Potty Parties

Probably the biggest highlight from this past year was the success of potty training with the twins. They have both been potty trained since last year and it has definitely made life a lot easier. What we were unprepared for was the regularity of the parties that we would now be invited to participate in on a daily basis in our bathrooms. These parties did not require the customary hats, balloons and invitees bearing gifts, but rather a quick look into the bottom of the toilet bowl to determine what animal, letter, shape du jour our boys poop looked like to them at that moment.

Any family member would regularly get summoned to the bathroom upon hearing, "Mommmmmyyyyyyyy, come look at my pppoooooopppppppppyyyyyyyyyyyy!" Upon said request, we would then be required to look into the toilet bowl and hear our twins interpretion of what their excrement reminded them of. Now that could change any given day based upon their current interest in pop culture. For example, we went through the letters of the alphabet phase. "Look mommy, it's a letter C!" My personal favorite was the highly successful letter S. That one was a real feat to be proud of.

Just to update you, we categorically went through the Cars movie stage, "Mater," was a popular one for awhile. Then we transitioned into carrots, the ever popular "boat, " and of course, lest we forget the "worm." That one was always a crowd pleaser. Perhaps the most original, shall we say "creation" and I use that term loosely, was the stinkbug attacking a "whale." That was a fun day.

Yes everyone, we are absolutely proud of our twins for their accomplishment and even more grateful for the diaper raise (that's what we like to refer to potty training success) but looking into a toilet bowl 2-3 times a day per child can get a little overwhelming, especially after a summer meal of hot dogs and yes, i am definitely going there, CORN.