Grandma Mary and Gramps Visit

Grandma Mary and Gramps came into town for a long weekend. It was wonderful to have some help, and Dave and I even got to go out together (TWICE!).

After having so much attention, Delaney has been suffering a little bit from grandparent withdrawal since they left on Tuesday morning. She's been demanding. And demanding. And demanding. And maybe I'm going through a bit of an adjustment myself; I get so used to doing everything by myself, and then have help for a few days, and then I'm back to being on my own.


As Delaney has been asking to sit on the potty, I bought her a litte princess potty seat. I thought that the seat would make it easier for her to sit on the potty and encourage practicing. Apparently, I was wrong (again). She has decided that Elliot should sit on the potty and only Elliot. She often wants Elliot to try something that she's a little unsure about--perhaps, she's thinking---'hmmmm.... If Elliot doesn't fall into the potty and die a horrible death, then maybe I'll give it a try'.


Delaney has also been having serious problems kicking the binky-habit. She did fine for over a week, but once Grandma Mary and Gramps left, she must have decided that she needed extra comfort. So-she's been having daily tantrums, begging to go 'nite, nite', so she can have her binkies. It's really quite pathetic. Yesterday, I put her in a well deserved time-out. When I went to check on her, she had pulled down her pants and up her shirt and was frantically trying to put on her pj's, presumably so she could go to bed and have her binkies. It was 2:30 PM. So-it's been a long last few couple of days.....



And about to get longer, since Daddy is headed to Georgia to go camping with the guys. I highly doubt that any blogging, laundry, showering or brushing of teeth will get done in the next few days. Life is fair, huh? :)