The Ferrero Four

Potty training...Ahhhhh! I can't say that we are in the full swing of it but there is definitely an interest on Kenzie's part and I am happy to oblige her curiosity. I think she actually gets it but is having a hard time with understanding the process. It started a while ago with her just wanting her diaper off and to sit on her potty. Nothing ever happened but she was proud of the fact that she was doing it. Then around Christmas I decided to bring the toilet out to the living room one evening and let her go naked for a while and see if I could catch her to go on the toilet and maybe that would help to make it more clear. This went on for about 30 minutes of me making her sit on the toilet until she went potty. Nothing happened. I decided to step outside for a moment to have a cigarette and when I came back in she had done it!!!! She peed on the potty (although some got on the floor due to her not having herself all the way on the toilet). I was so proud! Kylie and I cheered and cheered making a very big deal out of it. We put her diaper back on (come to think of it, I may have told you guys this already...oh well) and 30 minutes later she was saying she had to go again. Rian said there is no way...she just went. I told him to take the diaper off and we would see. This time we did not make her stay on the toilet like we should have and as I was stringing the lights on the tree, I stepped in it. Yep, she had gone behind the tree and peed. There were no celebrations this time. So I have started letting her go on a more regular basis in the bathroom. The only thing is that no matter how long I make her sit on the toilet as soon as I leave to get a diaper thinking she is not going to go, she stands up and pees on the floor. It never fails. So I started acting like I was leaving and standing outside the door, she never peed but I swear as soon as I went to get the diaper she would pee. Just for the record, I seriously dislike potty training. Anyone have any miracle system for this? Other than that Makenzie is doing really well. Her leg is looking better and better every day which we are truly thankful for. Her personality is developing more and more everyday and she is quickly becoming her own little person. It amazes me how two kids can be born from the same parents, raised the same, and yet be so completely different.

Kylie is doing wonderful and continues to amaze me everyday in her knowledge and thirst for learning. She got her report card last week and of course it was excellent. They are not graded on a Letter scale yet so it is hard to explain except to say that she can't get much better. The two weeks alone since she has been back to school she has jumped two reading levels to level 16. Like I had mentioned before she only needed to be at 7 by this time of the year. Every evening she is the one who reminds me that she has homework that has to be done. She is also always the first to point out the time as her bedtime nears. If the clock hits 9:01 she starts running around saying "I have to get to bed, it's after 9:00!" She is definitely very dedicated to school and her learning, which makes my job that much more easier. She seems to keep growing and matureing far beyond her years. It is scary sometimes the things that come out of her mouth.

We are fast aproaching Rian's 30th birthday and it is hard to believe that I will be married to a man in his 30's! It is hard to believe that they are not that far off for myself either! It is even harder to believe that we have a 6 year old daughter and that our "baby" will be 2 in 4 months! Were has the time gone?...Where does it keep going?

Hope everyone is having a wonderful, blessed week!

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." - Will Rogers