Potty Training

Do you remember this picture?

I can't believe that I haven't posted about Anna being "potty trained." Anna started showing interest in the potty last year. In the fall, going potty after her bath became part of the nightly routine. In February we bit the bullet. We said good bye to diapers and got Anna some cool Disney panties. Thank you Disney for making panties for girls with Lighting MacQueen! We did the "3 Day" method. Which I personally call the "3 Month" method. Anna did great. She loved getting her "giant chocolate chip" when she asked to go potty and made it without any accidents.

To help motivate Anna to not have any accidents we told her we would buy her a sandbox if she was "dry" for a whole week. We lined up seven little rubber ducks on her book shelf and each day she was dry we would put a duck in the bucket. If she had an accident she would have to take all the ducks out. She was REALLY close a few times, but we stuck to our guns, she had to be completely dry for a whole week.
On May 2nd she finally got her sandbox. We even let her stay up late so that she could be awake when Devin brought it home.

She was SOOOO excited as you can see.

The kids in the neighborhood love Anna's sandbox too. I wish I had pictures of all the kids piled into the sandbox playing. We have had 6+ kids crammed in there having a blast. Good work Anna!! We are so proud of you. And it is SOOOO nice to only have to change one set of diapers. Ok Nicholas, now it is your turn.