Day Trained!

Peanut is day trained... I owe my thanks to this book -

Title: The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers
Author: Elizabeth Pantley

Here are two Quick Facts About Potty Training from her book...

♦ The perfect age to begin potty training is different for every child. Your child's best starting age could be anywhere from eighteen to thirty-two months.
♦ You can begin training at any age, but your child's biology, skills, and readiness will determine when they can take over their own toileting.

This is 100% true and so helpful... After reading this book and taking the quiz I knew Peanut wasn't ready yet... She had just turned 3 years old... However when she was ready I knew and could help out where she needed me too... She will be 4 in a few months... There have a been a few bumps along the way but no tears from me or her... ::grin:: I couldn't recommend a better book (I've read a dozen or so)...

Snapshot Saturday

I took lots of great photos today...
Here are my three 'new' nursing dresses:

I could be a triplet... ::smirk::

Here are my little blessings:

This is the first photo of all 4 of them together... I think it turned out great! My husband and Monkey ran out to the PO and Library while I did some things around the house... We then headed out to Library for me to pick up some things... I hadn't been to the library for a while... My husband and just been taking the children and himself regularly... I have stayed home with which ever child(ren) were currently not feeling well... I signed the three oldest up for the Summer Reading Program... Which started June 9th... I'm usually there at the Grand Kick Off Party... Just didn't make it this year... So, everyone is all registered... I picked up Potty Learning Books for Peanut, Dinosaurs for Monkey, and Geography (US States) for my oldest... No books being checked out for Linebacker yet... He just has the ones around the house right now... I need to sign him up for the Imagination Library... Keep forgetting about that... After the library we went to the 'wood chip/dirt' place... Filled up our containers for woodchips... Next it was to Walmart for some more needed things... Picked up a few more T-Shirts for the older boys, Sharpie for me, and food... We snacked on Chicken Strips and Tarter Wedges on the way home... Yummy... We hadn't bought these in a while... I snuggled with Linebacker and became very sleepy... So, I took a nap... My husband with the older three put the woodchips on the garden path and did a bit of weeding... The mosquitos are awful so they didn't stay out any longer then they had too... They had leftover Noodle Casserole for dinner and pizza... I woke up from my much needed nap... I was stuffed with chicken and tarters from Walmart so I didn't eat anything else... Just drank a ton of water... All the children were in bed but Linebacker who was snugglin' and nursin'... We cleaned up the house... It was super cluttered... With all that had been happening the house had really fallen apart... The house wasn't 'dirty' just extremely messy! It looks aweseome now!!! I'm off to snuggle more with Linebacker... So, I will be back when I have TWO free hands again... ::grin:: Have a great rest of the weekend... See you all on Monday...

Wondering Wednesday

I did it!!!! I'm 100% updated from the 7th till TODAY!!! Woo hoo!!! I still need to do Linebacker's first week and his birth story but at least I'm back current finally... It really bugs when I'm behind... Well I went on the gift card shopping spree today... Bought everything we needed... It feels so good to know the children have what they need... I've decided that it is time for Peanut to learn how to use the potty and not use diapers any more... I picked her up some practice pants (extra padding to absorb), some regular panties (just girly) and some CONGRATS you did it panties (Dora)... We also picked her up a potty seat (Dora)... I just need to stop at Ace and pick up a folding stool... She is still a bit tiny (hence the nickname Peanut) and our bathroom is small so I'm opting for a folding stool over the traditional potty stool... So, we are all prepared... Wish us luck... My oldest the school finally trained him at almost 6 years old... Monkey potty trained himself at around 4... So, I really have no clue how we are going to do this... I think she is ready though... Just a matter of taking the time and working on it with her... The making the crawl space 'pretty' guy came... He works for a company called Innovative Basement Systems... We are talking 6+K... YIKES!!! Our crawl space presents special issues... So, it will be even more then that... UGH!!! So, despite how awesome their products looks and what a great thing it would be... We won't be doing this type of improvement any time soon... I'm working on catching up on laundry... 2 Loads mostly done... 1-3 more to go... So, that is all for today... I'm still bothered by that thing... I wish I could stop thinking about it... Just annoys me... ::frown::