Well, after a solid week of constant reminders and even more constant rewards, we are far less frightened to be away from "the potty" for any length of time. We ran errands as usual last weekend. Sometimes, we even let him decide if he "has to go" or not...risky, but... This may be the first thing that's been easier to accomplish with Nathan than with Ellie, and I think the reason lies primarily in the fact that we were just plain less spastic and stressed about the whole thing. We were on Ellie's case constantly! With Nathan, we're just sort of like - what's the worst that could happen? Pack some extra clothes and we'll see how it goes. We've still got him in pull-ups at night (necessarily!), so that will be the part of this puzzle that doesn't go as quickly as with Ellie, but every kid is different, right?
Enough about that - we spent yesterday and today celebrating "black history" here :) Ellie came home from preschool yesterday (MLK Jr. day) with a whole host of questions about Martin "Luber" King -- about the only thing she picked up from school was that he was shot and that he wanted boys and girls with white skin and boys and girls with brown skin to go to the same stores. (It's a start...) We spent a lot of time trying to explain the civil rights movement to a four year old. She also knew bits and pieces of the Rosa Parks story, so we got that all cleared up, too. Transition to today (1/20), when "barackO" (as she calls him) was inaugurated. She was mildly interested in the coverage (probably because the TV was on more than usual today!) and "got it" that he was our "first president with brown skin." After watching a montage of previous presidents taking the oath of office, she asked, "why are all presidents mans? Why arent' there any lady presidents?" Atta girl. She also hopes to live in "a white house" someday... Frank said that the only way this could happen was if he was the president -- she chanted all the way through dinner "Frank Williams -- president of the whole world!" When Frank said that that would likely never happen... and maybe mommy should be president -- Ellie started cracking up and decided that no, that would not be likely either, you know, with my "big belly" and everything! We all decided that Ellie would be the most likely candidate from our family to ever become president and then we could all come and live in the white house with her :) (During this whole discussion, Nathan was eating as much pasta as possible without interruption!)
Otherwise, we are gearing up for our weekend with Gina, Kip and Oliver. Ellie has been very interested in pulling out the high chair, bottles, and all the gear -- I can only hope she has half of the enthusiasm for her soon-to-arrive sibling as she does for her cousin! We can't wait to have visitors in Omaha -- we'll post pictures on Sunday! Have a great week!
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