And Day 3!

No accidents at Mama Sue's!!!! He pooped twice and also peed.

Given.... I think Miles held it. When he got home, he refused to use the potty, wouldn't get on it before the tub, and when I finally tucked him in at night, he asked if he was wearing a diapy.

"Yes, you're wearing a dippy. Why? Do you want to use the potty?"

"I have to pee. And I want to pee in my diapy."

"You don't want to go in the potty?"

"No. I want to go in my diapy."

Well, so I don't think we're all the way there yet, but since we haven't had an accident since before Saturday at noon, I think we are a lot farther along than we were on Friday night. Good job Buds!!!!

Day 2 Success!

Yesterday we had no accidents!!! Miles was such a good boy and had no accidents yesterday. We even left the house twice and stayed dry. At the recommendation of the book, we actually put him in underwear and then a pull up so he would get the sensation of being wet, without too big of a mess - but he still did it!

I have to admit, Tim and I are a little concerned about sending our sweet and sensitive boy off to daycare today where he is likely to get distracted, be a bit unsure, and have an accident, but I guess that is part of the learning journey. He did so great this weekend, that I am really hoping it doesn't come to that, but you know what they say "accidents happen"... I just hope it doesn't break his heart!

Flashy Toothbrushes!

Nothing is more fun than a toothbrush that blinks, right?

Right.

BIG NEWS!!!

We've been talking up potty training for the last couple of weeks that we were going to start today. "In 2 weeks", "In 10 days", "On Saturday", "tomorrow"....

So we woke up this morning to no more diapers for Miles. I followed (loosely) the advice of the Potty Boot Camp, and we had a really successful day. We only had 1 bad accident where Miles peed on himself, but after he cleaned himself up, took a bath, and then had to practice going to the potty a number of times, that was it - no more accidents, and he peed 4 times and pooped twice on the potty. He even napped dry! We're sleeping in diapers, but tomorrow we're back to no more diapers. We're incredibly proud of our little man, and I think he was pretty proud of himself, too.

A day for photos

Apparently it is June in the rest of the world, but here in northern CA, we're still stuck in February weather. After an incredibly rainy morning, the afternoon cleared into lightening that was perfect for pictures. We spent a decent amount of the afternoon riding biked up and down the driveway, running up and down the side walk, and otherwise being goofy. I adore my goofballs!!!

A tree is re-planted

For my 35 birthday (which won't happen for another 8 years since I am only 27), Tim and the kids planted a japanese maple for me in front of the house. After the loss of our apricot tree from front and center of our yard, we invested in massive stump grinding episode and transferred the maple out front. We can't wait for the tree to grow up with the kids!

Memorial Day Recap

Another Memorial Day, another weekend surrounded by Reeths! This time we spent the weekend up in wine country, which was a great addition to Yosemite, Shasta, & Mendocino of years past. We headed up Saturday morning, and despite a little rain, had a great time in the pool, at Train Town in Sonoma, at various eateries, and generally around the hotel with the cousins - its amazing how exciting an elevator is for the under-4 set. It was a great tradition, a great weekend, and we're already looking forward to next year.