Our Kids

Funny thing about the twos, it is old enough to want something, even if it isn’t really good and/or comfortable for you.  Case in point is our fabulous new shoes.  We got new Dora tennis shoes and some new Teva style sandals.  The girls wear them all the time, I mean 24/7!  You have to get the shoes off and hide them to even have a hint of a chance to getting them to sleep without them.  The other day we got a little wet outside so Piper (who does not like to have even a drop of water on her) insists to have all her clothes off, except her diaper, socks and shoes.  That is how she napped, in her shoes and socks.  It is so cute and so funny.  I mean those clunky things can’t be comfortable but they go along with the wacky outfits they pick out sometimes too.  So much fun, so much amusement, who knew it could be this good.

Well she did it and it wasn’t all that bad.  Piper has been sitting on the potty happily for a few weeks.  Now I am being a little lazy with her potty training since it is sooo easy to just have one in diapers (compared to two that is).  I have been letting her go at her own pace and not forcing it at all.  So yesterday a friend dropped by and we were chatting when Piper insisted on sitting on the potty so we went in I put her on the potty and kept chatting with Erin.  Then all of a sudden I heard a tinkle and lo and behold she had peed the littlest of bits in the potty.  So of course Erin and I made a big deal of it and Piper insisted on putting on her diaper where she finished the rest of her pee.  But she told me she needed to go, she in fact did go (and knew that she did, she looked in the potty and all) and then was pleased with herself when we told Daddy that night.  So progress comes even when you are not looking.