Kylie Starts Kindergarten!

The beginning of the week was filled with our last-ditch summer fun: swimming, playing at the park, and playing with friends.  And on Thursday Kylie started school!!  She was super excited and kept insisting that I don't come to class with her.  I am glad the summer break made her excited for school again and hopefully she keeps that excitement for a long time!

Hayden was upset he didn't get to start school again this year, but he is doing something equally momentous: potty training! Kylie has kept inviting him to go potty with her for the past few weeks, and suddenly this week he started getting the concept!  For several days he would go by himself and he even wants to do all the clean up himself (because he is going on a little potty).  If you know Hayden, you know how much water he drinks.  The whole "get a treat for going potty" concept doesn't work for him because he can literally go every ten minutes.  One time he got his potty treat, and as soon as he finished it decided he wanted another so he immediately went potty again.  And he notices when the treats get smaller and smaller (from a chocolate kiss to a few chocolate raisins to several mini M&M's...).  Honestly right now I am not fighting him for it.  If he prefers his diaper right now, then fine.  If he wants to use the potty, great.  Kylie is the one being his drill sergeant and it's awesome!