A Wonderful "Light Bulb" Kind of Day

Today was indeed a good day!

Today we accidentally stumbled upon Emily's light bulb moment...her "I've-got-this-potty-thing-down" kind of moment. For months we have been at the cross roads of understanding where we go tinkle and understanding the sensation that the body feels right before it needs to go. She would happily go to the potty, but unless you told her to go every 15 minutes, you were destined to be pulling out the cleaning products. A huge source of frustration for everyone involved.

After months of keeping it on the back burner (pulling out the potty every once in a while) we decided that this weekend we would pull it out. Our intention was never to walk away from this weekend successfully trained (nope, instead it was to heal this cute girl's very irritated, blistered bum), but in the end though, we were left stunned as we watched her stop playing and run from one side of the house to the other, plopping herself straight down onto her potty. Suddenly she got it!

We've spent the rest of our day cheering, giving high-fives, passing out bags of fruit snacks, and not once pulling out a single cleaning product. That's certainly not too shabby...I think I'll take it!!

Date Night Pizza

Monday night was our first date. Just Emily and I...

We went to the place of Emily's dreams...CiCi's Pizza. Although the first location we went to ended up being closed (very tramatic for a 2 year old), we quickly turned around and headed for one of their other locations. Luckily for us, there were plenty of open booths and plenty of piping hot pizza.

After dinner we combed the aisles of the Dollar Store next door and made one very important purchase...a box of crayons and one very fun orange slinky.

I'm fairly certain that the evening couldn't have been any better.

And they called it "Jelly Love"...

This weekend we went out to buy Emily's first pair of sandals for the year. We tried on two cute pairs, but it wasn't until I put on a pair of jellies that Emily's heart started to flutter. She instantly saw the beauty in them and exclaimed softly to me "oohh prretty".  From that moment forward, Emily and her shoes have been inseparable. She spent all afternoon and into the evening in them and she even HAD to go to sleep with them on. Even with blisters, she still loves being able to put them on and walk around. She will even proudly point them out as her "Jellies". For this 2 year old it's more than just "Puppy Love"...it's obviously "Jelly Love".