Millie's Family: May 2008

Dress Up Day at Home

Today Millie got some dress up clothing. She really loved it.
She especially loves pretending to be a butterfly. Here are some
pictures and a video of her wearing her new stuff.

Lions & Tigers & Bears Oh My!

Friday was one of the happiest days of Millie's life. We took her to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Millie is an avid animal lover. She had the biggest smile on her face for hours. It was so fun! Millie talked (and giggled) for 20 minutes straight about the New Guinea Singing Dogs on the car ride home. It was hysterical! She must have said the word Rhino 50 times that day. We had a blast just watching her. Here are some videos and pictures.

A Great Follow Up

Today Millie went over seven hours without an accident while wearing her "meow" underpants. That is the new name for her Hello Kitty big girl underpants. She has been making up little nicknames for lots of things lately. For example... potato chips are now "chipmunks" and bananas are "gorillas" which originated from gorilla bananas. There are others but those we hear everyday no matter what. Just thought I should post a success story concerning the potty after the post yesterday.

Potty Training Accidents

Potty training accident #1 today was on the floor in the living room while playing with the Little People Zoo. She was having too much fun to stop playing and go to the potty.

Then we had a near miss while watching an Elmo show. She was holding herself, but adamantly denied having to go. I took her to the potty anyway and avoided accident #2.

While playing a fishing game after lunch we had another near miss. Millie struggled with all her might, telling me she didn't need to go, but she went right away when she sat on the potty.

But accident #2 would come. Millie was playing with her stuffed animals in her room. She had every single stuffed animal she owns on the floor beneath her when she had her accident. So lucky Mama got to feel every animal to see which ones were wet and needed to go for a bath in the washing machine. It was gross. Shannon just stood and watched.

I think I am giving up for the day and putting on a pull-up. We will try again tomorrow.

Horses, Fishing and More

Millie had a very busy weekend on May 10th and 11th. First she started off riding old Blaze with Papa. She LOVED it! Especially the part when Blaze had to go potty. She can't stop talking about that. Next she moved on to the pond. She touched a worm and a couple of fish and then took a ride in the paddle boat. She liked sticking her arms in the water. Then Mama tried to teach her how to golf before we headed out to the playground for an hour.