Poo Poo and Lady Bugs...

is how i have spent my day today... odd combination i hear you ponder but that is the life of a mother.

Xavier is currently toilet training. Suprisingly he is getting the idea rather quicker that i expected. We have had minimal wee accidents, but several poos in jocks/nappies/pull ups. Today however, he was playing with trains (as is the norm in this house) and he wandered over to the potty to poo. Granted he didnt' get it 'in' the potty as such, he was sitting too far back on the seat, but the sentiment was there. So now that he seems to understand the concept of weeing and pooing on the potty we need to work out how to get him to understand that one cannot run around in the nude all day everyday in order to have unlimited toileting access. As soon as we put something on him he assumes its a nappy and just goes in it... but small steps... this too shall pass. Im sure before i know it i will have only 1 child in nappies. Which is kind of sad when you have a cloth nappy addiction developing nicely the way mine is.

Xavier getting around in his new jocks...what a cute bum...gets it from his daddy

Then while the kiddies were napping, i finally pulled my finger out and started on Stella's 1st birthday invites. I cannot belive that in just over a month my baby girl will be 1. I decided the night before i had her that i just had to have the lady bug bedroom set i spotted (get it, ladybugs, spotted... *groan*) in the junk mail i was reading... and the obsession for all things lady bug for Stella stemed from there. So naturally her party will be ladybug themed and her invites are the cutest ladybugs. I spent a small forture on ebay last week (not really honey, i was rather restrained, promise) sourcing all kinds of goodies for the lolly bags, ladybug of course and cant wait for it all to arrive.. but now i have to start planning the menu for the party. We are doing morning tea, for a few reasons, the first and main one being that we have to attend the lovely Harriet's Owl themed (in honor of her being a WHO baby) 2nd birthday party later that day but also becuase madame (and mr for that matter) dont really cope all that well in the afternoons. Sleep time in this house is from midday to 3pm ish so an arvo party was only going to end in tears for a little ladybug on her special day.

Tonight i am venturing out with an old girlfriend, she isn't old as such, but we have known each other since high school, but didn't really become friends until we started working together. We are planning a night of food and film. Bliss.