Here are the yummy - no not from scratch - cupcakes we made and decorated for Tate's birthday. Seth actually did most the work, I just ran the oven and put on the frosting. What a great little helper he is!
Seth hopes we celebrate more birthdays - he wants more cupcakes!
Who doesn't love cupcakes?! Tate was even able to shove this one in on his own!This is one of those days where too much has happened and it all just needs to go in one "All Encompassing Post".
Part 1: It's Tuesday which means its a Day Care day and ultimately a busy day too. It's also January 20th which means it is Tate's 2nd Birthday! Seth and I made cupcakes yesterday so we could celebrate with Tate today. They were so yummy! We had them as a dessert after lunch. Tate ate his whole cupcake and then held out his bowl, "More!" I think that makes him an official two year old.
Happy 2nd Birthday Tate!Part 2: Seth told me this morning that it today was going to be a good earning day. In our house that means we are going to earn stickers by peeing and pooping on the potty. I told him that sounded great and to let me know when he needed help to get to the bathroom. Not ten minutes later he pooped on the potty and let me put him in underwear. (He does not usually like underwear at all so this was exciting for me.) About an hour later I encouraged him to go and sit on the potty and just give it a try - he peed like a pro! Now we were at three stickers, putting him at two away from his next prize, Fillmore (die cast Cars toy). He had one accident just before lunch time so we changed and then after lunch he tells me he needs to run to the potty, "My poop is coming!" I was coming from upstairs having just put the Birthday Boy in bed so he was already wet, but the poop did come in the potty. Best part of all - he sat on the big potty and got to flush it! That means mom didn't have to scrape it out of the potty chair - Woot! I just put him down for nap so we will see what happens this afternoon but I would call it a successful morning of potty training! Fillmore is a riot to add to our collection too : )
My new favorite lunch - wow, it even looks good!Part 3: I am sick of cold meat sandwiches for lunch! I have been eating a ton of them lately. They are cheap and easy and yada, yada, yada, but I am done - no more for awhile. That said I was at the grocery store yesterday looking for options. I came across a recipe for wraps that we wanted to give a try again but I actually found the Sundried Tomato Basil Wraps for them. It saved my lunch problem, at least for today. I filled my wrap with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, provolone cheese, sliced turkey and doused it in fat free Ranch dressing. It was wonderful. With a side of fresh fruit: strawberries, blueberries and kiwi it almost felt heavenly. If only lunch could taste this good everyday!
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You've had some great potty training days, Mandy! My sisters and I all have boys and we've all discovered that boys seem to potty train much more easily a little closer to three. Personally, I just waited until my son verbally told me "I want to wear big boy underwear." His inspiration was a picture of his cousin in underwear. My mom also tells the story of my brother who fell in the potty when she was training him. He was then so scared of it he wouldn't go near the potty. She says she just let him potty train himself, and he did! I also found it much easier on my mental state to just go with the flow and not try to force anything. Don't worry! One day he'll wake up and it will all fall into place!
Rachel
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