Finn enjoys a summer treat.


Helaina now has a piggy like her big brother.

What Just Happened

I would guess every parent faces the daunting task of trying to convince their child that sooner or later things in a diaper better belong in a toilet.

What began with a few borrowed books and progressed to short then long stints of just sitting Finn on a toilet and reading books and coloring pictures. He was earning stickers and M&Ms for the effort he put forth to sit not really sure of how to do what he knew a toilet was for.
We had weeks earlier showed him the new bat and ball he would earn when he finally used the potty. His sticker chart was filling up. His M&M sweet tooth lacked the staying power we had hoped for. But his willingness to put up with us requesting that he sit on the toilet was admirable.

Then this morning after a rather long stint of what I thought was the usual waste of time I asked, "Are you done?"
Finn said that he was. But before he got up I heard the sound of pee hitting the plastic of the training seat and failing into the toilet.

The expession on Finn's face was one of "Is what is happening what I think is happening?" His eyes were wide and a look of excitement drew across his face.
"I'm peeing Daddy! I'm going potty, I'm going potty!"
We hooted, we hollered, we jumped up and down. We were excited to tell Mommy and we earned the big bat.
All in all we played ball and bat all day and peed in the potty four times and had no wet diapers. He is very proud of himself and so are we!