Potty Training, Yuck!

For the past few days we have been trying to work with Parker on using the potty. She had been doing a really great job of just sitting on the potty and saying she went. She had been just sitting on the potty at school too. On Friday, I had her on the potty before she went to bed and all of the sudden she went! I was going nuts then Jeff was going nuts. We were giving her candy before bed and we didn't even care! So we have continued putting her on the potty and slowly but surely she will potty every now and then. We aren't pooping in the potty but we are getting there. Today we were home sick and I made sure to put her on every thirty minutes or so and she had used the potty 4 times today! She didn't have an accident until nap time and when she pooped but she sure wasn't happy about that one! We are slowly but surely getting there. We aren't in panties yet, Hannah, but we are getting there! I'm so proud of you Parker!!

Wagon Rides and VASELINE

When we got back to Conway, Jeff decided to put together the wagon that his parents had bought for the grandkids. Parker was so excited for it to be ready and she chipped in to help daddy put it together as well. She had so much fun in that thing but after a while she wanted to be in charge of the pulling and would have nothing else but that! She is so demanding and I have NO idea where she gets it from!



Now on to the drama of the weekend. Friday night, Parker was playing the back room with her aunt and cousin and she suddenly runs out with a tub of vaseline! Her face and neck are extremely shiny but oh! just wait, there is more! There is vaseline in her scalp at least two inches thick! What in the world is going on here? After a moment of freaking out, I run her to the bathtub to try and "wash" out the greasy that has engulfed her head but no such luck. After four washings with regular shampoo and one with Dawn dish soap, yeah thats right, no luck!

Before the attempt at the first set of washings

By Saturday, her hair was litterally in stick form. It was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. So I put her back in the bathtub for round two of the shampooing to no avail! Sunday morning, we repeat the process all over again but no such luck. This time we tried getting a little more creative and used mayonaise this time. I thought we had taken a picture of that but I guess not. Again, we failed.

Finally, Monday morning before work we tried our last resort, CORNSTARCH!

and.... SUCCESS!! Cornstarch is the way to go if your kid ever gets vaseline in their hair! DO NOT try anything else.

Hot Springs Anniversary

Jeff and I weren't able to celebrate our first anniversary until this past Thursday, even though it was the 15th. We decided since we were heading to Conway this past weekend that we would ask the wonderful sister-in-law, Cinnamon, to do a little babysitting for us so we could celebrate for at least one night. She agreed, of course, so we knew Parker was taken care of. We weren't for sure where we wanted to go but we knew that we wanted to get away! We decided on spending the night in Hot Springs and do a little sight seeing the next day. We didn't get there until pretty late Thursday night, so of course nothing was open since it was during the week. We got a room at the Arlington since I have never stayed there and Jeff thought it was a neat place to stay. Once we got there, we were starving so we had to do a little walk down Central before we found Porterhouse, a steak place, and were actually able to eat. Thank goodness they were open until 11 or it would have been Papa John's in the room! After dinner, we decided to watch some of the older couples there dance a bit while we sipped on some drinks. It is so much fun watching older people dance. They are just too cute for words!

We got up pretty early on Friday and decided to have breakfast in the hotel and then take a walk down the street to check out all of the shops and the park. Of course, since we are the silly people we are, we had to go into the Wax Museum. For all the times my dad told me "No, I'm not wasting my money on that." We wasted our money! Of course, total let down but worth it. Finally, we headed for the race track since Jeff had never been to the horse races. It was such a pretty day and a little bit of a bummer that we couldn't stay for the rest of the races but we had to get back to the rug rat! We had a great time and I'm so glad we got a way for a while. I didn't take too many pictures but there area few good ones!

Jeff in the Arlington

One of the springs. I wanted to jump in and take a bath!

The Arlington

Wax Version of the "Last Supper"

Waiting to make his first "official" bet

Placing "the bet"

The Finish (We didn't win )

Bubbles

Here are some pictures from a day Parker had with daddy and they broke out one of her birthday presents. Looks like it worked pretty well!

There were plenty more pictures than this but I just couldn't choose since they were ALL so cute!

Birthday Party!

Saturday, we had Parker's birthday party at the school I work at because they have a gym with a climbing part as well as a bounce house. I knew the kids would love that. I had been extremely stressing out over everything from the food, cake and if kids were going to come to her party. I hadn't received any RSVP's so I was stressing out but it all turned out great. Jeff kept telling me I had way too much food but it turned out I almost didn't have enough!! Good thing I don't listen to him, lol. Parker had a great time and was so happy to see her Mimi and Papaw and Aunt Marjle. Aunt Marjle kept her occupied in the climbing gym and she loved that. All the kids seemed to have a great time and her cake turned out wonderful. Thanks everyone for all the presents and all the help!

Snacking before the party

Playing in the bounce house

Parker, Georgia and Max

Eating with her Mimi and Papaw

Opening gifts

More gifts


Parker's awesome Elmo cake!

Birthday Dinner

Thursday, we decided to take Parker to a birthday dinner at Chic Fil A and then she played in the play place afterwards. Of course, she decided to be a complete TERROR during dinner and was throwing things left and right while screaming at the top of her lungs, yep she's 2! All was well after she got into the play place. She had a great time and loves to watch older kids while they are playing in there. We didn't make it too fancy since she is crazy most of the time. She had a great time and that is all that matters.

Early Birthday Presents

We decided to give Parker a few of her presents a day or so early, mainly because I wanted to play too! We didn't buy much this year because our house is being taken over by toys. She loves art and coloring and painting so we bought her paintbrushes with the paint inside, AquaDoodle, MagnaDoodle and bathtub crayons and markers. I have a few pictures of her playing in her new gifts and looking cute!