Sunday, November 8, 2009

Trying something a little different.

That is Aryn sitting on her little potty playing Mario on the Nintendo DS.
When she is older she might kill me for posting that photo, but I couldn't resist... it's just TOO cute! HAHA!

So we are trying a different approach to this potty training bit (yes I saw this on Jon and Kate plus 8... don't judge me).
I am letting her sit on the potty until she goes for how ever long it has to take, then we get a sticker for her chart, that sits next to her potty, and after 5 stickers she gets to pick out a toy at the dollar store! That last part is something that my brother actually encouraged, and so far I am proud to say she just got sticker number five! YAY!

Actually what's funny about this, is that in the middle of posting this I had her watching her tinker bell movie on the portable DVD player in her bathroom while sitting on her potty and she announced that she went tinkle and was SOO excited! It took about an hour, but she did it, and it's been great success!

It's still slow going, but we finally found something that might work. So wish us luck. It may take another 6 months, but I don't care... as long as she finds something that encourages her while she sits on her potty I am all for it!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

LOTS of Halloween snapshots... LOTS

I will keep the words to a minimum because there are alot of photos to look at!

(more photos
HERE at Alicia's blog of Terry's Halloween party)

Halloween was a BLAST! Aryn had the best time trick-or-treating, and seeing all of our friends and family was great too!

Trick or treating:



Terry cooking up trouble for her annual Halloween party:
Grandpa Dale and Aryn having fun:
Me (zombie), Aryn (tinkerbell) and Shawn (nerdy gamer):
Jesse (facebook... wrote book across his face. LOL) and Alicia (cute asian girly):
Little Madison (also tinkerbell), Micah (lost boy), and Katie (wendy):
Lorena (mouse), Brandon (lion):
Wendy and Mark (men in black... lol love the guns):
Two cute little Tinkerbell's:
Abby (Dorothy) Zoey (wicked Witch) Aryn:
The Derico Clan:
Holly, Terry, and Me:
Heather (bar MAID not Wench.. LOL) and Matt (ghost busters):
The boys:
The Girls:
Aryn and Abby relaxing after a BIG party:

The sunday after Halloween we also went to visit my mom and my brother and his kids were there too. My mom was kind enough to feed us and we all talked and watched the new TinkerBell and the Lost Treasure (super fun movie that Aryn is WAY addicted to now):

Shawn and Cody: (zombies... LOL)
Cait, Cody, and Brin:
Super hugs for daddy:
Aryn, mom, cait, cody, and brinley:

Sunday, November 1, 2009

My little Tinker Bell

Here are the photos from Aryn's Tinker Bell photo shoot: (she LOVES her costume!)



This one below I just love! She looks like such a little super model... almost Marilyn Monroe-ish:



Let me know what you think! I love comments, especially when they are about my little cutie pie!