A Tea Party

Amar'e was lucky enough to get a ceramic tea set for her 2nd birthday and until now we have only used it once. I decided that we were way over due for another tea party and it seemed like a perfect day for a tea party, and I was right! Everyone we invited was able to attend....and we proceeded to drink lots of tea, laugh and enjoy ourselves. I live for these moments....

Don't forget about our giveaway going on here! :)

An Obsession With Band-Aids

Amar'e has been obsessed with band-aids for a while now. She calls them boo-boo's and we know when she says that she means band-aids.  She rarely needs a band-aid but according to her every little bump or fall warrants the need of a band-aid. It's reached to a point that every time we go to the store she reminds us in her sweet little voice that we need Dora boo-boo's. She has a special taste for the Dora ones but due to cost we have decided that we will buy the regular old band-aids and she doesn't seem to mind. We also have to keep them out of her sight because if she the box she insist that she needs one or ten. According to Amar'e, everything from the bar chairs to the dogs and cats need boo-boo's. I have to watcher her closely to make sure she doesn't try and put a boo-boo on the cats. I don't think they would be as tolerant as the dogs with the whole boo-boo thing. Until she gets through this stage we budget in getting a box of boo-boo for Amar'e every other week. We do keep a spare box to be used by everyone else as needed.

Here is my proof:

 This is the boo-boo that prompted the request of the band-aids

 Look closely to see that the bar stool needed a boo-boo

 Couldn't fix one without the other

Have a great weekend everyone!

Potty Training.....Take Two

It's been a couple months since we have started to whole process of potty training and we haven't made too much headway. Since November, Amar'e has went from running away from her potty to sitting on it calmly. Our new approach is to let her run around with no diaper and hope that she will use the potty if she feels the need to go. This has been only slightly successful. To be honest, this has been  more of a mess then a success. In the few days before we went to Florida she was running around in a diaper and would suddenly stop, pull at it and say "potty". I would immediately run over and sit her on the potty. She would sit there for a few seconds, stand up and say "done". I would be so excited and look to see what she had done, and it was nothing. She would run away laughing. I think this was an excuse for her to get me to take off her diaper so she could run free! Smart kid! Now she has graduated to using her potty as a storage unit for her toys. Every time we are missing the Wii remote, and have looked everywhere for it with no luck, we always check the potty and sure enough we find what we are looking for. Amar'e thinks this is soo funny. I am slightly less amused by this new storage unit.

 As seen in the picture, she still thinks she needs to decorate her potty. She loves to put artwork all over it every chance she gets. Good thing all her makers are washable.

So, for now I am going to keep taking it slowly. I am in no rush, I want her to do it when she is ready. 

 Other uses for the potty:

A great seat to watch a show. Best part, it's mobile.

 Something to take apart and put back together.

 Perfect to stand on and jump off of!