Potty Training & Just Three Year Old Fun

Carli has been doing very well with the potty training.  It has been rough!  She would do it at school, but wouldn't do it at home.  After talking to one of the teachers, she suggested getting Carli a "prize box" to go when she is successful.  So off to the Dollar Store and Target's Dollar Spot to get things for her I went.

Carli was very excited about the box, at first.  We tried having her go to the potty for three straight days and then she would get a prize.  It worked.  Then it didn't work.  After two weeks of not working, we reworked the plan.  Instead of having to go three days in a row, we tried just three days.  That worked.  Finally!  She still had accidents, but it was getting better.  Now (knock on wood) she is going most days with no accidents.  We still have the prize box because it is working (and we still have stuff inside).

Tonight, Carli got bubbles and had a blast playing with Daddy on the lawn.  Even the neighbor's cat decided she wanted to play.

bringing Mommy a flower

Happy Fourth of July

On the third of July, Carli's preschool had a parade.  Carli was right there up front with Mrs. Debby shaking her shaker.  Due to the rain, it had to be held inside, but the kids didn't care.  There were even popsicles after the parade.

On the Fourth, Carli woke up with an upset tummy.  We hoped and prayed that she would be feeling better so she could go to the fireworks.  We had been talking about them all week and she was so excited.  After a puny morning, she felt better (and hungry) after her nap. 

We met friends at the Lowes parking lot to watch the fireworks.  Carli and Rory played together for just over an hour waiting for dark.  Carli danced and ran around.  She had a blast!

 

 

Vacation Bible School

Kingdom Rock Bible School hit Morris Chapel this week.  Joe did the recreation and Elaine took pictures of the kingdom!  The best part was being able to take pictures of Carli in all her fun.  While she loved having all the fun, she was worn out by the end of the nights!  Be prepared to see a lot of pictures!



She wanted to join the big group so bad...

The mission project for the week was collecting food for the food pantry at our church.  This is a picture of Carli giving "Sally", the mascot, some of her donations.

"helping" the teachers teach the song"

actually doing what she is supposed to do

making her crown

Princess Carli

 Thursday night, the group performed the four songs they learned for the parents.  Carli did sing and perform for a few minutes, but then began to run back and forth.  She was crazy!

actually helping the group perform

 After VBS on Thursday night, the Walkertown fire dept. brought their ladder truck and sprayed water down on the crowd.  Carli loved it and had to be taken away long before she wanted to leave!

 

Carli actually doing the music...for a few seconds...

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day 2013 has been awesome!

In preschool, Carli painted a rock for Joe that says "My Dad Rocks".  Joe loved it.  She was so proud to give it to him along with the card and poem she also made.

At church, the Sunshine Choir sang "Jesus Loves Me".  Usually Carli just stands there and looks around.  Today, Carli actually sang!!  She loves "Jesus Loves Me" and sings it around the house all the time.  I told her several times to sing and mommy would be recording her.  Joe and I were so proud of her!

After church, we went to lunch with Poppie.  Carli had so much fun playing with him.  She even tried to share her lemon with him, but he didn't want any for some reason.

Dancing to her own song

Singing to Poppie

After naptime, we were headed to Grandma and PawPaw's to visit.  But before we could get there, Kyle called and invited all of us over for hot dogs.  So we headed over for an impromptu cookout with the Laws clan.  Carli wanted in that pool so BAD but we didn't have our suits.  She had a blast anyway.

She loves her cousin, Hunter!

tea party with Mere

would have nothing to do with PawPaw

The Laws men

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all our friends and family!

We were not sure if Carli would be able to celebrate Easter this year or not.  Early Saturday morning, Carli woke us up really sick.  She had that virus that had been running around at Mommy's school.  In fact, Mommy had it a few weeks ago.  Carli has always been healthy, but this virus did a number on her.  She didn't eat all day and laid around and wanted to be held most of the time.  We were not sure if she would be well on Sunday or not, but she got up and wanted milk and muffins.  We were so glad she felt better!

Earlier in the week, Carli's preschool celebrated Easter with an egg hunt.  It was all she could talk about for the days leading to the hunt.  She ran inside on Thursday with her bucket to show to everyone.  When she came home, she talked about it all night.  The bucket went everywhere with her on that day too.

Sunday morning, the Easter Bunny had visited our house.  Carli was excited to see her new basket he brought filled with lots of Hello Kitty stuff-crayons, coloring books, stickers, a notepad, and a bag to hold the crayons.  He also brought books, a chocolate bunny, and jewelry hidden inside the plastic eggs. 

At church, the children's choir sang, "He Arose".  Carli, true to form, just stood there looking around.  She might not have sung, but she was pretty standing there in her white robe. 

After lunch, Poppie, PawPaw, and Miss Sam (the children's minister from church) came for lunch.  Poor Grandma was sick and couldn't come.  Carli was quiet during lunch and wouldn't talk to anyone, especially Miss Sam.  But after lunch, when everyone was gone, Carli and Miss Sam had a fun time playing with Carli's new rings the bunny brought.

Our family hopes everyone has a wonderful Easter and remembers why we celebrate-our Lord was crucified, but arose from the dead!  Hallelujah!!

Cabbage Planting

The third graders at PGE were given cabbage plants to plant.  There were some left over, so I brought one home for Carli to plant and watch grow.  These cabbages are supposed to grow very big.  Tonight, Carli helped her daddy plant it in the yard.  She had a lot of fun digging in the dirt.

Three Year Old Check Up

Carli went to see Dr. Walker today for her yearly checkup.  She is "perfect".  She is still a little thing-only 28.5 pounds (25 percentile) and 35 inches tall (6th percentile).  She wasn't too sure about Dr. Walker and didn't talk to him much, but she did let him check her out.