POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!

Clare is potty trained! WOOHOO!!!!!

Two weeks ago Clare's daycare told me to bring in a bunch of panties and that they were switching her over. There was no transition. One day diapers, the other panties. The room Clare is in at her school is full of other kids that are already potty trained so she was already using the toilet at school but she was still quite content to go in her diaper here. So after we switched at home too there were a few accidents but she quickly decided she didn't like the feeling of a wet daiper and now she's pretty much done. Here's a picture of her after she "pooped" for the first time in the toilet here at home showing off her new "big girl" panties. Of course all future boyfriends will see this picture. OK...maybe I won't do that. Anyway, she was VERY proud and so were we!

Last weekend we all went down to the science museum to look at dinosaurs. I really love the Denver science museum and they just opened a fantastic show marking the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birthday. They're showing some amazing things, the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution among them. Clare, as always, had a great time running around looking at all of the animals and dinosaurs.

In two weeks I'm going up into the Rockies to geek out at a cabin with 3 friends from So Cal and my friend Ian from Colorado. At the same time, Debra and Clare will be entertaining her friend Hillary from So Cal and Hillary's daughter Callie. Callie and Clare are pretty much the same age so while I'm really looking forward to hanging out with my buddies, I'm just as excited for Clare to be able to hang out all weekend with Callie. Of course Debra will have a great time too catching up with her good friend Hillary as well and I won't worry as much being away for the weekend with Debra being 7 months pregnant. Speaking of which, our little package is getting restless. You can see Debra's belly moving all over the place! Having another baby in the house is going to be great and Clare is going to be a fantastic big sister to her little brother.