Naked kids.

Miss M has been watching copious amounts of Doc McStuffins b/c she wants to work on her babysitting skills. Here she is trying to read to Cate and get her to go to bed.  Cate wasn't anymore cooperative about bed with Miss M than she is with me. I was really disappointed b/c I thought I might score some free time back in my life. 

Just hanging out in his underwear and boots.  Usually he doesn't have underwear on.  Will was sick with strep throat a couple weeks ago.  I couldn't pin point the date if I had to. I found it the most opportune time to potty train him. I had talked to his teachers the week before at conferences about his lack of desire to use a toilet. They had always told me to look for a window of opportunity b/c once the window closes then I had to wait until it opened again. I was saying how he was showing no interest and they told me I might need to pry the window open.  So I took a crow bar and did just that.

Will was laying on the kitchen floor with one leg crossed over the other watching me put the new garbage liner in  when I told him on Thursday that he was almost out of diapers and when he ran out of diapers he needed to start wearing underwear.  He responded with "okay - just let me know". I decided then that we were out of diapers.  I think we had less than a half dozen left so it's like being out of diapers.  I threw him in some underwear and he was set.  He picked it up quick. He had some issues at first with getting to the toilet on time but he figured it out easily.

A week into the potty training adventure he decided he wanted to pee standing up. So this is what we do now everywhere we go.  He does a pretty good job of paying attention but it's still early in the peeing adventures.  Whenever he has to go to the bathroom he finds it necessary to completely remove his underwear and pants and not put them back on which leads to a lot of yelling. I don't need Cate in his business checking out his parts and I don't need his bare butt rubbing all over my house.  

At least he has unders on to go with his stink eye face.  Who knows why he's sassing me this time. He's learning a lot from the oldest one. It's a joy.

The kids are obsessed with the space heaters in the rooms.  They turn them on full blast whenever we're upstairs. I am constantly running around shutting them off. They get so hot.  They like to turn them on and get warm while they dry off from their bath. Cate has started doing it. She likes to stick her little rump in the heater and get warm.  

She thinks it's hilarious.  She also thinks it's hilarious to run around without a diaper. It's all fun and games until there's pee on the floor.  I often tell myself that one day my house won't smell of pee and hidden dirty diapers. I dream of those days.

She's flexing her muscles here.  She likes to show us her muscles when we ask the bigger ones to show us theirs.  She often looks like she might explode.  

We need summer to get here. Nakedness is much more acceptable when it's not snowing outside.  Our neighbors are in for a treat with Will's desire to pee in the backyard all summer.