Kelsey is now fully potty-trained, day and night. My Cousin In Law (CIL) Holly told me they just woke her up before they went to bed and put her on the toilet. So far, that has worked for us. No accidents since the second week of potty-training. We're now on week 4. Woo-hoo! It makes her a lot more grown up in my eyes.
{she peed the bed the night after I wrote this - but I forgot to take her before I went to bed}.
Fancy Nancy is a favorite on and off the potty
Potty Training is a family affair
little bum is wearing undies now!
The babies need to go potty too
We love Dora
Kelsey is also dressing herself now. She usually puts things on backwards, on the wrong feet, or upside down 90% of the time. Shouldn't it be 50/50? It's cute though.
This was her prize for filling up her sticker chart with 50 stickers!
She loves putting makeup on Ariel and doing her hair.
On January 1st, we got rid of the binky. Actually, it "broke." We cut off the end and she found it "broken." When she found it I was almost in tears - I know how much comfort it brings her and how much she loves it. She laughed about the whole thing, and then got a little quiet about it, while trying to put it back together. Once that failed, she threw it away all on her own. She asked for it a few times after that, even asked for a new one once, but was mostly okay. Bedtimes and naptimes were a bit more difficult, she had to re-train herself to go back to sleep. Sometimes she still wakes up and one of us has to help her go back to sleep.
She is really starting to memorize songs, books, etc. I love how she emphasizes the last word of each line. Favorite Songs: Jingle Bells, I love to see the temple, and Happy Birthday.
She just wanted to add a letter...
Favorite Words/Sayings:
Actually (ex. "that's my baby brother, actually.")
Oh My Goodness
Opala!
The other day Kelsey told me, "Mom, I want to be baptized." I wasn't sure I heard her right and asked her to say it again. She said it again. Then she asked Aiden if he wanted to be baptized. I told her only daddy could baptize her or Aiden, when they are eight (I don't want her to try to baptize Aiden in the bath or something). She said, "oh, eight. I'm EIGHT!" I started a list of her sayings on the right sidebar because it's easier to write them down that way.
I had a CD of church hymns playing in the car on Sunday and she said, "are these church songs (remembered from last Sunday)?" I told her yes, they were church songs. She said, "I love them."
We're working on saying the "K" correctly in her name (Jessi, I may need your help with this one) . She can say K just fine and make a "ka" sound. Put when trying to attach it to her name, it becomes Selsey. She hits the roof of her mouth with her tongue instead of saying it from her throat. When she does get it right, she tilts her head back to get the Kay sound out. It's really cute to watch her trying so hard.
She thinks "monsters" are so cool and loves when Tally calls me the "Momster." She doesn't get why that's funny.
She loves to go hiking and sledding, especially with dad. Hiking for her consist of walking around for a bit and then being carried in the backpack. We climbed the Uetliberg as a family a few weekends ago and man was it a work out! I was so sore for the next 3 days. It was so nice to get outside and enjoy the cold (I know, oxy moron) and the views and to accomplish something together. It makes me wish I could go to Kilimanjaro. Unfortunately, my camera was out of batteries when I went to take the first picture - shouldn't I know better by now?
This is one of my favorite books. Latley it is her' s too.
Dora's never boring, unless you're really tired
Lucky we put the coffee table there!
She loves to color and does it at least once a day.
She was coloring every day until she did this
She was grounded from coloring for a day. The next time I found chewed up orange crayon in Aiden's crib, on my floor, dried onto my mirror. So she was grounded again. When I found her with BLACK crayon in her mouth, on the floor, all over the table, on her clothes, then on my clothes...she got a spank. And she hasn't chewed up the crayons since.
She jumps off of about anything, anywhere, anytime
She still loves her fingernails and toes painted (what girl doesn't, besides my grandma?) This time she decided to paint mine too - and then her own! AH!
What a treat! We made brownies for daddy right before she went to bed.
Having two kids can be a lot of fun. I love when they play and laugh together. But I hate when there are tears. Kelsey loves Aiden so much, but loves him too rough. She will tackle him, pick him up by his head, push him over when he's sitting up, or ride him like a horse when he is trying to crawl. This leads to frequent time outs and distractions. Aiden is pretty durable.
Showing brother how to be a superhero with soft blocks
She has a fear of dogs (as is common at this age) but after a couple hours at Stef & David's with Andra, she would cautiously pet her back and then run. Too bad we wont be in Switzerland to take dog safety training!
She is always building "castles" and likes to play blocks with daddy when he comes home from work.
Kelsey the photographer
Her favorite activity is to take my camera and go around the house taking pictures. We have some funny videos from this - it's scary when you see yourself from your kids' perspective!
More to come from Christmas, current, & a vacation we took almost one year ago....
