Potty Training Day #1

We planned weeks in advance to start potty training today; mostly out of convenience.  Justin and I both had a time off work and with all of the kid's new toys, it's not a bad time to stay home for a few days.  Plus, we (and their teachers) thought they were ready.  Here's how our method goes:

• Stay Home
• Remind them 100,000 times to "Tell Mommy and Daddy if you need to go potty"

That's about it.

Of course it started off with accidents.  Well, actually it started off with no one going potty at all.  We were practically begging them to get the party started.

Our goal was to leave m&m's out of the picture, but that changed, and now we'll probably have to feed them m&m's every time they go until they are adults.  

But, neither Owen nor Olivia had an accident since before lunch!  Both took great naps and woke up dry.  They both cried when we rushed them to the bathroom, I think we scared them with our excitement!  But they had successes about 30 minutes later. 

I'm sure tomorrow will be a completely different day.  I hope we can stay positive and keep the momentum going!

I will refrain from very many underwear pictures, but we need at least a couple....

Coloring the cardboard train 

Singing her favorite Fresh Beat song "Cheer"