MISSION POTTY TRAINING....ACCOMPLISHED!

Thank you to everyone who has helped with Nola's potty training over the last 9 months. I thought we would never get here but over the last week (even despite the stomach virus) Nola has become potty trained. When my mom came in town she brought a huge bag of wrapped bribe prizes. She told Nola that if she stayed dry all day she could pick a prize. Last Friday and Saturday worked great, Nola was falling for the bribes, then Sunday she had 3 accidents in her pants. I was afraid to keep letting her wear underwear because we are constantly in the car and I was afraid she would have an accident at school and the kids would laugh at her. My mom said, "we are just going to rip the band-aid off!" On Monday, it just sort of clicked. She would tell us or just go to the bathroom by herself.

We promised Nola that if she was potty trained she could get a fish. So that's what we did! We took Nola to dinner at Moe's, her favorite restaurant, and then we went to PetCo down the street.

"Who wants to come home with me?"

"Frankie, where are you?"

We decided to go with a Beta fish because we thought it would be less maintenance.

Nola picked out the fish tank. This wasn't as easy as we thought. Too many decisions...Fish, tank, rocks, decorations....ugh!

We got everything we needed and headed home.

Nola helped her dad get the tank ready. We had to wait for the water to sit for a while so we brought Frankie to the bathroom while Nola took a bath.

Nola wanted to help put everything in. Of course we had to get purple rocks. We would have gotten a yellow or purple tank if it were a choice.

Ta Da: Introducing Frankie the Fish!

Nola is so proud of her very first pet!

SMILE!

And to end our big adventure, Nola wanted to read Frankie a story before bed.
PRICELESS!