Pressley hearts NKOTB!

I've brain washed my girls (so Justin would say). They LOVE New Kids on the Block! Any time we get in the car, Malia asks to listen to them. She knows the words to the songs, knows who sings the songs, and tells everyone she knows, "Mommy went to see New Kids on the Block". But I think the cutest thing of all is hearing Pressley attempt to sing the words and dance to the songs. Here's Pressley's version of The Right Stuff: "Oh oh oh Rye Stuss". It's so cute! Even if you hate New Kids on the Block, like Justin does, you'd still think it was adorable!

Sick, sick, sick!

So, Justin left for the next two weeks on Sunday and the girls and I are in WV until the 29th. Pressley hasn't been sleeping well the past three nights. I noticed a rash on her feet and hands yesterday, but figured it was from wipes we had used to wash her hands after eating a cupcake on Tuesday. She has very sensitive skin, and has broken out before from using those same wipes. At any rate, she's also been fevering and having a runny nose-but she has molars coming in, so I just lumped all these things together, because it's typical behavior from her when it comes to teething. Last night though, I decided to take her to urgent care because the rash was getting worse, and we could all use some more sleep! After seeing the doctor, we found out she has strep throat and...more ear infections! Which means at my next doctor's visit, with Pressley's pediatrician, we'll have to schedule an appointment for tubes. This is her 3rd ear infection in about 6 weeks (and 6th in 6 months). They told us in June if she had 3 more in a year we would have to have it done, and we hit our three in the past 6 weeks. We just finished our last dose of antibiotics not even 2 weeks ago! So anyway, I'm hoping that once we go down that road I'll actually have a child that sleeps through the night. We haven't had much of that in the last 18 months, so we'll say a little prayer that Pressley will just feel better all around and we can all get some rest!

Sparkle Toes and animals

Malia: I have sparkles on my toes!
Me: You do?!
Malia: Yeah! Do you want to feel them?
Me: Sure! (Feeling the invisible sparkles)
Malia: They're resky
Me: They're nasty?
Malia: No! Resky
Me: Oh. What's resky mean?
Malia: It means they need to come off.

The next day...

Malia: Look at the animals! They're all jungling.
Me: What's that mean?
Malia: They're chasing each other.

Malia's Big Day!

Malia had a big day today! It started with her tracing her name! (See above) We've been working on writing the letters A, L and I...so I thought M would be somewhat easy, so I showed her and wrote her name and had her trace it...this the first time she's ever written her name! Not bad for a 3 year old!! After writing her name, we finished the day with a poop in the potty! She hasn't done that in about 21 months...since she was Pressley's age! She did it with much convincing..."either you put on a diaper and go in it like a baby or you use the potty! I'm not cleaning poop out of your underwear!" Being that she does not want to be a baby...she used the potty with great success! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will last!

Bird Poop

There was a little bit of bird poop on our sliding glass window today. Malia saw it and said, "Eww! There's bird poop on the window! He shouldn't poop on the window, he should go in the grass, that's his potty!"

Three Weeks Without Diapers

Well, we're on week 3 of Malia wearing big girl underwear!! We've had some little accidents along the way, but for the most part, she is peeing on the potty like a big girl! She doesn't have #2 down yet...which is where most of the accidents have occurred (yuck!), but I can't complain, because we have cut WAY back on diapers!! And actually, between my two girls, I have one completely potty trained girl! Pressley has been consistantly pooping on the potty since August! So, I really can't complain!