It’s been a few weeks since I updated the blog, so I have a lot of stuff to talk about.

Delaney said her first “I love you” a couple of weeks ago. She didn’t say it to me or to JR, she said it to Brianna. No big surprise since she loves her sissy so much. Brianna missed the bus one morning, so we had to take her to school. As she was getting out of the truck, I said “Be good today. I love you.” So, Delaney said, “Love you.” She said it a couple of days later to. She has only ever said it to Brianna…not me or JR yet.

She’s also doing pretty well at potty training. Most days she stays dry all day. The past two nights she’s had an accident, but prior to that she was dry for a couple of weeks. She’s even gone #2 by herself a time or two. She’s only had two pee accidents during the day in the past few weeks.

Brianna’s been back to school for 2 weeks. Her classroom job is “book critic”. She has to do a book review every week. Every kid in the class has a job and they get paid for it in class cash. They also get class cash for bringing back their reading log signed and homework, etc. They get to go shopping once a week in the class store with their class cash, but only if their “check register” is balanced. They get to change jobs every 9 week period. She put her application in for computer technician also. She’s hoping to get that one next. She’s also got her eye on the librarian job.

Soccer practice started this past week. So, I get to schlep her back and forth to Camden 1-2 times per week for the next few months.

JR’s due back from Ohio tomorrow. He’s been up there this week. His dad got out of the hospital this week after his heart valve replacement surgery several weeks ago.

I’ve been keeping super busy with client work and PTA stuff. With the new school year, switching from a PTO to a PTA, Fall Festival Committee and the fall fundraiser, I’ve got my hands full!

I spent all afternoon today cleaning the shower and stripping out old caulk. I even took the doors off and took them outside to use the high pressure hose to get down into the nooks and crannies of everything. I’m not looking forward to doing that again anytime soon.

Tags : Brianna, cleaning, Delaney, JR, potty training, school, toilet training

I have several things to catch up on.

Delaney’s refused having the potty seat sitting on the “big potty”, preferring to balance herself on the big seat by herself. She’s also has been trying to go potty by herself the past couple of days. We also had a poop in the potty again yesterday! (Unfortunately not so for today.) She’s still having pee accidents every so often, but that’s usually when I’m not paying a lot of attention. She had an accident this morning, but it was in the bathroom floor when she was trying to get to the potty by herself. At least that’s easy to clean up!

School registration is in 2 weeks. I’ll be at the school all day, volunteering at the PTA booth. 34 days until school starts and some resemblance to routine returns to the household. Unfortunately for me that also means I’ll be getting up early again. No more sleeping until 8:30!

Brianna read the first Harry Potter book this past week. She really enjoyed it and is looking forward to reading the next book. We let her watch the first movie the other day. I wasn’t upstairs when she was watching it, but JR was. He said she was talking about the book the whole time…”that happened in Chapter 2″ “that happened in Chapter 5″, etc. There was a lot of stuff that was left out of the movie, but thankfully we explained to her ahead of time about how they would have to leave stuff out, otherwise the movie would be a mini-series.

JR bought some Steelers stickers and added them to his motorcycle. I’ll post some pictures when he gets back. He took Brianna to go for a ride and buy her some new shoes and himself a holster for his backup weapon.

Tags : Brianna, Delaney, Harry Potter, JR video, poop, potty, potty training, school, steelers, toilet training

For some reason, Delaney has started calling her poop “turtle”. I don’t have the slightest idea where she got that from. But, now when she poops, instead of saying she has “yuckies” like she used to, now she says she has “turtle”. And, of course, she always makes “turtles” in her panties and NOT on the potty.

She is doing great with peeing on the potty and staying dry during nap time. Although, last night, for some strange reason, she was sitting on the futon upstairs and peed…but didn’t say a word…she just sat in it, for who knows how long, until I picked her up to take her downstairs to get ready for bed. I was NOT happy. I poured a bunch of vinegar on the spot. (That reminds me, I need to add vinegar to the shopping list.) Hopefully it won’t stink.

Anyway, like I said, in general, she’s doing great with keeping dry during the day. She’s even been dry for about 5 nights this past week. Tonight she REFUSED to wear the “backup diaper” (the diaper I put on over her panties at night). So, I made it quite clear to her that she was NOT to pee in the bed. The other night she woke herself up at midnight to pee on the potty, so I know she’s capable. I’m crossing my fingers to see how it goes.

Tags : Delaney, poop, potty, potty training, toilet training