Some more cheese

So anyone who knows me and my honey know we are incredibly chessey. And I just took it to the next level. I wrote our story as a fairytale. It was surprisingly fun. I'm hoping to learn calligraphy and write it in a very cool journal his parents gave him. It's just for him and me and our kids. But here are a few excerpts so you can taste what you shall never have to read:)

After ice cream Rayown walked Amikins back to her sleeping quarters. From hence forth this became their ritual at the end of each day. Rayown would walk Amikins home, she would try to get her bracelet back, and Rayown would do whatever he wanted behind her back: touch her hair, smell her perfume, brush her back. So scandalous!

One day Amikins found herself wondering how things had gotten this far. Rayown had invited himself over to her quarters and she couldn’t find a way out of it! “Just deal with it.” He chided, “I’ll be over after dinner. We can watch whatever play you want that’s showing in the kingdom tonight. Pick something depressing and pessimistic. You like that stuff.”

“You’re too kind!” Amikins glared. So she chose Charly and cried all though it and completely ignored Rayown’s overtly available hand and arms. Well, she saw them. But she made sure he couldn’t reach her by putting a pillow, a magic wand, and some treats between them.

“Do you always put up physical barriers between yourself and those you want to keep away?” Rayown asked the next day.

“No, ah… what do you mean? No, I don’t.” And she changed the subject once again. What was with his total, upfront honesty?!

I just love that we got married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Potty Training

At 8:50 this morning mission potty training commenced. I read my daughter a book called "No More Diapers for Me!" (included flushing button which she thought was a car). We had baby Ella take off her diaper, go tinkle, and put on pretty undies. Jo tried to go potty (but didn't) and we put on super cool Nemo undies. She guzzled two juice boxes and ate a sucker and a tootsie roll - she didn't even have to eat breakfast first. It was so fun. I was jumping up and down and clapping and showing true enthusiasm for this wonderful day. I asked her AT LEAST every 5 minutes if she was dry, if she wanted to go to the potty, if she needed anything at all to make this day any more wonderful. And between 8:50 and 10:15 my 28 month old wet her newly acquired panties 3 times, pooped in them once, and was in full blown tears because of all the pee on her legs. She asked for a diaper back 3 times. So I held up panties and diapers and let her pick, reminding her that she only gets treats and juice if she wears panties. She picked the diaper. She just wants to play without constantly having wet things all over her. I can appreciate that. Does anyone have any advice for me? Do we do this every morning until she catches on? Do I give it a week or a month? Should I do something differently? She wakes up dry every morning and has gone tinkle and poop in the potty in months past. I thought she was ready for the boot camp of bowel control. I really wanted this to be an empowering day where SHE got to choose which undies to wear and SHE got to choose when to eat treats and drink juice and SHE got to tell me when she needed to go potty and flush and wash her hands. What is not totally exciting about this for a 2 year old who LOVES power and is usually denied it by nature of her age? For the love!