brrr!!

Ever since the initial spring-like weather about week or so ago, Maggie and I have been itching to get outside for a stretch at least once or twice a day! Of course, being springtime, the weather is fickle ... beautiful sunshine and 65 degrees one day, and torrential downpours and wind the next. Today we got tricked! Maggie and I played inside much of the morning, but the sun was so bright ... her room was warming up nicely, so we got dressed, shoe-d and headed out...

... and ran back in for coats! So we got "coated" too, and then headed out to play. Well, the porch was in the shade and that was way too cold! Maggie kept saying, "Water!" and hinting she was very interested in playing at her water table. I'm not sure she got it when I tried to explain that we just might freeze if we played with water in this chilly weather...

So I distracted her. We trooped around the garden and driveway and stayed reasonably comfortable when not in the shade. Eventually our teeth were chattering and Maggie was calling on "Charlie" (this means "It's chilly!") so we headed in. After eating some lunch, I get online to see it's 41-frickin'-degrees! No wonder we were so cold ... I thought we were just being wussy! C'mon spring, get your act together and bring us some sunshiney-love! :)


Also getting a slightly more "Charlie" reception, our friend the potty. For the last few days, Maggie has not shown as much interest. And though she has managed to poop in the potty twice, she's becoming increasingly freaked out by the idea of "transacting" that kind of "business" in the potty. So we'll step back a little for now, take it easy ... this will not become a battle of the wills, because we all know who would win! ;)

maggie's world... potty time ... excellent!

By the time we got back from our "spring break" in snowy Michigan (during the first week of March ... brrr, I suppose it was spring somewhere), a package had arrived and was sitting on our landlord's doorstep. What ever could it be??



We had ordered a potty chair since Maggie was announcing things like, "Poop?" when we'd hear that she was working on her "business." We had also ordered a little book called Big Girls Use the Potty in order to spend $30 and get free shipping. Our plan was to just take it waaaay easy and be very casual about things. We didn't want to push the potty training issue on Maggie, as she still is quite young to be thinking about such things. We just set it out in her bathroom and showed her that she had a new book to look at.


It has been a surprise to me - but she has taken right to it! She loves the little book and walks around saying, "Potty!" In the last couple days, she has been sitting on the potty a couple times daily AND actually peeing. (We weren't going to jump into rewarding her with stickers on a chart, but since she has taken interest, we put it up.) This morning she even pooped, which surprised me to no end. She normally would pee and talk about "poop?" but not sit still long enough to really... transact any business. Yet today ... she did! Wow!

I somehow think the thrill won't last and we'll be back where we started in no time, but since she has shown interest (and even some proficiency), I did actually order some cloth pull-up training pants. Might as well run with it since she is interested, I guess! And though she's still a little young to have a handle on undressing herself, these might be a little easier to get out of than a diaper, a cover, and a snappi. :)