Oh, the question I have asking myself building up to this February, one of the coldest months in Buffalo. This is what we decided to do:
#1-POTTY TRAIN
#1-POTTY TRAIN
I've been told this was "ambitious", but with Ben in Syracuse, myself with a headcold, and Buffalo hitting below freezing temperatures, could there be a better time to stay inside, crank up the heat, and let Dayton run around in his underwear?
That being said, this was definitely not an easy task. Maybe it was because Dayton's "reward of choice" happened to be the candy in the University of Utah Pez dispenser that was given to us as a prank- in fact, I'm pretty sure the candy was cursed (notice, in the next picture we put Dayton in a BYU shirt) After 1 1/2 days with little success, we callled on our friend Kalisa for a little pep talk. Gratefully, we took her advice and stuck with it because that afternoon Dayton finally started getting it. As you can see, he was happy about it (and so were we!)
*Sorry Ben- I couldn't bring myself to post the "messy" picture
After a Friday morning start, by Monday we were accident free and have been since. We even braved the mall today without any "mishaps". Dayton's gotten pretty used to the idea and has even been waking up dry since Sunday night. The picture below was not even planned- promise! He picked up the comics and said "bathroom".
#2- "NESTING"
I've felt kind of bad that I haven't really done much for the new baby- and he'll be here next month! So, after inspiration from a friend's blog I made a "car seat tent". Hopefully baby #2 likes it!
#3- PLAYING THE PIANO
Okay, so I haven't played the piano much for the past few years, which makes me kind of sad, but since Ben's been gone I've spent some of my evenings after Dayton goes to bed putting on the headphones and catching up. Apparently Dayton notices more than I know- he calls the headphones "goggles", has to have the music in place, and humms as he plays :)
#4- CHEESEBURGER DORITIOS
Okay, I usually don't blog much about things other than our little family, but have you guys tried these things? Seriously, they taste just like a Cheeseburger- I swear I can even taste the lettuce and tomato. These fascinate me- it must be February!
