Potty surprise

Pride does not even describe the way I'm feeling about Adri's accomplishments today. After fighting with her all day yesterday about potty training, she decided to use the potty all day today! She did go poop in her pull up once, (she hasn't pooped in two days, so she desperately needed to go!) but has had a dry pull-up the rest of the day.

While I was changing Sam today I casually mentioned to him how happy I was that his sister went potty on the potty and not in a diaper anymore. That comment was all it took for her to run to her room and put on her big girl undies. She kept them on the rest of the day without an accident and even went out to run errands with me, asking to use the restroom while we were out. (She does a really good job of surprising me sometimes.) I think that I might have figured out the secret to getting her to potty train...or at least I hope. :)

This morning we spent time at Chuck E Cheese with Grandpa (please don't mind the pictures--my beloved camera lens is in the shop and all I had to use was this digital--clearly I have no idea how to get it to focus properly). Adri and Sam had a blast and were exhausted by the time we got home. It was so nice to have the entire place to ourselves. We played so many games we ended up winning 310 tickets. Of course, Adri used them to buy candy (a Chuck E Cheese Pez dispenser). She had the Pez finished before we even got home.

Adri's favorite ride at CE Cheese--she could ride it the entire time:

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Love the look on Sammy's face here...

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Grandpa and Sammy trying to figure out how to get a good picture. This was about the 4th try:

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Really, this is all there is for me to play on?

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Bet you'll never guess what ended up happening here (once again--thank goodness he has that helmet on!)...

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Grandpa and Adri with their loot:

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On Monday Adri received a package in the mail from Great Aunt Bonnie...It contained a slew of books. Bonnie must know Adri well, because she sent books on two of Adri's favorite subjects. Thank you Bonnie for all the books!!!

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And here's Trouble looking for trouble--His favorite new thing is to pull every one of these magnets down multiple times a day and scatter them all over the kitchen floor. This would be fine except it really hurts when you step on or slide across the floor on them!

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