I'm packing your angry eyes

Megan is in a music class once a week that I drop her off at, and today I got a call from her teacher saying Megan was having a hard time in class. She went on to say Megan was having a hard time participating, she went off on her own, and if she didn't want to do something she would "put her self in time out." The teacher told me, "When I tried to be firm with her she gave me this look like she hated me, and went and sat on the couch."

All I could think was I know that look. We captured just that look while we were taking photos the other day.


The teacher said she really enjoys Megan in class and she is a fun girl, but wanted to know if she could use her 3 F's of teaching; firm, fair, and friendly. I said please do or Megan will walk all over you, and she won't hate you, she is just testing everything. I do love my Megan. She makes me laugh and frustrates me at the same time.

P.S. Megan is doing a great job potty training. After the first day, she caught on and has been doing great ever since. Yay for Megan, and yay for mom not putting the diapers back on after that first day.

P.P.S. This is just one of the photos from Danica's session in Philadelphia, there's more to come...

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Since we're still not used to this whole 9 to 5 thing, we've been itching to break away for an adventure. We decided to take advantage of President's Day weekend and go visit our friends Zack and Danica up in Philadelphia. Zack is in his second year of dental school there, so we dropped by, made them cook for us and kicked them out of their king sized bed. It was nice.

So what is there to do in Philadelphia, you may ask? Well, in our short two and a half days there we went to see the Liberty Bell


Independence Hall (where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were drafted and signed)


Valley Forge (this is the house that George Washington commandeered for the winter -- looks like he didn't have it quite as bad as his troops)


And of course, the Rocky statue (this is for you, James). Not surprisingly, Megan didn't want to participate in this picture.


The Rocky statue actually sits in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which is the building with all of the steps that Rocky runs up in the first film. It was a spectacular art museum.


Of course we made sure to get a real Philly cheese steak. It turned out to not have much on it besides cheese and steak, but it was really flavorful.


Zack and Danica also took us to their favorite ice cream place out by valley forge that was INCREDIBLY good. I got the apple crisp on the left, and Kim got something on the right that must have been good because I never even got a bite.


Megan made a new friend named Carson who she called Jackson the whole time. Carson is 20 months old, and Megan did a great job of being a big sister.






Even though Megan is still officially potty-training (and admittedly uninterested in the history surrounding the founding of our country) she was really good...


...most of the time


Thanks Zack, Danica and Carson for letting us take over your house and your weekend. We had a great time.



P.S. Danica is a professional photographer, and we suckered her into taking some pictures of Megan for us, so stay tuned and we will post those soon.

What is wrong with diapers?

So after thinking and thinking, waiting for the right time (no vacations, no long drives coming up), reading all the potty training literature, asking everyone how they went about potty training, getting princess underwear, buying a little toilet (since the step stool we bought was just a little too short for her to reach our toilet), buying the soap that lights up and the special pink wipes, trying to decide on the best reward system, reading potty books to Megan, saying "poo" and "pee" without cringing -- I must say, what is so wrong with diapers? I was stuck in the house all day today just watching Megan like a hawk for any sign that she had to go, and when I finally couldn't take it any more and I answered my phone, tried to take a shower or make dinner she would have another accident on my hardwood floor.

Aarrgh!

All that said, we are still potty training tomorrow (I guess).


Megan was so excited about her new little toilet.


Here is Megan's reward for finally getting two little drops in the toilet. She was so excited to put her penny in her potty jar.