Take That!

Day 3 (last day!) of potty training. She went potty 11 times. One of them was poop! Whew! She had only one accident and it was outside. Ok, so you may be wondering what's with the Take That picture. Over the phone, the nurse left me with a dreadful option to help her poop. I've seen the signs, she needs to poop but refuses to go in the potty. I'm desperate! I finally bribed her. We told her she could watch Take That on the DVD player if she sits on the potty and tries to poop. Wow, that worked like magic! She sat down and pooped! She got to watch Take That do their circus thing on the potty. Ok, so this might be too much pooping info, but it's a really big deal in this house!

Day 2

On day 2 of potty training Penelope has gone 8 times. Unfortunately, she still hasn't done the #2. Oh well, I'm just happy there hasn't been any accidents. Hooray!

There are many ways to potty train. Penelope has been having potty time for the past two or three months. I don't remember. After her snacks and meals, she'll have potty time; where she sits on the potty and I read her an endless number of books. She had gotten to the point where she would just go pee as soon as she sat on the potty. If you were wondering how long I'm going to update the blog about her potty training, no worries, just three days. We are using Fellom's technique. So if anyone visits us in the next three months, you'll be seeing a lot of Pen's bare bottom.

Day 1

It's our first day of potty training! Penelope has done really well for her first day. No accidents. She did go potty 13 times today. Does this mean where we go is dictated by how long Pen can go between potties?

I was advised to give an update about Penelope.

Her Favorites

food : Chocolate

tv show : Caillou

music: Take That

book: Take That booklet that comes with the DVD

song to sing: "Grandma take me home" -Casper Baby Pants and "Patience" - Take That

phrase: "I can do it"

place to be: beach

activity: paint her face like a clown cause that is what Take That did in their concert

play: games with cards

Happy Easter!

Bike Ride

The weather was nice enough for Pen to go on her first bike ride. Her first reaction was "wheeeeeeee"!

Kite

Penelope made this kite. And get this, it actually flies!

Penelope as a kite consultant

What Just Happened?

When speaking to a toddler, there's a lot of playback. If Penelope said a word, we would acknowledge her speech by repeating it. For example, if she were to say "airplane" we would say something like, "yes, there is an airplane in the sky, it makes a loud noise". Lately she uses that playback to her advantage.

Scene: Dinner is done and Penelope is "all done".

Derek is wiping her hands and Emily is putting dishes into the sink

Pen: Nana, banana, banana
Derek and Emily: banana?
Pen: Ok (sure I'll have one, thank you)

Penelope sits up and waits for her banana.

She totally tricked us into offering her a banana! How did that happen?


Penelope loves being carried. "Carry you"! I can usually get away with telling her my arms are tired and she has to walk. So one day, Derek, Penelope, and I were out for a walk.

Scene: Derek is holding Penelope's bike and helmet. Penelope is getting frustrated with walking.

Penelope : Mommy, carry you!
Emily: Penelope you will just have to walk. My arms are tired.
Penelope: Mommy carry bike.
Emily: Ok (takes the bike and helmet from Derek)
Penelope: Daddy, carry you!

Sheri!

Sheri is visiting Seattle this week and we were able to steal some of her time.

Carousel

This is Pen's favorite attraction at the zoo.

Bike

Penelope rode her bike all the way to the market! We are so proud!