Saturday Fun

So today was a fun day. Anthony was able to spend most of the day out in the garage putting together his new toy . . . a fancy dancey table saw. He's been looking at this saw at home depot for over a year now - and finally decided it was time to purchase it. Yay! He has this dresser he started before Allison was born - and now will be able to finish it. I have such a handy husband! The other happy news is that Allison is doing so well with potty training! I started training her a little after she turned two . . .and it was aweful! I tried for about 1/2 a day - and then gave up (I know - not very persevering of me). She wasn't ready and more importantly I wasn't ready. So I've been putting it off until I was absolutely sure she was ready and I was up for it - and it's going so well! It's so much better. And I figured out a little trick. I struggled initially with getting her to want to sit on the potty - so I made a little dice and on each of the 6 sides was something she could do while sitting on the potty - coloring, singing, watching a movie, playdoh, puzzles, and reading books. When it was time to sit on the potty she got to roll the dice to see what she would do while she sat. It was wonderful! She keeps asking if it's potty time so she gets to roll the dice. She did try several times to deliberately roll the dice to TV time . . . but other than that it's great! Such a relief.