Potty Training and Other Stuff

We started potty training this weekend. Leeza did really really good.  She was ready for it and has had very little problem switching out of her pull ups.  She is very proud of going in the potty. She goes to the potty and only needs Mama at the end to help her wipe.  Sasha loved her big girl panties, but showed very little interest in potty training.  I decided to try again in a few weeks with Sasha after she was laying on the sofa next to me and looked at me with a big smile and said " I pee Mama!"  Yep, she had peed right on the sofa while I was sitting there next to her.   I think seeing Leeza going on the potty for a few weeks will help get her ready to try again.  I let her wear her big girl panties over her pull ups so Sasha is pretty happy about that.

The girls are good at cleaning things.  Well, cleaning things that they want to clean.  I haven't figured out how to get them to clean the bathroom or kitchen yet.  They do clean their play kitchen.

Here is Leeza modeling some of her big girl panties while painting in her book. 

To catch up on some things in general life, the girls are doing great with their english.  They have too many words to count now.  Sasha is at her age level.  She will still have her speech therapy until she turns 3, but they feel she has already caught up to where she should be.  Leeza is doing good and is almost up to her age level.  She had farther to go since she was older when she came home.  BOth girls can count to 10 and are working on counting to 20.  They can sing the alphabet song and are now starting to work on knowing them by sight.  They know most shapes and colors.  Sasha really knows a lot of colors. 

They dress themselves and say "I can do it" whenever Mama tries to help.  They also want to pick out their clothes.  Sometimes it makes for interesting combos of stripes and plaids.  They still love to be naked as much as possible.  They can put their own shoes on now as long as they are velcro ones.  They wear about 5 or 6 different pairs of shoes each day.  They love to change shoes every few minutes some nights.

Leeza still doesn't like sweets much, but she is starting to eat a few vegetables.  Mainly corn, peas, potatos and beans.  She loves cole slaw!!  The girls will eat a whole container of cole slaw if I get one.  They also like salad with rasberry dressing.  Leeza still likes meat best.  She loves her Chef Boyardee mini spaghetti and meatballs and raman noodle.  Sasha is a good eater and will eat most things.  She is very very slow some days and finishes long after Leeza and I are done.  Her favorite pizza is pepperoni and Leeza perfers sausage.  I get pizza with both and them excahnge the parts they don't want. 

They are very active and love their swing set and the little pools I got them.  THe indoor slide still gets tons of activity.  They are playing with their baby dolls more and more.  I need to find them some dolls that have different outfits so they can change them.  They love to ride their bikes, but we have yet to make it around the block.  They get out and either push the bikes or tell Mama to push the bikes. 

They are still growing like weeds.  Leeza is still growing about 1/2 inch per month.  She is almost 38" tall.  I am clueless on what size fall clothes to buy them.  Sasha is wearing 4t shirts and 3t capris and shorts.  Leeza can still fit into 4t shirts, but we have a few size 5 girls(not toddlers) and they fit pretty good.  Pants will be a problem with fall since Leeza is too short for size 5 pants.  Sasha is WAY too short for them.  Capris almost fit her length like they were pants.  I guess I will be doing a lot of hemming this fall.  I hate that stores are already getting rid of summer clothes and stocking only fall clothes.  I am giving away lots of 2t and 3t clothes now that were barely worn more than once.  I've told the girls to stop growing, but they aren't listening to me. 

They are learning so many new things and changing so fast that it is hard to keep up with what is new with them.