Steps of Achievement

Our two little munchkins are growing to fast for their mommy.  Yet she joys in their trumps and success right along with them.  The last two week in April on many occasions Mikyla told me "Pooh potty," or responded in an affirmatively "yes" when I asked if she needed to go.  She then ran to the bathroom and... Ta da!  We claped and cheered and everyone is happy!  Mikyla does a little hop dance around the bathroom.  I do too as she's one step closer to getting rid of diapers!  She's was only 15 months then and so I hadn't really begun training her because I think she's too little.  Yet she thinks differently.  I think her success are a product of her desires to be like her brother.  ( And really, lets face it... who wants to have poopy pants!)   Ever since Miklya could walk she'd follow Ethan everywhere.

Unconsciously I put too IKEA potties side by side in the bathroom so whenever Ethan had to go, Mikyla would joyfully sit beside him on her potty.  Two months ago (Feb 18) I sat her on the potty just to see what she'd do and she pooped.  Then in March, during mid diaper change she ran way from me to join her brother in the bathroom.  Subsequently she sat on the potty and peed.  Ethan and I where both shocked and excited!  Maybe Miklya is telling me something... humm...potty train time?!?

Over the past two weeks Mikyla has turned into a dare devil at the pool.  She loves running around in the deep end were she can barely touch.  Jumping around and splashing are fun but even 'funner' is throwing herself forward under the water.  Good thing mom is glued to her.  Each time I brought her out of the water she had a hug smile on her face.  Now when she does this in the tot pool she picks herself right back up.  She's a fishy!


Ethan is one smart little man in our eyes.  He wrote the letter "A" all by himself on at the end of April.  Since then he's also written the letters t and H.  He can name all the letters of the Alphabet with their sound.  I attribute this to the Leap Frog DVD which teaches the phoneme of the Alphabet.  Ethan has increased speed on his run bike and looks forward to the day when he can have peddles like Mom and Dad. 
Last week Ethan went down the Green slide at the Taber Aqua Fun Center.  He was nervous but then continued to go over and over again with his Daddy.  This week he spend the majority of the our 2 hours at the slide and jumping off the diving board.   

Ok, maybe this was a little bit of brag time on my part, but hey, if I don't brag about them who will?

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