Keeping Busy This Week

This week, we (read I) decided to stay home to attempt at potty training Emma. I assumed that by staying home, we would reduce accidents by always being near the potty. Well that was true, but we still had our share of them. She is doing great though. Today, was our first trip out and she stayed dry and told me when she had to go potty. All of the kids enjoyed cuddling in Emma's bed one morning. Emma has become proficient at taking her clothes off - that's why she's naked in the pic. She's also getting good at getting dressed - funny since Ryan would still let us dress him if we would!

Anyway, because we were staying home, I had to get creative to keep everyone busy. On an idea that a friend used, we started making a daily schedule. The kids liked that they could help decide what we were doing each day and I liked being able to tell them to look at the schedule to see what we were doing next. Also, no boredom. One day we painted outside, which the kids loved! They have asked to do it again - every day! They painted in their underwear to reduce mess (but Ryan didn't understand why I didn't want him running around to the front of the house).

We also started Nick on some oatmeal this week. He's enjoying it more and swallowing more each day, but still can't say he's 'eating it up'. We are still working on getting Nick on a more regimented nap schedule. He's still having trouble sleeping in his crib and prefers the swing. But it's getting better. All three of them fit in the bath this week!