Morning Report | Night Two

I slept on the floor in her room again. She stirred or called out three times during the night. Each time I tried to get her up for the potty but she either stiff-armed me or straight-up yelled at me to leave her alone. I did and had a hard time sleeping. At 7:30 she woke up dry.

Dry All Night!

Potty Training | Day One

First day:

Said goodbye to diapers and took them out of the house. 

• 6 pee misses

• 1/2 a poo miss

• 1 poo in the pot

• no nap

Was nervous about bedtime without a diaper; prepped with 8 pair of jammie bottoms and 4 changes for sheets.

Morning report: 

Woke at 11pm crying and confused. Alternatively cried and fell asleep while on the bedroom potty. Couldn't pee so I asked if she wanted the big potty. We went in and she peed. Slept till 7am and woke DRY. Then peed and pooped at first potty visit. I know it won't always be this easy but I'm pretty impressed with this method! Yeehaw!

Flying!

Little Fish

Raise your hand if you are excited for a play date!

Waiting

She's lucky that she's cute.

Shrinkage

"Mom, the bath water is super cold and it's making my penis cold."

Letter of the Day | O o

Donuts are Os, right?

Letter of the Day | L l

L O V E

And other things...

Letter of the Day | K k

Here You Go!

Audrey and I snuggled in bed this morning. She brought along her lovey, the corner of which is soggy from her sucking and chewing. She pulled it out of her mouth as offered it to me, "here you go!"

"Uh, no thanks."

"It's 'licious!"

"I'm sure it is."

Peekaboo!

Letter of the Day | J j

Today's letter is J.

J is for:

Jet 

Jenny

Jump

Juggle

Jumping Jack

Jam

Jeep

Garrett got distracted while keeping score of the J words (he writes a J for each word and whoever has the most Js at the end wins). He decided to make a Jet by folding his score card - which is made of stiff and difficult to fold card stock. Apparently I asked him to come back and eat breakfast at a critical point in the folding. 

"Garrett, please come back to the table and finish breakfast."

"UGH! (fumbles his folding) You distracted me from my jet!"

"I'm sorry, please come back to the table."

"Mom! You keep messing me up with your voice!"

Sleeping Giant

Ordering George Around

LAX to the MAX

Daddy's Girl

Friday's Feet

Hiding

Bed Head

Bed Buddy

Though he hogs more than his share...

Lunch Pause

JCPenny photoshoot.

Neck Accessory

From last week's sick day; a growth on my neck.

Garrett Post-Wreck Synopsis

On why he had a wreck while riding his bike:
"I was going as fast as a peregrine falcon and I wasn't paying attention"

On the pain and suffering of a scraped elbow:
"I think I shouldn't go to school for a week"

Family Jewels

If you know me, you know that I don't believe in teaching kids euphemisms for their body parts; it's anatomy, not some mysterious who-ha, tee-tee, wee-wee or pee-pee.

Lately Audrey has been exploring while sitting on the potty and asking, "what's that called?" 

I respond, "vagina" in the same plain-spoken way I talk to her brother about his body.

She's been repeating it back to me but for some reason it comes out as "my diamond." 

I've continued to say it correctly but I think she's adopted this title; it's been a few weeks.

Oddly, I'm ok with that.

Letter of the day | M m

Ring Master

Studying her Valentine