Obviously from the title of this post, we are trying to potty train the twins. And by "we", I mean Kasey and Ms. Lauren. We have been encouraging the 2 of them to go in the potty for well over a year now, and they simply have no interest whatsoever. So today they were forced to go outside in the same clothes the good Lord brought them into this world in. Kasey has been updating me though out the day and at this point it appears that Chloe has gone tee tee a couple of time and Abby still insists that she is not a big girl and she would like to continue wearing the diaper. Too bad kiddo. Somebody may be cleaning crap off the floor, but you are going to pee or poop somewhere besides that diaper today.
By now, I've lost track of all things that we promised or bribed them with. We started with candy, then a toy, a special one on one night with mommy or daddy, and now I believe I have backed myself into a corner and once this process is complete it appears we will have a 4 legged canine running around our house. Ms. Lauren has a little dog that we watched for the weekend and Lily was driven to prove that she was responsible enough to take care of a dog. Actually, she did quite well taking her outside, feeding her, and she slept with her at night. The only area I would give her a failing grade on is protecting the puppy from Lawson Boy. Lawson worked so hard to coax that dog onto his lap, and when he was finally convinced Bella was not going to come to him, he decided to try and sit on the dog instead. Luckily Bella is quick on her feet.
Speaking of Lawson Boy........when I started this blog probably close to a year ago already, he was still a baby and the twins were in that stage where they try to communicate and then get really frustrated when you don't understand what they are saying. Well the boy has entered that stage and he must take after his mother, because he has quite the temper when you can't understand what he is saying. The longer you take to figure it out, the louder and madder he gets at you. I know he is trying to hard to get his point across, and you don't want to get mad at him, but you also cannot let him speak to you that way. Kasey keeps getting mad at me because when Lawson is trying to her something and starts yelling at her, it makes me giggle.
Lily continues to amaze us with her reading skills. I honestly do not remember having to read every night in kindergarten, nor do I remember having homework at that age, but she has homework every night. It is certainly paying off especially when one of the other kids asks us to read and we just tell them to take the book to Lily and let her read it to them.
Stay tuned for potty training updates and if I'm unable to back of this bribery thing, I guess stay tuned for puppy pics.
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and on the verge of terrible 2 Lawson
