The White House

This past weekend was a busy one for Mads. It started off Saturday morning with her first mommy and me gymnastics class. The "mommy" was a combo of Derek and I seeing as I'm 6 months pregnant and we didn't think the trampoline and other activities would be the best for me :) Madelyn loved it. By the end of the 30 minute class she was exhausted. It was a great way for her to be active, interact with other kids and practice listening to directions. She of course has a long ways to go before joining the US Olympic team:)

She also had two playdates this weekend. It is fun to watch her interact with other kids now that she is of an age where they actually play together. She also went for her second time to play in the toddler room at church this morning. Drop off wasn't near as smooth as last week. Lots of tears and Derek had to send me away because I never would have been able to leave her, but once we left she did much better. After a weekend of running and playing with all these kids she has never crashed as hard for bed as she did tonight!

Last weekend we bought Madelyn a potty to see how she would do. She had started running and saying "poop" or "pee" every time so we thought maybe we'd try it. Of course the night we bought it she sat right on it and went to the bathroom. The potty sings when she goes and then we gave her an M&M which was SO exciting to her. The weekend was full of several more successful attempts at the potty. We should have known it was too good to be true. I think for a moment Derek and I actually thought we had a chance at having her out of diapers before we have another one in them in May. But as of Tuesday she no longer wants to use it. I guess the excitement wore off. We have backed off and aren't pushing it as we have read and been told you can't make them until they are ready. So for now we are on a potty break:)