As Addi's 3rd birthday fastly approaches (can you believe it?), the topic of potty training has come across my mind quite a bit. Over the last year and a half we have attempted (although not very seriously) to introduce her to potty training, without any luck. This weekend I decided we were going to make another attempt at it.
Saturday we went pants-less around the house. We didn't have any luck going on the potty, but we also didn't have any accidents in the house.
Sunday we had plans to go get pumpkins and we were going to run some errands, so we didn't get a chance to try more potty training. Mid-afternoon, Addi asked Jason to take her pants off because she had to go potty. Now she had said many times Saturday she had to go but never did, so we assumed she wasn't going to do anything. Low and behold she peed on the potty! We were so proud of her! We had previously bought her Rapunzel and Flynn Rider dolls that we were going to give to her for her birthday, but thought they would be a good 'reward'. Daddy told her that she could have one of them now (she chose Flynn Rider) and that if she went to the potty again she could have the other one. Well didn't she keep going and sitting on the potty and trying, until she did it again! Again we made a big deal and then gave her the Rapunzel. Daddy told her how proud we were, and that when she finally goes poop on the potty that she would get a really big surprise. Daddy and I stepped outside and Addi came running to the door to tell us she went again, and this time to our surprise she had pooped in the potty! We can't believe how successful our first weekend was, and of course we hope she continues doing this well. At least we have started in the right direction!
It's funny how proud of your child you can be for doing something as 'simple' as going to the bathroom on the potty. It really is a reminder of how old she is getting. Definitely not a baby anymore and although it makes me sad at times to think of it that way, I'm also very excited to watch her grow into a smart, funny, caring and sweet little girl.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Day Out With Thomas!
We got to spend the morning with MawMaw, PopPop and Thomas the Train! How much better does it get? We had such gorgeous weather for our day riding the rails with Thomas. We got some great photos of Addi with MawMaw and PopPop, and of course Thomas!
Labor Day Vacation
We went on a 5 day vacation over Labor Day weekend to Wellsboro PA, home of the Pa Grand Canyon. We met up with MawMaw, PopPop, Uncle Eric, Aunt Sissy, Sammy and Scottie. We had a campsite directly behind the cabins they were staying in so we were pretty close which made it convenient for meal time and hanging around the fire! It was a great weekend, which went too quickly of course! Here's a breakdown:
We arrived on Friday August 31 in the afternoon and set up camp, then relaxed for a bit before cooking dinner together. After dinner we went for a drive and stopped at a local ice cream shop for a treat, The Frog Hut. It was a Blue Moon that evening, and Daddy had just gotten PopPops old celestron lense for his camera and was looking forward to taking some pictures with it.
Saturday morning we went for breakfast in town, and then did a little bit of shopping and window shopping at the shoppes throughout town. We drove to Benezette to do some elk watching. This year we stopped at the Elk Visitor Center (Last year when we were there it was very crowded so we didn't go in). We watched an interactive movie that Addi really enjoyed. We did see a few elk, but not nearly as many as we have in the past. On the way back to camp we got an extra treat, we saw two bears in the brush along side the road! It was too dark to get a picture of them, but it was a very neat experience to see them in the 'wild'.
Sunday morning we were up pretty early, and didn't want to wake anyone else so we went for a quick drive to the Pa Grand Canyon which was a short drive from the campground. It was pretty foggy out, and because it was so early there weren't any other visitors yet (except one nice lady who offered to take a picture of us).
We drove back to camp and made breakfast, got cleaned up and went out driving to see what other wildlife we could find. We spent most of the day driving around bird watching.
On Monday everyone else packed up to head home. We were staying until Tuesday, so we drove to State College so that I could pick up a few bottles of my favorite wine! We took a tour of the campus and then headed back to camp.
We arrived on Friday August 31 in the afternoon and set up camp, then relaxed for a bit before cooking dinner together. After dinner we went for a drive and stopped at a local ice cream shop for a treat, The Frog Hut. It was a Blue Moon that evening, and Daddy had just gotten PopPops old celestron lense for his camera and was looking forward to taking some pictures with it.
Saturday morning we went for breakfast in town, and then did a little bit of shopping and window shopping at the shoppes throughout town. We drove to Benezette to do some elk watching. This year we stopped at the Elk Visitor Center (Last year when we were there it was very crowded so we didn't go in). We watched an interactive movie that Addi really enjoyed. We did see a few elk, but not nearly as many as we have in the past. On the way back to camp we got an extra treat, we saw two bears in the brush along side the road! It was too dark to get a picture of them, but it was a very neat experience to see them in the 'wild'.
Sunday morning we were up pretty early, and didn't want to wake anyone else so we went for a quick drive to the Pa Grand Canyon which was a short drive from the campground. It was pretty foggy out, and because it was so early there weren't any other visitors yet (except one nice lady who offered to take a picture of us).
Pa Grand Canyon
A beautiful church in the country
We are Penn State!
On Tuesday we packed up to head home, but on our way out we stopped at the little zoo right beside our campground. After we finished the zoo we loaded up and headed home. The trip went way too fast and we were especially sad when it was over because we knew it was the last one for us this year!
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