Sesame Street Live

Since Addie had such an obsession with Elmo (it is already passed), we decided that she would really enjoy going to Sesame Street Live and seeing all of the characters in action.  We tried not to talk about it too much ahead of time, since she really has no concept of time, so we started hyping it up a couple of days ahead of time, and she was pretty excited!

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Addie and Mike walking through the dowtown skyway to get to the Target Center - this was quite a slow walk as Addie was very intersted in observing all of the "intersting" people that we passed.

Stopping for a photo next to Elmo to do a height comparision - she was pretty overwhelmed at this point by all the people and activity.

Two of Addie's favorite things: the MN Vikings (because Mike has brainwahsed her) and Elmo.  She loves to point out the Viking's logo and shout "Go Vikings" it is beyond annoying, but Mike just loves every minute of it!

Addie did a great job paying attention and really seemed to enjoy the show until about the last 15 minutes when she started getting antsy, just a little bit too long for a 2 year old.  My favorite part about the show was during intermission when they promptly brought out about 100 huge balloons of Elmo, and of course every kid in the place just has to have one, and at a whopping $10 piece, they made quite a profit.  Way to go Target Center.  Luckily for us, Addie was too busy making me treck up and down the 12 flights of stairs so that she could go "poopy."  Good times!

Potty Training

Well, I can finally report that something with Addie was actually easy, and surprisingling enough it was our experience with potty training!  The three days that we spend trapped at home over New Year's Eve weekend was not so awesome, but the fact that she has been totally potty trained since then is absolutely amazing!  Thanks to Sarah who introduced us to the 3 Day Potty Training Method, which involves spending 3 straight days at home doing nothing but plugging your child with liquids and hoping that they make it to the toilet at some point.

We took the advice from the book I read (I tried to make Mike read it too, but that was a failed attempt) and threw away all diapers, really talked up "big girl underwear."  We kept her pants off for the 3 days, which she loved, as she got to wear her leggings for 3 days straight.  For some reason she thinks those things are fabulous and would wear them every day of the week if we let her.

Taking a little break from drinking and us constantly saying to her, "Okay Addie, remember to tell us if you have to go potty."  This was the key phrase of the weekend.  We started to get a little panicked on Sunday night when it seemed like she was regressing and having more accidents than at the begining of the process and I was starting to think the whole 3 day thing was going to be a total bust.  Surprisingly, she went to daycare on Monday, and no accidents, and no accidents the rest of the week either!

Notice the towel that we strategically placed on the couch (we didn't have much confidence).  Addie again showing off her outfit and plugging away at another cup of milk!  Another milestone down, so many more to go......looking forward to it!