Charts and Balloons

Continuing along our potty training journey.....the kids were doing very, very well staying dry most of the time while they were awake. They would each have an accident every once in a while though, so I thought I'd see if some visual, positive reinforcement could make a difference! So, we made them each a chart with five squares on it and at bath-time if they had stayed "clean and dry" all day long, then we colored in the square. I told them when they got five days "clean and dry" in a row, we would go get a BIG balloon treat!

Gillian got her balloon about a week ago and I think it took her about 2 weeks to earn it. She, of course, picked a big Cinderella balloon, just like we got Grammy and GraGra for Mother's Day!


It took Colin a bit longer to earn his balloon....he's really good about telling us when he needs to poop....not always so great with the pee. Oh well, he's still doing a GREAT job! So, on Monday we were going to get a Thomas balloon for Colin!

We had spent the morning in the park and I left just enough time before lunch to stop at the dollar store to grab a Thomas. So, OF COURSE, they didn't have any! Seriously, who doesn't carry Thomas balloons??? And at this point, I had talked the thing up so much that there was NO WAY Colin was going to go home without his Thomas. I knew Giant Eagle had balloons, so we drove down the road to the grocery store, booked it across the parking lot, and rushed to the balloon and flower desk! Thankfully there was a very nice lady working there and she hooked us up!

As I was tucking Thomas into the back of the car, Colin was staring at him happily, and said, "Mommy, Thomas is a really good friend." How sweet is that?

After lunch I got some quick pictures with the oh-so-goofy kids and their balloons!




Poor Cinderella is starting to get kind of soggy and tonight Gillian had a total fit when Cinderella got caught in the ceiling fan, but beside that, we are really enjoying our BIG BALLOONS!! Good work kiddos!