Poop Party

McCall has been by far my hardest to potty train. We got peeing down but then it was time to get number 2 down. There were so many times that she would hide and poop in her underwear. So all the toys that she got from peeing on the toilet went back up on the fridge plus more with so many accidents. I finally got the bowl back out that I got her to pee in for the first time and it worked. I put it in a corner with her toilet seat on top and kept her naked from the waste down so that pooping in her underwear wasn't even an option. She tried a couple of times so I knew that she knew what the feeling of needing to go poop was and she finally did it and was so proud of herself. I told her she could keep doing that if it was easier and every time she pooped in the bowl she could take one toy down from the fridge but if she pooped on the toilet then she could get all the toys down at once and we could get a new Paw Patrol toy and we would have a poop party. Anything to get her to poop on the toilet! She was pretty determined to keep pooping on the bowl and getting one toy down at a time. She was getting good at it and keeping her underwear clean so I was fine with it. Then one day this last week we were at Nona and Pops and she was hiding so I knew she needed to poop. So I told her let's go and I even had to hold her on the toilet so she didn't fall in and she did it! She was so happy and was excited to tell everyone! And it also meant a poop party! 

We invited our Celina and her kids, Nona and Pops, and Eliza since I knew she would appreciate it and Anna came with her. We came up with four poop inspired games and McCall wanted chocolate cupcakes to enjoy. It was simple but so fun and funny!

Some decorations for our guests to enjoy.

While everyone was arriving, each person got to color their own poop for pin the poop in the toilet.

Then it was time to try and get the poop in the potty. Nate put on farting noises for us to listen to while this game went on. :)

Then we played toss the poop in the toilet.

Then it was time for a game like a cake walk but it was a poop potty walk. I made some toilets with poop in them and they were numbered one through ten. I turned music on and when the music stopped, they would stop on a toilet and Nate picked out a number and if their number was called then they got a chocolate kiss.

And last game was Don't Step on the Poop! Nate got these very realistic looking squishy poop that we put in the hallway and then everyone tried to walk through with their eyes closed and not step on the poop.

Pops said that this was the first poop party that he had ever been invited to. :) It was so much fun and McCall loved it and even got some presents. Anna gave her a little thumbs up trophy which she was so proud of and wanted to sleep with it that night. Nona gave her a box filled with tootsie rolls. And Paige made her a little bracelet with candy in it.

Poop Party was a success!

Letter V

Letter V for this week! We only got 4 days in this week since Friday was busy with shopping and science in Baylor's class. 

Monday, McCall started our V week with gluing on pom poms onto the letter V.

Then our activity for the day was making Valentine's. She made one for Dad, Paige, and Baylor. They turned out so cute and she was so excited to surprise them all with a special Valentine on each of their beds.

Tuesday was our volcano day. I first showed her a video of a volcano and then she cut out the mountain and part of the V top of the volcano. Then she painted the lava with paint on a fork.

Then we did our own volcano. I filled a little cup with baking soda and some yellow food coloring and then she slowly poured some vinegar on it. It was fun to watch her reaction and she loved the bubbling over.

Wednesday was our vegetable day. First I veggies for us both to try. She was happy to try the carrot since she already knew she liked that one and the broccoli she was also good with since we often call them baby trees and we have had then before. The tomato, celery, and cucumber she was much more apprehensive about and did not like especially the tomato. I was proud of her for at least trying every single one of the veggies.

Then she painted with the veggies to create her own masterpiece.

Thursday was our vase day. First she created a vase craft by cutting a V out of paper and then using markers to color the water in the vase and the flowers.

Then we did some vase matching.

Another fun week of preschool!

March Moments

March has been an unusual month when it comes to the weather and I am SO ready for warmer weather but overall it has been a good month and we are ending it on a high note with Paige's birthday and visitors from Idaho.

The beginning of the month we dealt with some sickness. It went through all the girls and thank goodness Nate and I didn't catch it. This has been the first time Paige has been sick in about a year which is quite impressive. Since she had a sick day at home with McCall, they made some slime together.

I went bowling with some ladies from the ward and we had so much fun.

We did have a few sunny days at the beginning of the month before the rain and snow decided to show up so McCall and I had a few days at the park. And another afternoon, she fell asleep when we picked up Paige from school and stayed asleep when we came inside and I enjoyed rocking her for a bit until I had to go pick up Baylor from school.

Baylor had class picture day and Paige put her hair in overnight heatless curlers and the curls turned out amazing!

Oh the faces of miss Baylor! She sure is a funny one! The most common one is the top row in the center and we have decided when she gives you that face it is her way of saying I love you. :)

We have had some fun young women activities this month. We started off with a tri-ward young women and put together around 140 meals in a bag for Vine Maple Place and ended with some painting. I was impressed they put together that many in about 40 minutes. I had a movie night at my house just for fun on a Friday. We did a yoga night and we started our big fundraiser for the year.

Then we woke up to snow one day! It is a rare sight on this side of the state in March and I was not happy about it but these two sure were. McCall came in my room 10 times in 10 minutes to tell me to come look at the snow. The girls had the day off from school already which was nice so we won't have to make it up. As soon as I got up, I thought I'm going to lean into my girl's excitement and I took them out in the snow even though they both still had their pjs on. They loved it and I loved seeing their excitement. McCall kept calling her shoe prints in the snow "paw prints" which was the cutest thing ever and they both tried to catch snowflakes on their tongues. It was a few moments of pure magic and soaking up all their childhood magic was worth it.

The contrast of spring flowers in the snow.

Then we got ready for the day and waited for Nate to get home from work so we could go to the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP). I had gotten free tickets through the library and Paige was excited for this outing. The two younger ones were fans but did the best they could for them.

This room was probably the favorite for them all- getting to jam on guitars, pianos, and drums.

Hello Seattle!

As soon as we got home, we had some dinner and these two were back at it. They got their snow clothes on this time and had a grand time in the back yard. 

St. Patrick's day was filled with green and fun. We had green pancakes for breakfast and Baylor was on the hunt to pinch anything and anyone that wasn't green or wearing green. We had green Jell-O and asparagus to add green to our dinner and some delicious Lucky Charm treats for dessert.

We had an interesting combined activity for the month and learned all about fingerprinting from a forensic scientists that lives in our stake. The youth even got to check for fingerprints and learned quite a bit about this field of study.

And then we have this one that also makes some of the best faces!

I did science in Baylor's class again and this time the focus was all on plants specifically seeds. I grew some grass in little cups with different environments- some with water or not water, some with sun or no sun, and even some with salt water and sugar water. It was fun to see which ones grew or not. I started the science lesson talking about the life cycle of a seed and asked them about seeds. Then each student got some fruit and veggies- apple, strawberry, cucumber, tomato, and bell pepper. They had to find the seeds and draw a picture of it on a worksheet. Then we did some taste testing. Then I asked them their predictions of the grass growing experiment and showed them the results. They loved seeing each one. Then they each got to grow their grass. They were VERY talkative today which made it a little hard but overall it was a good lesson.

Now onto a fun end to our month!

Letter U

I can't believe we are getting close to the end of the alphabet. McCall loves preschool and here is what we did for the letter U.

Monday we started with using dot markers to put on the letter U.

Then she did an Umbrella craft. She cut out the handle and painted the paper plate with a Q-tip.

Tuesday we did Underground. We both colored some of the bugs and then she glued them on her paper and traced the word underground on top.

Then she did some underground sensory play. I got a bucket of dirt with some gardening tools and hid some plastic bugs in the dirt for her to find.

Wednesday was our Unicorn day. I was impressed with her cutting skills. I drew the pieces and then she cut them out all by herself. She helped glue and tape the pieces on and added the face. Then she strung yarn through holes that I poked through the top and then I tied them on for the hair.

Then we read all the unicorn books that we have.

Thursday was Underwater. Again we each colored some pieces for our underwater scene and she glued them all on and traced the word on top.

Then she did some underwater sensory play with some water beads, water, a net, and some water animals squishies.

Friday was all about Up. I had her tear some pieces of paper to glue on the arrow and we talked about up and other directions with the emphasis on up and down.

Each day for this week she colored a different umbrella with a certain pattern. She enjoyed finding the right colors for each day's umbrella.

 Now onto the letter V!