A Boy, a Girl, a Potty, and a Mouse

My kids in a nutshell: lying on Thomas sheets with a Thomas stuffed animal, Mickey and Minnie, a monkey, and a Thomas catalog. He is cheesing and she is gazing at him adoringly.

My boy is 3 and a half years old. He is exceptionally tall and looks like a 5 year old. This makes the whole potty situation seem even worse. For the last three and a half years, Jeremy has VIOLENTLY refused to have anything to do with the potty. Then, out of nowhere, this past weekend my 18th try at putting him in underwear/naked finally paid off. He peed in the potty 8 times, pooped in the potty once, and even wore his Thomas underwear to the bookstore and Kroger. And, he peed in the public toilet in Kroger. No accidents. Who is this kid? Sunday was not so successful, but I was still riding the high of Saturday to care. We made cupcakes to celebrate.Notice the chocolate on Violet's face after Jeremy gave her a random kiss.My girl is 7 weeks old and has finally begun to smile in earnest at her mom, dad, and brother. She smiles when I sing to her (don't laugh, Danielle), when Brian does anything, and when Jeremy gives her trains. And, I realized yesterday, she saves her biggest smiles for Mickey and Minnie. We bought these two on our honeymoon and they caught Violet's eye when she was playing on Jeremy's bed, I think due to the bold colors rather than the normal pastels of the other animals. She was smitten!I still think her first love is Jeremy, though. She seriously will follow him all around the room with her eyes and pumps her arms and legs like she is trying to fly out of her seat when he talks to her.I suppose it is getting redundant at this point, but I do love these kiddos to pieces.