Hungry Hippo, Swim Lessons, & Potty Training

Wow! August is midway just about and where have I been! Obviously I keep taking pics to blog ~ just not getting the second part done! SO, here I am today. . . we leave for vacation soon and I know I'll have a TON from that! So here is the first half of August in a nutshell:

I'm in the kitchen fixing dinner. I'm hearing Little Lion playing the Wii happily (his favorite pastime lately), and Little Pumpkin is playing with her flashlight. It's a hippo that has this ridiculous laugh. Next thing I hear is "Look Mommy". I come around the corner to this sight:

Yes, that is my daughter's favorite doll with it's head inside the hippo's mouth! Should I worry?!?

She was SO proud!

Little Lion did his second set of swim lessons with Ms. Carla!

I think we might just get that stroke down after all!

Little Pumpkin was less than photographic! She is refusing to put her strap up on her shoulder! Whose child is this anyway?

Okay, I take it all back! What a sweet pic!

Another good shot of the arm!

He does so much better with his back stroke! Look out Michael Phelps! *wink*

Little Lion with his swimming bud Luke!

Underwater pics ~ soon to come! We have to finish the roll first!

Next if you've been reading my infrequent postings, we've been working on the whole potty thing with Little Pumpkin. Along with this comes the "I do it" phase! So, we try to give her as much freedom as possible ~ AFV here we come!

She is doing great except for the pooping! So thanks to Chia Lu, we had a new approach.

On Sunday we went to the store and let her pick out a "big" toy. She picked a purple pony with the understanding that the purple pony stayed in the box until she went poop on the potty. Well, it worked!

While celebrating my mom's b-day she came running to me crying with one had over her mouth and the other over bottom! (it was hilarious) But she went in the potty!

This was definitely a hit! She played with that pony forever ~ not even a fuss at nap time!

Sidenote: Pony is back up on the freezer; hoping to come down again when she poops on the potty again ~ NOT in her panties! *grin*