September 17 = Perfect Sunday

So another awesome part of our day yesterday was we picked out a new couch.  We had a sectional a few years ago and I loved it.  Jeannie ruined it so we got a new couch and now... I don't like it anymore and I miss my sectional so we got another sectional and I have to say I like this one better than the original.  The whole family is such a fan.

Liam took a break from sitting to go dig a whole in the backyard with Rosie...

June 17 = Potty Training Fail

So I'm tired of diapers.  I really would like to potty train Liam.  So Zachary and I set out to get it done this weekend.  We've got a few days of Zachary being off so we are just going to put Liam in underwear and try to get him to sit on the potty every 20 minutes until he goes and then 40 minutes after that and then every 20 minutes again.  Spoiler alert- it's not going to work.  Here he is sitting on a towel and cradling a guitar.

So we started out well- he used the potty!  And then I took Malia to the gym and while I was gone, he refused to sit on, totally messing up our plan.  He wet his underwear but didn't care.  So the purpose of putting them in underwear is when it's wet they're supposed to not like it.  When your kid couldn't care less, the strategy doesn't work very well.  So we gave up.  We decided he's not ready and since all his scores say he's at the age equivalent of under 3, we're not going to put so much pressure on ourselves.

 Also, this evening, Zachary picked up a couch he found on Craig's List.  We are going to rearrange the house a bit so that now the downstairs room has a couch and a bed and the living room has two couches- and now we're going to "retire downstairs" after the kids go to bed- our latest attempt to get Liam to go to sleep- we're thinking if he can't hear the tv on the middle floor, maybe he'll think we're asleep and he'll give up and go to sleep himself.  Here's a video of the kids acquainting themselves with the new couch: