Potty Trained!!

We did it! I decided that Caylin was ready. She had been telling me at stores when she had to go number 2 but would fight me tooth and nail at home.
I told her on a Monday that on friday we would be packing her diapers up and sending them to the princess's. She loved the idea. All week I had been pumping her for it. Friday came and she said she wasn't ready. Of course she would. We went to MOPS, came home and we did it. We made mailing labels put them on the diapers and set them out for the mailman. We never looked back. I would set a timer to go off every 30 minutes and we would take her to the potty. Of course I had to bribe her with candy which was either 1 M&M or 1 piece of candy corn. Friday was good only had 1 accident. Saturday was good, until dinner time. Caylin had about 4 or 5 accidents. I was ready to throw in the towel, but luckily it was bed time. Sunday we went to church and she did great. It's now wednesday and she has had 2 days with no accidents. I can finally say I'm done with diapers. It's only been 4 years that I've changed them on my kids!!!! Woo hoo! So proud of my big girl!

Potty Training

We have offically started potty training Caylin, again. The back story to this is I had Caylin pretty much potty trained but I went on a trip and when I came back she was no longer wearing underwear :(
So, 3 months have passed and I'm sick of diapers. We are doing it again and this will be it. I decided to start on a friday so I could have Anders' help over the weekend. We came home from MOPS and we "mailed" our diapers to the princesses at disney. We decorated sheets of construction paper with stickers, put them out by the mailbox and that was it. Caylin has already peed 3 times in 1.5 hours. I'm also setting the kitchen timer to go off every 30 minutes so she can hear the reminder. And it's not me the "mean mommy" making her go. So far so good. I can only pray it keeps going good from here.

Playdates

I like having and going to playdates. The kids enjoy playing with other kids as well. I know this because they don't fight. Plus it's a free way to break up the week.
I feel like in my house there is always fighting. I knew having the kids only 17 months apart would be hard. But it seems every stage of it so far has been harder and harder.
The main cause of my tiredness now is repeating myself over and over again until they decide they don't want to listen and then I have to repeat myself again after they serve their time in timeout. Ugh! Never ending.
Anyway about the playdate. We went over to a close friend of mine and the kids, Amy Norris and Quinn's house. Everyday Ivan tells me Quinn is his best buddy. These two boys just love playing together. We played with playdoh and then had lunch there and surprisingly enough I didn't get mad or have to yell at Ivan or Caylin. I really learn a lot from Amy, like keeping your cool when you are tired of being a referee mommy.
I love playdates! and love having friendships with other moms who are going through the same things as me.

Love the blackberry!

I just figured out how to blog from my phone. I'm hoping now I'll be able to document the funny little things my kids say and do during the day.Gotta love the smartphones.

Coupon deals

I love coupons. I love saving money.

I even have another blog with deals of the week on it. I just had to share this photo of my last trip.

I went to Target with Caylin while Ivan was at school.

Here is what I came away with for just under $70. That's about a 60% savings.

This is mostly food for the food pantry and some toys for the Toys for Tots campaign, including the $35 Tag Junior toy. Well the diapers - they are for us, if Caylin would stop being so stubborn like her mommy I wouldn't have to buy any more of them.