Parade, Park, and the Potty

Standing in the rain waiting for the parade to begin

Waving at the firetruck

Luke, Finn, and Liam waiting for candy at the parade (Aiden was at a birthday party)

Fun at the park with a bunch of boys!

We enjoyed a nice week without any camps, sports, or other activities.  I hesitate to say it was "more relaxing" than other weeks because we stayed pretty busy.  We played with friends at both the pool and the park, went to a few birthday parties, attended a parade in our city, and enjoyed several beautiful summer days in Minnesota.

One of our next big celebrations will be Finn's 3rd birthday on July 29th!  He began potty training about two weeks ago and he's doing great.  Although he showed no interest in the idea of potty training, he caught on very quickly.  With Luke, Liam, and even Aiden, I made an effort to stay home for several consecutive days to work on potty training.  With Finn, this really wasn't an option.  Seemed more logical to me to teach him how to potty "on the run" because he won't really have the luxury of staying at home since he's the youngest of four.  

I picked a week when the big boys had camp in the morning so that we could focus on potty training for at least a few hours without interruption.  His favorite candy, Mike and Ike's, were used as bribery when he went to the potty.  For the first 3 days, we went to the potty every 45 minutes to an hour and after that he started telling me he needed to potty.  Telling me he needed to potty happened much earlier than it did with his brothers, but it was a very welcome surprise.  Despite a few accidents during the first week, Finn caught on quickly and is doing great.  In fact, yesterday he convinced me to let him wear his big boys pants to take a nap (we usually still wear a diaper at naps and bedtime).   Way to go Finn!