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The Potty Saga!

All you moms who told me girls were easier to potty train than boys are fabulists! My little girl is much to stubborn and independent minded--no idea where that comes from, by the way--to reason with about the potty. Let's be clear, she loves to sit on her potty, she loves to wear panties, she loves to tell me to "wipe my butt"---but, it is ALL pretend. Well, the part that is not pretend goes like this--she pulls her pants down, takes her diaper off, sits on the potty for about 30 secs and then proclaims "I go potty, I done going potty". At that point she saunters to her room and looks for panties. We usually come to terms that the panties can go over her diaper. However, there is the occasion that she is left in panties only with the hope that the she would find the wet feeling undesirable--WRONG! She could care less...as a matter of fact, she doesn't even stop when she is going to pee she keeps walking and leaves a stream on the carpet from her starting point to her end point, why can't she just pee in a puddle in one spot! Most recently, L went to the potty, removing her diaper, then went to her room and put panties on followed by her pants, socks, and shoes--all unknown to me. I found out about 2 hrs later when I went to check her for a possible diaper change--there was no diaper, only panties. Those panties were soiled with both numbers 1 and 2--she was completely unbothered. I am hoping there will be a part 2 to this soon. In this part 2 I hope to express my elation overs L's success with actually using the potty and officially retiring the diaper.

W and L had a little Mardi Gras party today with a couple of their friends. W has been looking forward to it all week. They decorated a "float" to have a parade and then threw beads at the parents...the boys were chucking them at us, we felt like we had to take cover. W helped get ready by blowing up a few balloons

Princess L and her crew of boys

W, L, and their friends preparing the float decorations

They boys bailed, but L continued working until she had it just right

They are trying to pop the balloons, whoever found the feather in the balloon got a prize

Let the parade begin...of course L is in princess so, she rides in the float

Beads are flying!

They are still flying.

The night is wrapped up and W is ready for bed!

Snow Day

Okay, not a snow picture but I had to slip in L's princess look. She has been wearing her "jewels" for over 24 hours now and is currently sleeping in them.
W, L, and the snowman. W made him a race car driver, that's his racing helmet. The first chance L hand she ran inside and took her hat off and threw on her tiara.

Music Day

First things first...I gave up on the last post after trying three times to upload pictures. It's just not happening. The good news is I haven't given up all together so, here is a new post.

The GA Music Hall of Fame has an excellent children's music program once a month. We go as often as possible. W was comfortable from the beginning--joining in on the group movement activities and doing a little open-mic time without pause. L has warmed up a little more each time we have gone. The first time she wouldn't leave her stroller--now, on the flip side of that, she participated in open mic! They are both amazing and they have one proud Mama!

The Music Factory is the children's section of the museum. There are a variety of instruments for the children to play with including drums, tambourines, maracas, piano, and other things I can't remember the names of. They also this super slick slide that W and L love--seriously it is slick, you fly off when you get to the end. The music program is lead buy a children's musician named Pam Blanchard.

In this collage, L and W are strumming the guitar, playing the music wall, playing their harmonicas, and playing the drums

W singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

L singing Isty Bitsy Spider. You have to listen very closely to hear her, even in the mic, but she is singing. She was so proud of herself, as was I.

And the Dynamic Duo perfecting their harmonica duet