PT Take 2

For the most part, our Memorial Day 2009 was pretty traditional. We completed some big yard improvements, spent some good family time together, let our kid splash in the kiddie pool, and had friends over for a barbeque. The not-so-traditional part was that we did all this just steps from the potty!

Julie told Ally that she got to wear Big Girl Panties and tried to get her to wear a dress. Ally wanted to wear a t-shirt, so all privacy went out the window. I guess since Ally went on the potty in our yard/driveway all day, that wasn't a big concern anyway! We kept setting a timer so that every so often Ally got to sit on the potty. Here are some morning pictures.

Ally in her rock-star potty training outfit

Mama and Ally digging in the dirt together

Okay, so someday Ally will hate these pictures but the sneaker-flower underpants-t-shirt-hat combo is so unbelievably cute!

I'm digging the dirt into my bucket!

We took a bit of a break because Ally found a snail in the driveway. We put it in the dry pool for a while, but soon after Ally decided it needed to leave. It was totally suctioned onto the pool and we were afraid we'd kill it trying to pull it out. Becky put a leaf in front of its path and then moved the leaf into the yard and we said "bye-bye snail". We kept looking for and talking about him for the rest of the day!


Here's Becky stapling the liner to the garden box.

Later that morning (okay, early that afternoon) the garden was filled with a lot of dirt and planted with a bunch of veggies! Becky is pretty proud of her little garden and we both hope we get some yummy veggies (mostly tomatoes!) from it later this summer.

After nap, Ally's friend Alice came over to play and have a barbeque and have some potty practice time with Ally. They had a great time playing together outside!

Alice and Ally got a wagon ride!

They got to do some dot art!

That afternoon, Ally started to tell us when she needed to go, and she had her first big success! We have some adorable photos, but thought better of posting them on the internet... At one point they scooted their two potties as close together as possible.

Ally made leaps and bounds this weekend! It'll still be a while before we're ready for potty all the time.