Over the weekend, we went into the botanic gardens to scout it out as a potential photo shoot location. Riley was your typical almost 2 year old, and wanted nothing to do with photos, which was fine because it was FREEZING cold. Luckily Jackson was all bundled up asleep in his car seat the whole time, so was clearly unfazed by the cold.
We're also contemplating starting the potty training process for real- the other day she refused to lay still for a new diaper, so I gave her some minnie mouse underwear to wear, and told her that she could use the potty if she needed to go pee-pee, and not to go pee-pee on Minnie Mouse, etc... She was wearing them for about an hour and a half, and mastered taking her underwear on and off by herself, and would sit on her little potty, but never actually peed in it. And I would gently remind her every 5 minutes or so to use the potty if she needed to, and not to pee on Minnie. She loves Minnie, so I thought that might be good motivation to get her to use the potty. Welp, sure enough, when she had to pee, she took off her underwear, aaaaaand.... peed on the hardwood floor. She then looked at me, and said very matter-of-factly, "no pee pee on Minnie. Pee pee on the floor." I told her that we use the potty, not the floor, blah blah blah, and then I asked her "Riley remember no pee pee on the floor, where does your pee pee go next time?" And she looked at me, thought about it, and answered: "On the rug?"
Oy, I've got my work cut out for me....