My, how the kids have grown

We have hit a major milestone: Tessa is (basically) potty-trained!! She is still wetting at night and occasionally forgets during the day (praise be to Pull-Ups!), but we're pretty much there.

Right now we have a chart she gets to put a sticker on at night if she stays "clean and dry" all day, and when she gets a sticker in each box then she gets to go to the "Monkey Rides" (officially called Jungle Jim's Playland).

Every time she goes potty she gets a candy (which of course means Davin and Caden must also have one), and if she goes poopy then she gets a present, which is something from the dollar store I have stashed in my closet. I think we're on the last round of poopy presents and once these are gone then she'll have to just go for the sake of going. I figured it costs about $80-$100 to potty train a child, between Pull-Ups, potty seats and prizes, which is about 2-3 months of diapers, so it really is a financial benefit in the end :)

It's tough to catch Davin's cuteness on camera because he always beelines for it as soon as you pull it out, but he was trapped here and in a good mood after that cupcake, so we caught his little bumpin' dance move, and his head-shaking, plus his reaction to a very out-of-tune kids' song (who was that singing, anyway?).