The Miracle Swimming Suit

We have been trying to potty train Sabrina for about a year now. At first, we had some success. She recognized when she needed to go the the bathroom, but as far as actually choosing to go to the bathroom, well...we'll just say that we have lots of underwear, and even then I would realize that Sabrina had no clean underwear left. We tried to threaten her that girls who wet their pants could not go to ballet, but we really couldn't follow through on the threats since she has a rehearsal in June and we had paid all the fees and had the costume. She would promise that she would go to the bathroom and then it was all the same story again.

Well, last Saturday we were at Old Navy for the amazing $1 flip flop sale and Sabrina saw a swimming suit that she absolutely loved. It wasn't my first choice, but I had no modesty complaints about her selection and I thought that I needed to let her make some choices in that category. Sabrina has worn the swimming suit every day. And she loves it so much that she actually goes to the bathroom! Sabrina is now officially potty trained with no accidents because of the miracle swimming suit cure!

Our Concert Adventures

About three times a school year the kids and I go to Curtis concerts. I know that I could probably stay home, and that it might be easier, but I also feel that it's important to show family support. I'm trying to teach my children the lesson that when family members have events that we will support them. As a result my children have been attending Curtis' concerts since they were babies. I have the snacks to bribe them and now both Jeffrey and Brianna have very good concert etiquette. We are still working on Sabrina and Cameron. So, here are some rules to help me get through concerts without too much fallout.

1) Place Jeffrey on the outside of the aisle so that he can create a barricade with his legs whenever Cameron tries to escape
2) Have lots of different treats for bribing

Both of these rules worked quite well. Jeffrey would put up the double-leg barricade as soon as Cameron bee-lined it towards the aisle. The only problem was that there was a white helium balloon that was touching the ceiling. Cameron was sure that I could get him the balloon and so he was fixated on getting out so that he could get that balloon! A funny thing happened when Sabrina announced that she had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the song. I determined that that was an emergency worthy of leaving in the middle of a song, so I rushed her to the bathroom. When we came back, it was also during the middle of a song, so I waited in order to walk back to my seat after the song had ended. Cameron started down the aisle, and then realized that I was not following, so he came back to me. What a good boy! Then he got behind me and started pushing on my legs with all his might so that I would start moving the direction that he wanted me to go.

This concludes the great concert adventures for the school year. If nothing else, they give me good laughing material