What Am I Missing?!?

In the process of potty training, both of my boys learned how to pee in the toilet long before learning to poo... (yes, we are encroaching on that topic). It then took time to teach them about the #2 part of toilet etiquette.

Ellie, however, has been completely different in her training techniques. She figured out how to pee on the potty, but not how to tell me when she needs to go. The effect is simply that when I insist that she sit on the potty, she indeed releases the built-up liquid. But if I am not preemptive, she will have a wet pull-up.

BUT -- She knows when she has to go #2. She will tell us when she needs to, and she hasn't had that kind of accident in over 2 weeks!

I don't know what I'm missing... How do I finish the potty training process so that she will tell me when she needs to go? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that I haven't had to deal with poopy diapers. But I would also really love it if I didn't have to buy pull-ups at all anymore. Help!?!

All Things Girl...

Last Thursday I decided to make my princess perty. :) I got the straightener out and curled her hair in ringlets. She looked so adorable I had to take pictures.

It won't be an everyday occurrence, but she actually liked having me do her hair - and, let's face it, SO CUTE!!!

V Is For VEST

Preston came home from preschool the other day and was so excited to try on his craft. Here are some pictures...

I just love the gangster pose that he insists on doing in pictures. :)

PineWood Derby Results

Kaden participated in the pinewood derby in scouts yesterday. He and Danny had worked on his car for about 2 weeks - with a little help from my dad over the weekend.

Danny was unable to attend the derby as he is out of town until tomorrow night. So he had me record every single race that Kaden's car was in (8 total). Again, this is for Danny's benefit...

Race #1 (1st place):

Race #2 (1st place):

Race #3 (2nd place):

Race #4 (3rd place):

He accidentally dropped his car at the beginning of this race. Oops!

Race #5 (2nd place):

Race #6 (1st place):

Race #7 (1st place):

The racing ramp was all electronic. The computer had a glitch on this race and they had to race again.

Race #8 (1st place):

He ended up getting 6th place overall. He also received an award naming him the Dark Knight.

He had so much fun and I wish Danny could have been here to enjoy it with us. There's always next year, I guess.

Show-Off

Ellie's such a show-off. But I'm allowed to think it's absolutely adorable... Right???