Sweet Babies

Tonight after meeting some friends for frozen yogurt Keaton said, "I'm happy."
"You are? Why are you happy?"
"Because I have teeth," said Keaton. I knew he was meaning to look and his teeth were showing, or that he was smiling to show he was happy, but it was cute how he verbally communicated that.

Potty training of course has not gone as planned. Kyle decided that it is not a good idea to potty train in front of the TV. He has requested that all potty training be done in the bathroom. We have attempted, encouraged, manipulated, threatened but so far the kids are not big on the idea of going potty in the restroom.

Today, however, when Keaton was shown underwear and told he can wear them if he pees and poohs in the potty he decided he wanted to give it a try. And if Keaton does something than McKenna wants to try it as well. Keaton went pee two times on the potty. He wet his underwear one time only. So that was good. We did have him in his diaper most of the day though. He also got to chose his treat if he went potty, so once he had a single M&M and the other time a whopper.

McKenna did a great job at trying to potty. She sat on the potty multiple times and even for ten plus minutes multiple times but she just couldn't get anything out. She wet her panties one time as well and was also in her diaper a majority of the day.

Both the kids were given the choice of underwear or diaper and were strongly encouraged that if they wear underwear they are not allowed to pooh or pee in them. We will see how tomorrow goes but I am not too hopeful. Frown.

We are also still struggling with McKenna's aggression. She is very violent and hits Keaton a lot, and very hard. I struggle to find the correct and effective way to discipline her. Seems silly to spank for hitting, because when it comes down to it that's me hitting her while telling her not to hit. When she is put in time out she smiles ear to ear, waddles off to her time out spot and if told to go sit down she smiles and says, "okay" in her super chipper tone. Obviously timeout doesn't seem efective for her. Hoping this is just a phase that she will quickly overcome.

McKenna can now count to 3 and loves singing. She likes running in circles, dancing, music time, throwing things, storytime if she gets to hold the book, babies, dolls, feeding people, and she LOVES her back and arms tickled/scratched. She loves disciplining too. She tells Keaton and her dolls, "No no" and shakes her finger in their face. She puts them in timeout and tells them to sit for two minutes and she says "I spank you, okay?" Then she spanks Keaton or her dolls.

Keaton can count to 15, can sing and identify every letter in the alphabet and numbers 0 - 10, loves singing really loud, loves watching Mickey Mouse and Jake and the Pirates. He is very into daddy and wants all of daddy's attention whenever he is around. He has the most adorable nasal laugh and loves to pretend laugh.