Our little slice of Happily Ever After...

It's Potty Time...
The theme of this week was to enjoy yourself until Friday...the big Potty Day!  So Wednesday evening Daddy brought Chase's dinner poolside...which was quite a hit...

 ...and Ava enjoyed some Daddy time before his work trip...

...and then Daddy was ready to go for a few days of travel and Chase and I decided to have our first 'date night' ever...we settled on a place with chicken wings where we could watch Daddy's airplane take off...

 ...and I must say that dinner on the patio with my little man is a wonderful way to spend an evening...he is getting so grown up that he orders for himself and carefully weighs his options before making any decisions...

 ...and all diets off...we had a feast!  Chicken wings, macaroni and french fries...yummy....

 ...and since he literally finished every bite...we had to get some dessert...

...and when we realized we still hadn't seen Daddy's airplane fly by...we decided we better go check it out ourselves...and we were literally just in time to watch the engines start up and see Daddy take off...

...and with that he was gone...and our date night was just about complete...we talked the whole way home about airplanes and then snuggled until it was time for his bedtime..when he asked, Mommy, you want me to sleep in your bed?  But in our house everyone has their own beds so reluctantly he was off with Mr. Bear...we needed to get some rest for a big Friday...we were Potty Training...

...in preparation we stocked up on rewards because we had very high hopes...and honestly...we did so much better than I ever expected...

...we spent Friday and some of Saturday cleaning up messes...

...and we still ventured out of the house only in pull up pants...things like Soccer scared Mommy too much in underwear only...

 ...and it was picture day...we were missing our friend, Gianna, but this is most of the Rhino Team...

 ...and Papa came along to help and passing to him is so much more fun than passing to his teammates...

...and then it was time for Daddy's return...and it worked out right in between naps that we could go see him land...we arrived seconds before he was on the ground...and then Daddy let us look in the plane...

 ...for a little boy that is beyond infatuated with airplanes...this was quite a day...soccer with Papa, Daddy home and trips inside airplanes...but the fun didn't end...the day was beautiful so Ava found herself in the Bjorn where she spends lots of time outside...

 ...and Daddy needed a chance to see Chase's soccer skills too...and show off his own skills...

 ...and with that it was time for Daddy and Mommy to have some alone time...so we took bedtime as a time to grill steaks and share some laughs together...and what else would we do with alone time... than build a cozy coupe for Ava that has been sitting in the garage for two weeks too long...the instructions were in 7 different languages and 35 pages long....and anyone whose put together kids toys knows...these things are way more complicated than they need to be...so Daddy got his hammer, drill, and safety glasses...

 ...and the Sunday morning smiles told us that it was more than worth it...although Chase is struggling with the pink car being for Ava...

 ...but she wasn't letting go of the wheel willingly...

 ...watch out world...

 ...and swinging works too when Chase just must take the Coupe for another spin...

  ...and we wrapped up the weekend labeling Chase's extra clothes/underwear for school because Sunday brought a day of underwear and NO accidents from morning til bedtime including a trip to the grocery store!...and we couldn't be more excited in our house for our big boy...he is growing and changing and learning so quickly...and even if it did take lots of M&M's, lots of singing and dancing from Mommy, Daddy, Gramma, and Papa, and some Thomas the Train underwear...we are well on our way free of diapers...and that makes for very happy Mommy's and Daddy's...

...so in our world, it is Potty Time...