As I said in the previous entry, I would jinx myself to boast that Fuller had two accident free days in a row.

We have an Ikea train set ready to give Fuller when he has had five accident free days in a row. And today we have to reset the counter because we I had two big messes to clean up.

But even with the messes, I still have cause for excitement. He no longer insists on sitting on the potty chair in the living room, and is attempting to empty the potty chair on his own. Yesterday he even attempted wiping himself!

Again, I find myself stuck in the vortex of parenting dreams and wishes. I’m so excited my little boy is growing up. I just miss days of cuddling while I fed him his bottle and zipped him up in his footie pajamas.

I’m probably jinxing it by even telling you this, but Fuller has had two accident free days in a row. He has been doing everything on the potty now, still in the potty chair, but not in his pants.

I am really excited about this development because it means my son won’t be the first kid to go to college who isn’t potty trained.

Fuller is really into the reward part of potty training. When we first started out, he never understood the candy for pee concept. But what did speak to him was getting to play on the computer. In Fuller’s language he got to play Teletubbies, which was actually a shortcut to the PBS kids website. These days his go-to site is the one for Super Why. He loves to watch the clips from the show and sing along. The other day he was really belting out the Super Why song (W-H-Y spells why) and… well just check this out.

Our church’s Fall Costume Festival is this Saturday. I was working on Fuller’s costume last evening and handed it over to Damon to work his magic. He assures me it will be ready for Saturday.

He is going as The Man in the Yellow Hat. Which I like to think is a step up from his Curious George costume from last year.

I am trying to decide if I should dress up for the party as well. I was a frog last year, but don’t like to repeat myself. Looking at all the halloween costumes out there, it gets a bit overwhelming. I think I could handle being Raggedy Ann (I have the hair for it), since it isn’t really short (no Wonder Woman for me!) and looks pretty warm. And I like being a cuddly cute character instead of a sexy and or scary one.

What costume do you think your little one (or you!) will wear this year?

It has been an “off” week for me. I blame my lack of scheduling at the beginning of the week. I couldn’t remember what day it was today and when I finally decided it was Friday I was disappointed to learn it was actually Thursday.

My out of kilter body/ mind disconnect reached comedic proportions today when Fuller and I returned from a trip to the thrift store. I was going to unlock the back door and somehow my keys slipped from my fingers.

Within a nanosecond my keys fell in the space between the back door and our concrete block step. This space is about a quarter of an inch wide. No way could my hand fit in there to grab the keys. To make the ordeal even more fun, Fuller had to go potty.

(I got us into the house, but I’m not going to publicly share how.)

I tried a few different tools, but the what finally worked was using some wire to slide into the ring and carefully pull upward through the crack.

If my keys were my teenage son, they would be so grounded.

I leave for Vegas in two weeks from today! I have been getting ready by compiling the list in my head of things I have to take. Some of these things I had already and others I have been acquiring slowly.

I guess when I get to Vegas I want to show off my best, and even though I am a mommy blogger, I want to be a good looking mommy blogger (business casual in the day, fun in the evening!). I invested in some new makeup, a few key pieces of clothing, and even a new laptop bag (since my old one was for a smaller laptop).

I don’t have time for a total Mommy Blogger makeover, but I have been having some fun with virtual makeovers.

Check this out:

That’s me in my Salma Hayek celebrity hairstyle. I thought I would try something definitely different over at Makeover Solutions. (The free trial only allows one photo upload and I should have picked a different one… where I am smiling!)

You don’t have to have a celebrity hairstyle. You can pick from all kinds of lengths, colors, textures, and makeup options. I even played around with men’s hair styles to see if I liked me in short hair. I didn’t.

I won’t be dying my hair before Vegas (though purple is pretty tempting) but I do plan on putting my best face (and hair) forward. Can’t wait to go!

Letting kids watch TV is one of those parenting hot topics I prefer not to get into. I will say we do let Fuller watch TV and until recently it was all PBS shows. Now that we have the expanded cable a few Nick Jr shows have snuck into the line up.

And while the evils of TV can be an interesting topic for some, I prefer to think of what good I can find in the magic box. Recently the TV has helped Fuller expand his nutritional horizons.

This could be a foreshadow of how easily our son will want to go with the crowd or bend to media persuasion of what this Christmas’ hot toy is… but when Fuller sees characters eat specific food, suddenly Fuller is demanding the same. I have Calliou to thank for Fuller’s appetite for spaghetti (for lunch and breakfast), Max and Ruby are responsible for Fuller’s reawakening desire for eggs, and the Backyardigans for enjoying hot dogs- a food Fuller used to despise.

I enjoy taking lessons “taught” on TV and expanding them through the activities of the day. And if it means serving lunch based on what Dora kept Swiper from swiping, then I think I can try to be accommodating.