Summer Updates

Tantrum ForgivenessLast night, I asked Cianna to get ready for bed and she threw a big tantrum because she didn't want to get ready for bed. She wanted candy instead. Finally after much coaxing, she went upstairs for about 15 minutes. When she came down she was in her pajamas and smiling. I told her I was very happy that she put her pajamas on and she informed me that she also brushed and flossed her teeth and used mouthwash. She gave me a big hug and said "sorry for throwing a fit mom." (My heart melted)

Potty Training SucksThe never ending saga of potty training. I remember this being so much easier with Cianna. Yesterday, Peyton tells me she wants to wear panties so I help her pick out a pair of her new Rapunzel panties to put on. I reminded her not to make Rapunzel sad by peeing in her panties. About 30 minutes later, she's standing in her chair at the dinner table and I hear "I made the princess sad." followed by the gushing waterfall of pee on the chair and floor. Awesome.

One day Peyton was wearing panties all day and doing pretty well. She comes downstairs in the evening and tells me that she needs a pull up. I asked her if she had an accident and she nods without actually admitting anything. So I lift her up onto the potty telling her she needs to try to go potty before putting her pull up on. I didn't even notice at the time that the panties were completely dry and clean. After the futile effort on the potty, she puts on her pull-up. About 5 minutes later..."Peyton, did you poop in your pull-up?" sure enough. She knew she had to poop and came down to switch to a pull up so she didn't poop in her panties (and refused to go in the potty). What a punk!

We're working on the thumb sucking. Cianna tells me that she gets 3 jelly beans at daycare if she doesn't suck her thumb. I have promised her a new horse at the end of the month if she can quit the habit. Crossing my fingers.

Grandma came to visit for a few days and I told Cianna we were going to pick her up at the airport. Her response was "Is she going to have a sleepover?"

My girls like to play pretend, like most kids this age. However, the other day I found myself yelling at Peyton to stop drinking from the dog's water bowl. Cianna had a great justification for this behavior. "Mom, she's just being a horse."

The best soccer game
Cianna told Matt and I on the way to soccer that she was going to score a goal today. They practice for the first 30 minutes, then play a short informal game. She was the only one on her team that was really playing and on top of that she scored 4 goals for her team (and one for the other team). She was amazing and all over the field. I'm so proud and can't wait till the next game.