Potty Training

All week we have been doing serious potty training, and we're proud to report that Catherine made it all day today in underpants without any accidents! We even went to a friend's birthday party, and she used the bathroom four times while we were there. I was slightly embarrassed when she came back to the party once, and loudly announced, "I pooped!" However, pretty much everyone there has a toddler, so they thought it was funny. She still is wearing a diaper at night, but this puts us down to just one diaper a day. There is a very, very silly song and dance we do every time she successfully uses the potty, and she has started doing the routine when she sees that I have gone. We're quite excited about this: that is her using the potty, not the song and dance because we can, too!

Spelling Time

Catherine loves this show on PBS called Super Why! To be honest, so do I. After watching these videos, I'm sure you'll be able to understand why (no pun intended!) She's not quite yet 2o months and she is becoming literate. Go go PBS Kids.

Farm Animal Day and Other Fun

NC State had a farm animal day this week. We went early in the morning to see horses, cows, pigs, fish, rabbits, turkeys, and baby chicks. The highlight of the day was finding a buttercup field on the way back to the car. The girls in the above picture are Natalie, Catherine, and Grace. They had so much fun playing in the field. There are many, many more pictures on our Flickr page of the event, as well as some photos from a playdate we hosted on Monday, and some photos from Easter. I did think to take some short videos of buttercup-play...enjoy!





The singing video is my personal favorite.