Potty Time 101

How could it be that I have forgotten how to potty train a child? I don't think I have forgotten EVERYTHING except how incredibly time consuming and frustrating it is. Jordis has been showing most signs of readiness for quite some time even though she is only a little over 2 months shy of being 2 years old. Well as of now I think she has all the signs of readiness and the ball is in my court. I feel like I will have to take a week staying at home for her to get it. Just when we have gotten involved in so many fun activities like "story time" at the library. We went today for the 2nd time and she loved it. She really does think the world revolves around her. When the event was over and we started to walk out of the room, we get to the exit and she turns around and waves at everyone and says, "Bye bye, story time!" As if everyone there is so devistated that she's leaving. It was quite cute. Really.

Jordis woke up this morning and said, "Pee pee potty." So I checked her and she was totally dry. We spent at least 20 minutes on the potty but no pee pee. Then I went to get her a shirt and she got up and pee-ed on the floor. She said, "Uh oh, pee pee potty." So close. She has pee pee-ed in the potty so many times before but not in response to saying she wanted to do it. So, even though she missed the actual potty, I think this was a huge accomplishment. Then we got dressed and went to story time and then to the park so she used her diaper without thinking twice about it. I have to suck it up and be the Mommy and do this already. I just am lazy about it and I have to stop being lazy about it.

Trevor's doing great with football - he loves it and I don't understand why. He practices for 2 hours every Wednesday and has a game on Monday. He gets beat up and still loves it. I'm happy that he's happy.

Spencer is doing such an awesome job at karate. He has learned over 10 Japanese words already and has learned how to "flip a guy." Hopefully he won't have to ever use this skill but I guess it's good to know. The most important thing is that he is getting confident and he is 100% focused on what he is doing for the hour.

Never a dull moment around here. I wouldn't have it any other way.