Potty Training and Conversations

Reese is officially potty trained. It has been about a month now that we can say that. We have the school to thank for the potty training. She kept telling me that she was not a big girl, she is a baby and I thought that she would never be potty trained. But, the school kept sending her home in big girl underwear and before long, she was telling us when she had to go to the restroom.

Reese also prefers boys underwear. When I cleaned out Riley's underwear drawer, Reese took all of his old underwear to her room. Since her favorite character is Diego and Diego only comes in boys, we also had to buy some boys underwear for Reese.

Reese is also really good about holding her potty. We were coming home from Maine, and we were stuck in traffic. I told Reese to just go in her diaper, and I would change her. She would not do it; she waited until we got home.

The only time we do use a diaper is at night since Reese still goes to bed with a cup of milk.

Last night, after Reese went to her room crying and I went in after her, I had a conversation with Reese that went like this: "Why are you sitting in your room in the dark?".
Reese answered, "Because Daddy hurt my feelings".

Today, after Reese asked for a brownie and I told her she had to eat some ham or turkey first, Reese said, "Can I have some turkey? Turkey Sandwich, it is yummy." Then, after I asked her whether she wanted one piece of bread or two and showed her the sandwich with the turkey on top, she said, "Cover it, Mommy".

I love that Reese is potty trained and can have these wonderful conversations!

Reese's Third Birthday

Reese was overwhelmed by her third birthday party. She did not like all of the people at the house and tended to hide. We had a house party with family and neighbors in attendance. A couple of days before the party we went out and bought Reese the Elmo decorations she wanted. When I told her that we had to save the party hats for the party, she threw a fit and promptly changed her mind and told me that she wanted Diego decorations now so that she could play with the party hats. I finally told her that we would still have Elmo decorations, but I would let her play with the hats. She agreed, and I just went out and bought another package of hats.

During the cake part Reese got upset that the cars with Big Bird and Elmo were on the cake. We had to take the cars off the cake before we sang Happy Birthday! She hid the whole time we sang and then went to her room.

PaPa and YaiYai bought Reese a beautiful Elmo pinata which was really hard to break. Reese did not participate in the fun at all, but even the adults got involved to get the pinata open. We even did away with the blindfold!

Reese did come out to open her presents, but the guests had to pretend that they were not paying attention to her. She was really cute and enjoyed this part of the party.

Once all of the guests left, Reese came out and played with her presents. We also had to redo the singing of Happy Birthday, and Reese blew out her candles again just for us. I forgot that she is somewhat shy with crowds even if they are all people that she knows.