Mercy!

My kids have been sick for a week. I love the snuggles but I'm ready to wave the white flag of surrender. Enough already!

 

Choo-Choo, Poo-Poo in Thomas Land

I know several families that had a lot of success with potty training by doing the "naked kid for three days" tactic. We decided to take the slow route with Cece because I just didn't have it in me to deal with Cece's naked butt peeing and pooing all over the house. It took about two months of encouraging, consistency and bribery before she made progress to the point where she was fully potty trained...except for one big problem. Girlfriend did not want to poop on the potty. We tried a lot of things to get it to happen. In the end, it took a lot of cheering, a lot of gummy bears and a lot of bribing to get it to happen and happen consistently. Her biggest "prize" was a trip to see "The REAL Thomas" if she learned how to poop on the potty. And so, yesterday we took our poop trained toddler (and her cousin Zach) to the new Thomas Land that just opened this summer in Carver, MA.

Thomas Land is a new theme park inside Edaville USA. It opened this past August and even though it is not completed yet (not until 2017), there was still so much to do and see. A Thomas-loving toddler's fantasy come true, really. I should have taken more pictures of all the rides, but we were having too much fun. You can check out all of the character-themed rides on the Thomas Land website.

We had a wonderful day and certainly celebrated Cece's success in a big way. Maybe we'll try the Thomas Land bribe again when Sully's ready for it in a few years.