How stickers save the world

I have tried just about everything in my mission to get Bean potty trained. Nothing seemed to get her interested enough to stay on the potty chair. I had her bigger cousin Froggy sit on it an go #1, nothing. She watched me, Aunt Kreagle, Nana, EVERY female in my family (sounds weird but thats what the pedatrition told us to do) nothing. Candy, nothing. But I finally stumbled on something that I thought wouldn't work. I was walking through the craft isle at my local Dollar General and Bean pointed at a package of stickers. They weren't anything specail, just animal stickers, but she had to have them. That got me thinking, maybe the experts were right, and so we started a sticker chart. I didn't really think it would work, but sure enough, if you say "if you go potty you get a sticker" Bean becomes glued to her little pink potty chair. :) I should have tried this a while ago. She's only gone in it like once, but its progress :)

No rest for the wicked

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, lots of stuff going on. Apparently my landlord is the devil and is trying all she can do to get us to pay more. She doesn't know us very well or she'd know that we can't afford it. Like my mom always said, "you can't get blood from a turnip." *sigh* Anyway, Bean is a grouchy baby today. 6 hours in a car looking for what I call "plan B" does not make for a happy toddler. That mixed with my nephew Jetson's first birthday party (at my house) and my younger sister's baby shower (also my house) and Froggy's birthday party (might be at my house) has got me pulling my hair out! All of those are within a week of each other by the way. I guess that my family thinks I'm superwoman or something. Gotta love family. Oh yeah did I mention the bridal shower I have to plan for Bean's Aunt Cake? GAH! I feel like checking out for the next month! At least the Hubbs is going to be home in a couple of weeks. I think that I'm starting to see the light at the end of a very long August.