Tangled Birthday Party!

More than a month later, here are some pictures from the party. The girls and guests had a blast. The girls kept asking me the next day if we could do it all again! I posted more about the design details of the party on my Lil' LJ blog. Click here to see more.

As you can see, we hired a princess to come! She was just okay in my opinion, but the girls loved her. She read a story, hung out while we sang happy birthday and colored with the kids.

 

We're 3!

And we've all made it fairly well :D

Emma and Madelyn had their 3 year well visit on their birthday. They did, unfortunately, have to get flu shots, but they did well! Mady even took the 4-5 year old eye exam since the eye doc said she made need glasses. She did so great and tested well. No glasses yet. Emma tried it too, but like a typical 3 year old, she lost interest after the second line. They were amazed at Mady who completed it all with both eyes.

Here's the stats:

Mady:
32 lbs
37.25" tall
Pees on potty, still trying to get her to consistently poop on the potty.

Favorite/most used expressions: 
Aww, come on guys.
What?!
What did you say?
That is so silly.
You smell that?

Favorite food:
Mac & Cheese

Favorite book:
Brown Bear, Tangled

What we think she'll grow up to be:
Doctor or Engineer
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Emma:
30 lbs
38.25" tall
Fully potty trained (most days)

Favorite/most used expressions: 
That's awesome.
I love <insert everything and anyone> soo much.
I want a snack.
Is that spicy?
I didn't mean to.
Mady did it. ;)

Favorite food:
Hamburger
Note: This kid eats ANYTHING! :)

Favorite books:
My Mama is a Llama, The Very Hungry Catepillar

What we think she'll grow up to be:

Nurse or Actress
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Favorite movies/shows for both:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Wizard of Oz, Annie, Tangled, Yo Gabba Gabba, Bubble Guppies, Dungston Checks In


Favorite activites:
Reading, watching movies, playing outside on the slide and see-saw, sidewalk chalk, playing with dolls and barbies, play-doh, painting, visiting the zoo.


Bedtime:
8:00-8:30

Wake-up:
Varies. Sometimes 8:30 on the weekend! YAY!


Schedule:
Monday/Tuesday - Grandma/Pap-Pap
Wednesday/Thursday - School
Friday - Home with Mommy

We had the big birthday bash this weekend and I'm hoping to get through all the pictures soon so I can post them as well as a little more about the party. The girls had a blast and that night Mady asked if we could do it all again.

Big news in the Mayer household...

After only less than a week, Ms. Mady is potty trained! AND Ms. Emma pooped on the potty yesterday! YAY!

Videos!

The girls and I shot some videos to send to Daddy today since he wasn't available to talk to via phone :)

Yay! Mady's peein' on the potty!

We finally got Mady to start peeing on the potty a few days ago. She even pooped once! She's had a few accidents, but is doing great! She's so happy. As soon as she had her first full pee, I took her Toys R Us as promised to get her a Rapunzel Barbie Doll. Emma was with us too and that little stinker... she was promised the same thing if she would poop on the potty. She's acting like she could care less because she SO doesn't want to poop on the potty!

In other news, we are heading to the fertility doctor next week. We just want to talk about options, especially if we choose not to have a 3rd child. We have 3 frozen embryos left!

Ah... Potty Training

Emma has been successfully trained to pee on the potty for maybe 2 months now? She will still not poop on the potty. She usually holds it until she comes home from daycare or my parents house and then poops in her underwear or asks for a diaper. Not fun cleanup up, but the poor girl is usually constipated, so I guess it could be worse. I'm not even sure how we got it to work for her. She had plenty of accidents and I wanted to give up a million times. We focused on her first because she had interest in it and really wanted to wear big girl underwear. It probably took us a good 2-3 weeks of trying before it stuck. Some kids do it in a weekend. Not mine :)

Mady is a different story. She has had no interest and I haven't wanted to push. They will be 3 in September though and I think it's time. We've let her run around in underwear a few times and she spent most of the weekend in them when we were home. She had one accident and no successful peeing on the potty. The poor girl did try very hard 3 times yesterday. I think she's got a big bladder because she is never wet in the morning (Emma always is) and it seems like she can go 3 hours or so without peeing.

I've now resort to bribery. I let them sit down with me and look at Barbie dolls on Toys r Us.com. If Mady pees on the potty, I told her I'd take her out day or night no matter what time to go get one :) And if Emma poops on the potty, she gets hers. I know of course, that I will give in and buy them both one of the other achieves one of these. I figure I can use Barbie accessories as the next goal.

Wish us luck - we'll need it!