I can do it, I'm 3 now!

It's hard to believe that Sarah is now 3, but it has happened. Over the weekend, she celebrated her third birthday with a party, cake, presents, friends and family. Shrek was the theme, on her own choosing, after finding out that Monster's Inc was no longer available. Presents included clothing, books, Dora and Shrek toys, and a high chair for her dolls. Some photos are up in the gallery at http://gallery.shoutstudios.com/3rdBirthday.

STEREO at the North Museum

Friday after work, Karen and I took Sarah to the North Museum to see the STEREO exhibit. This past week, NASA and GSFC released 3D images of the sun taken by a pair of satellites in orbit, and the North Museum was one of the places that was showing the images. Complete with her 3D glasses, Sarah watched the giant TV as images were displayed in all their glory. I felt it important for her to begin to see things as they actually are, as apposed to the way we see them. She was rife with questions and thoroughly enjoyed the educational experience.

We also learned that every Saturday, at 11:30, they have a special toddler exhibit in the planetarium that is geared for ages 3 and 4. This program is free to the public (with admission). If only the next several Saturdays weren't so booked.

Potty Trained

Sarah is now officially potty trained, and has been for about a month. She doesn't even wear a diaper or pull-up at night while sleeping, and has not had an accident for a long time. Now I guess we have to look into basketball and soccer for her in the winter and fall.

Potty Training Update

I know, it's been way too long since I've posted. I guess part of that is wanting to avoid the obligatory "update" posting. Well, this is not that post, but an update none the less.

For the past several months, we have been on and off with the potty training for Sarah, nothing consistent. She was doing ok at school with going a couple of times on the potty, but it would vary from one day to the next. This past weekend, Sarah decided that she was ready to start again. We had a party for Grandpa's 70th birthday, and put her in "big-girl" underwear. We expected her to have a few accidents, but she had zero. She went the entire day, from wake-up to bed time in the same pair of underwear! Sunday was just as good, again, with zero accidents. She was very busy all day with her cousins and other company in town, but when she had to go, she told someone and made it in time. Monday was a day off for all three of us due to Presidents Day, so we decided to continue with the underwear. She only had two accidents on Monday, still a marked improvement over the past several months.

Tuesday and Wednesday at school was a different story, as she went through all of her spare clothes that we sent in with her, but did make it to the potty some of the times. We decided to just keep going with it and see how she does. When she is at home, she is in underwear, and mostly that way at school. I don't want to push her too hard, but she seems to be so close that I don't want her taking steps backwards either. We'll just keep with the positive reinforcement and see how she does.

Update: 02/23/07
After two days of accidents at school, Sarah went the entire day on Wednesday without any accidents, including a short shopping trip to a consignment shop for clothes and the evening at Grandma and Grampy's. Things are looking good!

Daily Dose for 10/10/2006

Sarah and I were talking about her plans for her day at school. I told her that I would be picking her up and then we would be going to grandma and grandpa's for dinner.

Sarah: "What about Daddy?"
Mommy: Daddy has to work tonight sweetie
Sarah: Will I get to see him before I go to sleep?
Mommy: Sure, unless you fall asleep by the time we get home.
Sarah: I WON'T!!