Little things are big at our house!
October 23rd, 2006
Yay for the potty girlI didn’t have a big plan last week when I woke up and decided to try potty-training, thus the glamorous “potty chart!” I rushed downstairs to the markers and paper and drew little “worms” to mark her progress - don’t ask, that’s just what came into my head at the moment! Lydia ate the idea up, though, and she did great once we told her that “it is time” to give up diapers and move on to big-girlhood! I was too lazy to give her candy or what-not every time she successfully visited the bathroom, so I did a reward for every 4 times. She enjoyed getting new coloring books, audio books (Heidi and Secret Garden), and some cookies and brownies, too. (Dollar Tree is great for those kinds of “treats,” by the way!) I’ll say that it has been a real treat for me as a mom to watch her accomplish one of her first milestones of independence. I had to wonder, though, what does “potty-training” look like in third-world countries??? Anyway, it’s so great to now have two in diapers again instead of three!
We went on a retreat last weekend with the 5th-graders from our church. Pastor Steve asked Eric to lead music and for both of us to share about times in our lives in which we trusted God in difficulties. Our kids had a wonderful time, and the place was beautiful. It used to be a rice plantation a couple hundred years ago. We had fun eating together, singing, studying the Bible, and playing outside with the children. We did a family “first,” which was sleeping together in one, big bed! Lydia didn’t sleep much. Eric said she kept waking him up whispering, “Heyyy Daddy, can I touch your face?” Adorable, I think, at least for the first twenty minutes!
the entrance - the landscape was so pretty
“Not so fast, guys! You need someone a little older to take out that canoe!”
“I guess you can go with me, Mommy”
The kids take a swing with Emily and Maddie
“Watch where you point those things!”
Steve, our children’s minister, and Eric in the water
Meredith will definitely remember this one, don’t you think?
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YAY! We’re (Natalie and I are)so proud of Lydia with you. Fun potty chart. Natalie says it is a great one!
That is a cute as all picture of Lydia too! I’ve got a potty song in my head half the time now because Joseph saw this silly potty show I got at Salvation Army a long time ago for Natalie and can often be heard saying potty show and if you tell him to go to the potty he’ll run (not walk) to the bathroom. It’s pretty funny, but I think we’re a ways from him actually being completely potty trained. But who knows, he may up and suprise me. ~Tam
Hey Tammy, I’ve heard that boys are much easier than girls to train … ? … although Cara B. told me recently that Eva trained literally overnight, whereas it took her 3 boys months to train! I guess ultimately it has to do a lot with the personality of the child, too. Lydia seemed to have the ability to walk for months before she decided she “felt like” doing it! I guess she needs to be persuaded that some things are a good idea before she’ll jump on the bandwagon
Hmmm, does she get that from Mommy, I wonder?!!
So cute! I’m glad you guys had a good time on the retreat. I did a fall retreat with MCO at Bonnie Dune (sp?) once and LOVED the canoing. It was beautiful and all the flowers were blooming and the gators were out. Unfortunately I stayed in the “12-girls-to-a-shower” cabins so that was not as much fun for me
Miranda - here’s how you solve that problem: do what I did - SKIP THE SHOWER! hahaha
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