Feeling Free

It's amazing how free we are feeling!

We don't need 6 pairs of pants and 25 pairs of underwear to go places. In fact, we can actually go places now. I'm still staying close to home as much as possible, but in just the last couple of days we have made strides!!!

Little Miss is working on day four of clean panties. She's quite proud of those hard earned stickers!! She had never gone one single day without an accident before and suddenly she has gone three days in a row. This has been encouraging to brother. He went all day without an accident yesterday and so we started a sticker chart for him, also. I haven't wanted to highlight failure so we didn't start the chart until we had some measure of success. I finally have their will and desire on my side and they are experiencing the freedom of being able to live dry and clean.

Going potty is still a production! We have every kind of balloon possible and we do all sorts of things with them. The latest is blowing up a balloon thru a long piece of plastic tubing attached to it. Whatever it takes! We have to make the process enjoyable and take the opportunity to teach them creative, imaginative play. We had a good laugh yesterday. We had a major potty time after church and lunch and then went hiking. When we arrived home it was off to the bathroom again. Little Guy pulls down his pants and says, "What's this??" A little blue balloon had hitched a ride in his unders and was stuck to him. He promptly pulled it off and stuck it in his mouth and blew on it - while R.N. Daddy freaked, "That's dirty!!!"

They've had some happy, contented days. Friday was tough for Missy and me! It was a battle all day and in the evening she gave up the fight and was suddenly worried I might not love her anymore. She became Miss Chatty and Lovey-Dovie - almost in a hyper way. She struggled with anxiety all night and screamed and yelled "Mamma" throughout the night. Part of the trouble was that she overate supper ad had a tummy ache and part of it was fear.

The twins are really into hats and neckerchiefs, walking sticks and binoculars. The girls slept on the deck last night in their sleeping bags so now the twins want to sleep outside - in fact they are playing in the sleeping bags right now.

I'm in a bit of a quandary.  Vanessa is playing harp with the symphony tonight and we all have tickets... but it will be kind of a late night for the twins and I'm not sure I want to pay the consequences for the next two days...