So we potty trained the boy last summer and the girl this summer. I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. For any of you that still have potty training in your future, I am pretty sure giving birth was easier! It is funny really, you can do all kinds of things to get your kid to do it, but it is totally up to them. They are going to go when they are ready.
Cody waited until he was almost 4 but never had a training period or any accidents. He just decided one day that he wanted all those silly incentives that we had been dangling in front of him, and he did it. So we threw him a party to celebrate and that was it.
Then there is Emilee who started using the potty as a young 2 year old while we were working on Cody last summer and drug it out until this summer to be totally potty trained. What finally sparked a little fire under her was a look on line at the pictures of Babyland General. I told her we would go there with a friend and she could pick her very own baby. So this was worth it to her and she started going and that was the end of the battle.
So today was the big day. Rather than bore you will all the details, I will just tell you to watch the Smilebox that I will post. It says it all. She was so proud of herself. I was so proud of her. It was a great day.
Then we came home and I made a yummy new meatloaf recipe. It is a Paula Deen, so it is easy and worth trying if you want. I will post it below.
1 pound ground beef, 1 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp ground black pepper, 1/2 cup chopped onion, 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper, 1 egg lightly beaten, 8 oz. canned diced tomatoes with juice, 1/2 cup quick cooking oats. mix well and place in baking dish. Cover with topping (1/3 c. ketchup, 2TB brown sugar, 1TB prepared mustard) and bake at 375 for an hour. The topping makes the meatloaf so don't skip it. Enjoy!
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