I couldn't think of a good title for this update. That's pretty much all this is: an update.
Re-started Oakley on his potty training this morning. We learned the reason he didn't want to do it before is because he thinks the undies belong to Oliver and the toilet belongs to Oliver. So I went out and found him some teeny boxers (the cutest thing ever, by the way) and brought the little potty back upstairs out of storage. It's been going okay for far this morning...Of course, it's only 9:24 right now, but I'm calling it a success that he even was happy to sit on the potty and read books for fifteen minutes this morning.
He had an accident already, but it was literally three minutes before I planned to put him back in the bathroom to try again, so...
The downside of all this? Elliot is being so clingy and fussy this morning! I don't know what his deal is. I put him back in his bed hoping he would go back to sleep for a bit, and from the sounds of it, he finally gave into his exhaustion. He is very curious about what Oakley is doing in the bathroom.
Oliver was too, and decided that since we were already in there, it would be a good time for him to go as well. I almost got peed on and some books needed wiped down. Gross. The first few weeks of potty training are not my favourite in the world.
Just took a quick break to clean up a poop mess. *Sigh*
I for sure need to go buy Oakley more boxers. I only got one pack of three not knowing if he'd go for them or not... Two are already dirty, and there's bit of time before the first pair is done washing and can be put in the dryer. I guess it's kind of a good thing we caught up a bit on laundry this weekend.
I'm feeling a little the opposite of the "title" of this entry.
For other news, I started working on my dollhouse this weekend. Phil had gotten me this really beautiful dollhouse kit in October (I asked for it) but I hadn't really had the time to do anything with it with all the holidays and whatnot. So Friday night I (with Phil, and then unexpectedly his dad) stained all the shingles, which is a lot more work than one might think, and yesterday afternoon/evening, I painted the pieces for the porch/railing and put those together. Also A LOT more work than it seems. I knew this wouldn't be an easy project and it wouldn't be a fast project, both things I appreciate about it, but I didn't think it was going to be this time consuming. I will for sure be needing Phil's help to put the actual walls and roof together since when I was reading the instructions last night, I had no idea what they were talking about. The writer of the manual assumes you do this for a living and uses all the builder lingo and, well, some of the terms I think I know or could figure out, but I think it will be fun to work on it with Phil and thereby increase the possibility of it actually looking like a house when we're done.
I'll be posting pictures of the finished product at some point, and maybe some along the way if I remember...
I worked some more on my quilt leading up to Christmas, and was taking pictures along the steps, so at some other point, I'll also be posting a blog to have a very rough demonstration of how to do it if anyone is interested.
Happy Monday!
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