Potty SUCCESS!!

Yessssss!!!

We finally figured out that Josiah just needed to be in charge of the whole process. So we stopped talking about the potty entirely. We don't remind of anything at all any more. You can tell when he's getting very uncomfortable, but still we say nothing. And it's worked!

We let Josiah pick out his favorite design in pull-ups, and explained that when we left the house, he had to wear them since we were still working on the potty training. He seemed fine with that. 

So anyway, since then, he's been such a big boy. Four straight days without one accident. And poop in the potty almost all of those days - no poop accidents since last Thursday!!!

Can you believe it?!! What a big boy!!!! We are THRILLED. 

More birthday fun

Avery had a really great day on his actual birthday.

First breakfast on the "red plate." Then off to preschool, where the kids loved his snack bags and they sang happy birthday to him. He got a crown from the teachers. Then the boys went to Denise's for the af

ternoon, where the cupcakes I made were a big hit. Avery said his favorite part of the day was the cupcakes (a surprise since he only likes the frosting and jimmies).

For dinner we had whatever Avery wanted. Cheeseburgers, chicken noodle soup, and mac and cheese. And orange juice to drink. Yum. :)

Here's Avery with his special "5" cupcake. 

After dinner, he opened his last gift - Aunt Kari sent him (and Josiah, too, bless her) pirate costumes and a pirate board game! They LOVED them. They've been running around yelling Argh!! ever since. And the game's a big hit. Josiah plays about 3 rolls of the dice and then is bored but Avery really gets it and has won (legitimately even!) 2 times in a row.

THANK YOU AUNT KARI!!

Josiah's cracking me up with the "Argh ye matey!" Here is he is sharpening his hook. He is very intentional about keeping the hook in good condition. :)

Today, Monday, is a rainy horrible day. The back yard is a lake of ice and bits of dog stuff. Totally gross. Such a contrast to yesterday, when we were able to ride bikes out FINALLY. So we're playing our video game this morning to be busy - here's Avery being safety-conscious as he spells words on the video game. 

Right this minute Josiah is playing a game where the frog uses his tongue to grab flies with letters to spell out simple words. He has decided that he is going to only grab the flies with shapes instead because, according to him, "the letters hurt my teef."