Potty training Day 1

Well....today is day 1 of Nora's potty training. I decided to chance it & take that leap. A couple of weeks ago, we talked to her about going potty on the toilet, took her to target & let her pick out her own panties. We told her that if she wants to wear them, then she has to go potty on the toilet. We also bought her an elmo seat. For a few days after, everyday we asked if she wanted to wear her panties (yes) & sit on the potty (no). Ok, no potty-no panties. Then about a wk ago, she finally said yes to sitting on the potty. Sat her on the elmo seat, after a couple of tries, she was a lot more comfortable sitting on elmo. However, sitting on elmo she couldn't reach the step stool. So we went out & let her pick out a floor potty. She picked out the pink princess. Since then, she's sat on it a couple of times.

The other night, Nora comes out yelling "I did it, I did it". So, she grabbed my hand, took me to the bathroom & there was about 2 drops of pee in her potty. Of course, we gave lots of praise. For the last 3 days, i've asked her if she wants to sit on her potty-nope. Today, asked her again-yes. So I told her that today we're going to start sitting on the potty, she can wear her panties & I want her to try to go potty on the toilet. I've got her little floor potty in the front room, in front of the tv & i've put her on twice in the last 20 min. The second time, she gave a real effort to go potty. In fact, every few seconds, she would grunt, stand up & say "poopoo on the potty mama?". Not yet, lets keep trying. Nora is so excited to be wearing her panties & she loves her little princess toilet....i'm hoping she catches on quickly. She's already told me "no panty wet".

Wish us luck. :)

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was quite interesting. First, it was the first one that we can remember, not having a BBQ or party to go to. Nor were we at the pool the whole time. But, we did have a great weekend. We kicked off Saturday with our weekly visit to the chiropractor (fun I know. :)), then onto Holly's ballet/tap class, followed by lunch at Pot Belly. After Nora's nap, we headed over to Bollingbrook (one of the town's just to the East of us) where they had a tiny carnival. The girls rode 3 rides and had a blast. It was an expensive little carnival & we were there for about an hr, but it was fun. Finished off the evening with a trip over to Target.

Sunday afternoon we headed out to St. Charles (about 30 min west) to the Kane County Fairgrounds where they were having a Greek Festival. We had some yummy greek food, listened to some music, watched the dancers, checked out the wares the vendors were selling & let the girls play in the bounce house. Finished off our evening buying baklava & cookies to take home.

Monday morning we went out to breakfast at Cracker Barrell. I haven't been to Cracker Barrell in 15-20 years. Our breakfast was so good. They have a country store with the restaurant and outside, about 30 rocking chairs (of course for sale). Then we headed North to Brookfield to the Brookfield zoo. This is such a nice zoo, it has just about every type of animal you can imagine. Unfortunately, we had to cut our trip short since it started raining. It had been gorgeous all week until yesterday.

Life is good. We've all adjusted to our new home and we're making friends. The people here are so nice, that its been pretty easy to make new friends & become involved in the community.

1st blog

So this is the first of many blogs from the Pankey family.

The girls' are both doing well, growing up like weeds. Nora is really starting to talk and Holland is gearing up for her 2nd year of preschool. We are settling into our new community in Naperville, starting to get to know where everything is, meeting people and making friends. The weather here is pretty crazy, but we're getting used to that as well. Since the kids have adjusted so well, it has definitely been easier on Brandon & I.

The weekends seem to always be on the go (of course thats not really any different from when we lived in OC). Saturday we started our day with chiropractice appts, followed by Holly's ballet/tap class at the Y, then costco.

Yesterday we went over to Oswego (about 3-5 miles from where we live), checked out the town and had lunch at Culvers. What a mistake-that place is so yummy. Of course, after lunch we got frozen custard...who knew how dangerously good that would be.