A few highlights of Miriam's over the last while so everyone gets an update.
June 27 she was drawing with chalk and lately she done more than just scribbling. She told me she drew Rachel here.
One of the biggest things Miriam has been working on the last while is potty training! I knew I did not want 3 kids in diapers so we got down to business on April 27. For well over a year we had been having her sit on her princess potty (maybe even before she was 2) but she didn't seem to connect when she needed to go. For the mere handful of times that she actually went in that time frame we lavished praise on her and gave her big girl snacks (fruit snacks), but it didn't seem to help.We spent a lot of time there as I would have her sit whenever we changed diapers or when I needed to go and we read lots of potty books. A friend lent me a book that she used with her son quite successfully called "Toilet Training in Less than a Day" by Nathan Azrin and richard Foxx which finally gave me the confidence to move forward. I think she could have been trained much earlier but I didn't have clear ideas of what to do. I've decided I really need to read something instead of just hear it for it to make viable sense to me (probably a good indication to read the conference talks). This picture is April 22 after we got a new dolly that goes potty that Miriam "taught" how to go potty. It is still an ongoing process here in January with not trying at all to work on staying dry through the night and still having accidents, but definitely better than 3 kids in diapers.
June 27 she was drawing with chalk and lately she done more than just scribbling. She told me she drew Rachel here.One of the biggest things Miriam has been working on the last while is potty training! I knew I did not want 3 kids in diapers so we got down to business on April 27. For well over a year we had been having her sit on her princess potty (maybe even before she was 2) but she didn't seem to connect when she needed to go. For the mere handful of times that she actually went in that time frame we lavished praise on her and gave her big girl snacks (fruit snacks), but it didn't seem to help.We spent a lot of time there as I would have her sit whenever we changed diapers or when I needed to go and we read lots of potty books. A friend lent me a book that she used with her son quite successfully called "Toilet Training in Less than a Day" by Nathan Azrin and richard Foxx which finally gave me the confidence to move forward. I think she could have been trained much earlier but I didn't have clear ideas of what to do. I've decided I really need to read something instead of just hear it for it to make viable sense to me (probably a good indication to read the conference talks). This picture is April 22 after we got a new dolly that goes potty that Miriam "taught" how to go potty. It is still an ongoing process here in January with not trying at all to work on staying dry through the night and still having accidents, but definitely better than 3 kids in diapers.
August 2 modeling the pioneer dress Grandma Delta made her. She seems to have a penchant for long dresses to twirl in. She told us the other night that only girls could dance, not boys.
Miriam still loves being with her sister and helping her. Though when I see her carrying her my heart stops as Miriam is not that much bigger. Miriam still loves stories and we've been working on learning the A,B,C's with great stories like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. She is sharing both with Rachel on Sept 17 when both were 3 (Miriam years and Rachel months). Below was an unique bedtime experience on October 4. We were getting ready for bed and I asked Miriam something about her and Rachel's sizes which she said they were the same or she was asking why so I decided to show her. I put one of Rachel's sleep gowns on (that Miriam also wore at that size) and asked if it fit. Of course it didn't proving that Miriam was bigger and she thought it was funny too.
She has a most unique way of phrasing things any more. We went to the theater to watch Cars 2 and Miriam was excited to watch a movie at the 'popcorn store'. Ever since she wants to go watch movies at the popcorn store. So called because on the front of the theater is a lighted popcorn box. She likes watching movies and has started watching "The Incredibles" surprising us with random quotes like saying her back hurt like Mr Incredible (how she says incredible is really funny too). We were commenting on how fast Dash ran across the water and she turned excitedly to us "yah he's like Jesus walking on the water!" More and more I hear myself coming out of her mouth and it is scary.
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What a sweet, funny girl!
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