Potty Animal

Last week my priority was getting the little one potty trained. Apparently, it is not her priority. We tried staying in underpants all day. What a mess that is. Then I bought "Potty Time with Elmo." We watched it all day and made Callie sit on the potty to watch it. The one successful moment we had was when I left the room to shower and she was sitting on the potty watching Elmo. I came in to check on her and she was saying how "Elmo got some juice on his leg." She had gone pee in the potty and I celebrated greatly, rewarding her with M&M's and stickers. Even with her protests "no mom, that's poo poo not pee pee," (she is a little confused about the difference) I was sure we had made a breakthrough. That was Weds. and today is Monday and we have had nothing but accidents. I am still determined but I just need to get her on the same page.
Cameron started orientation on Weds. His initiation into Wildcat territory had the outstanding message of "don't let the stress get to you, and don't do drugs." They had a panel of guest speakers who talked about how they were so stressed out from the first year in law school that they started drinking or doing drugs heavily. I think the highlight was their visit to the courthouse to watch several cases, and meet with the judges. One of the cases he saw was reported by none other than the famous Aaron LaDuke. Cameron and Aaron had lunch afterwards. That night we went to a dinner put on by the Women's Law Society. We met several people who are trying desperately not to let the stress get to them and not to do drugs or drink too heavily from the keg provided by the WLS.
Saturday, we went for a short walk around the neighborhood spotting two bunnies and several lizards. Then we swam in the pool until bed time. Sunday we had dinner with Aaron, Kristen and the girls. Callie revels in the girls attention. They have about a million Barbies and Callie has a name for each one. We found a dead baby Coral snake in their pool. I can't say that I am sorry this poisonous snake had drowned.
Today was Cameron's first day of school, he was nervous and stressed but he has yet triumphed and not resorted to the use of drugs. Thank you to everyone who responded to last week's announcement. It was great to hear from so many and feel your support. I have yet to reply to any emails, but will get on it between potty breaks this week.