so far is I bought a tupperware jar and we decorated it with some stickers and put Brecken's name on it and filled it with M & M's. I let him pick out some Cars stickers. When he goes potty in the big boy potty he gets one M&M and one sticker. You can make a sticker board for the stickers also. He is doing pretty good with potty training so far. I agree the big boy underwear works too. He loves to put on big boy underwear. Hope this helps! Good Luck! C=
Oh the potty training days (or weeks). We are right in the middle of them. It's going quite well and I think that is because John Kyle was ready to do it and he really took the reins. I agree with limited use of Pull-Ups. John Kyle was VERY excited about his "Big Boy Britches". That was the biggest step...getting him to hold it and not go in his undies. The first few days we went through about 5-10 pair a day, but he learned quickly and lately we've had no accidents. The reward system is huge motivation too. I was so overwhelmed by the idea of potty training, but as long as you have some time to devote to it (staying at home) it will be fine.
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