After a very, very long week for all of us--Dave worked (at least) 18 hour days, covering the legislative session--Dave had a day off (THANK GOD!!!). We headed to Cave Rock in the morning for some much needed family time.
When we started going to the beach a few weeks ago, Delaney despised the ladybugs and wanted me to banish them from the planet. Now-she LOVES the ladybugs, 'catches' them, talks to them and 'carries' them around. Elliot likes the ladybugs too--but mostly just smooshes them!
Delaney and Elliot were both great at the beach. And after a week of wearing undies (during ALL waking hours), Laney even used the potty at the beach without any problems! Less than two weeks ago, I made her pediatrician swear to me that Laney would 'someday' be potty trained, and since then Laney has decided that 1) Diapers are for babies, 2) She's not a baby, and 3) She wants NOTHING to do with diapers--she even moved all of her diapers from her room into Elliot's room and 4) She doesn't want to go to bed and REALLY doesn't want to sleep (I don't know if this has anything to do with potty training or not-but it's driving us crazy!-One night she only slept from midnite to 5 AM). I've been avoiding writing about her successes in potty training, because I didn't want to curse us, and I know my Laney-Pie, and I know that she may very well 'change her mind', with the very same willpower that she has now decided to use the potty. She's always full of surprises and just when I think that I know what to expect from her, she'll completely change, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Unfortunately, tonite Dave came down from a fever (that's what working insane hours and not sleeping will do!), but hopefully he'll be on the mend soon.
2 comments:
wow we had a very similar day ourselves. Saturday we took a nice family hike down to Chimney beach they call it. But we made our own nickname "Lady Bug beach" this beach also had a ton of lady bugs. it was so cute watching my boys run around in the undies and collecting lady bugs. isnt it great that we can now get out an enjoy some nice weather. The Lake is one of the greatest blessing for living in this area. My husband too came down with a fever tonight as well. man what a similar weekend we both have had. glad Lainey is doing good potty training. Its amazing what a difference it makes when it the child commitment and energy behind it. she may falter a bit when baby is born so be prepared but dont give up.
That first picture is absolutely adorable, Emily! It could be a postcard! It sounds like you guys are enjoying the warm weather! I can't wait for beach weather here!
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