We Didn't Wait

We didn't wait till Sunday... the opportunity presented itself in a teaching moment and potty training began for the little Missy Tuesday evening. She's quite proud to be wearing panties like a big girl! She owns three pairs... which have been in the washer more than she is wearing them. She can manage to keep them dry pretty well. I think she had two accidents that way yesterday, but she cannot keep them clean. I feel sorry for her...she can't help it. Everytime I put her on the toilet her little bum is smeared with just enough poop to make her underwear dirty, but can produce nothing more. She can pee on command which is hilarious... but she makes the most of it. She gets a treat for each time she pees and she can go twice in one sitting!!!!

This kiddo is easily motivated by praise, hugs, treats, - and don't forget staying dry so she could go to the baby shower in panties like a big girl! Going to the "party" - which sounded all the world like "potty" to me WAS a huge deal! Food and candy is not motivating for her brother and so we have not started with him yet. I'm hoping that he will be motivated by his sister's successes. He doesn't appear to care or have any desire towards change at this point and I can hardly keep up with one right now, anyway.

The baby shower was for our friends adopting from Ethiopia. They fly to get their children in less than a week. They received some really nice gifts last night. Some of the things were no surprise to them as they were much needed items. Little Girl was very, very quiet and happy to be at the "party" and much to her surprise there were gifts for her and her brother, too. Our church friends bought us a brand new set of My Bible Friends story books. I love that set of books. They are so colorful and attractive and the Bible stories are written so well that kids really enjoy them. I had a set for my girls and then gave them away when they were too big. I recently found one at Goodwill and so morning and evening that is the book the tw*ns have asked for for worship time. Now we have the WHOLE set. There were two packages addressed specifically to the kids and since Little Guy was upstairs with dad we dragged him down to open it . Inside were beautiful nature books with intricate pop-ups, flaps, and a magnifying glass that revealed more information, etc... There are 4 of those books total - from Jeanne. They also came home with nice blankets from Peggy. Little Guy was great opening the gifts. I thought he might be shy in front of all those people, but he was very animated and used of lot of "WOWs and THANK YOUs". He's always very grateful for everything. He wanted to specifically know who gave him the books so he could go and thank her himself.

It was heartwarming to see the love and acceptance of our new little ones at the shower. I was blessed. I now know that all will be well and any concern I might have had for their integration into our community was for naught.