Potty Training Update: Part Two

Another big day! So, we left for the fair at about 9:30 or 10:00 this morning and we just put a diaper on Madeline, thinking it was going to be a pretty long day. We must have been distracted by all the animals, good food & carnival rides because we didn't realize we hadn't checked her diaper until about 1:30 in the afternoon. We knew we had waited too long and scrambled to find a changing area. When we took her diaper off she was completely dry!!!! Mommy immediately took her to the bathroom and she went - yeah!!!

After the horse show, demo derby and a pony ride we were getting ready to go. We checked her diaper - dry again! Back to the bathroom and she went again!!!

Still a dry diaper when we got home. She went on her potty chair, so that definitely meant she got to watch an episode of her favorite show - Little Einsteins :-) Here's a great picture of her and Grandpa singing and saying "Blast-Off!" That afternoon she realized that if she went on the potty that meant she got to watch her favorite show, so after every episode was over, she would run to her potty chair, go a little bit and then yell "Einsteins, Einsteins!" We have one smart little cookie on our hands!
We've been so good about her watching very little TV so we really didn't want this to become a habit. We decided to change the reward for going on the potty... Bunny Crackers for a potty and Einstiens for the other. She may get more Bunny Crackers than she ever has before, but at least she won't be plopping her bum in front of the TV all the time :-)
After dinner it was off to the bath tub... An entire day without going in her diaper once!
We're not going to get our hopes up, but we think she may have got it!

Scott County Fair

Today we headed to the fair! We got there pretty early to beat the crowds and the heat! Right when we got there we went straight for the animal barns. Madeline got to pet Bunnies, Pigs, & Goats. We also saw Ducks, Geese, Chickens, Horses, Sheep and Goats being milked! Cousins Kevin, Jason, Jeffrey & Emily always bring their cows to the fair for 4-H. This year they even brought twin baby calves - Madeline thought they were great!
After we looked at their other projects she played on the jungle gym with Emily. And watched a real puppet show! Next we ate a bunch of fair food and then headed over to the carnival
(OK, that probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but everyone was fine).
She rode the blue whale, Some race cars with Mommy & the Crazy Bus with Dad. The horse show and demolition derby follwed. She slept through the horse show, but the demo derby was way too loud for sleeping :-) On the way out she played one more carnival game And got a big pink ball. She also took a ride on a pony! We can't believe we packed so many things into one day!!!
We're so glad Grandma and Grandpa Frantz were here to share it with us :-)