Bryantown

So much has happened this weekend!  We had a garage sale because next week is the Bloomington city “curbside cleanup” where they haul away all your big junk for free.  Made a good bit of change and won’t have to move a lot of big stuff!

In the middle of the day Saturday, we decided to start the “3 Day Potty Training” method.  We’ve been talking it up with Joey for about 2 weeks now and buying underwear that have McQueen and Mater on them.

So, basically, you put the child in “big boy underwear” after having him throw away all of his diapers and get him drinking lots and lots of liquid.  Then… follow him around (play & interact) all day waiting for him to have an accident.  As soon as you see it’s happening, you pick them up and run to the bathroom so they can finish on the toilet.  Ok - there is a lot more phycology and logistics explained in the book and I followed all of it. 

He’s been in his big boy underwear for 3 days and nights now and he is officially trained! Although he did have 2 accidents a Sunday and Monday during the training, it’s all  part of the process.  But from the very first day, he did not even get wet at night.  When I go in to check on him before I go to sleep, I lean over and whisper, “Remember to tell mommy when you have to go potty, ok?  Even if you have to get out of bed.”  It’s working!

Officially NO MORE DIAPERS!!!

We found out today that we won the bid on the house that we looked at in Rosemount!  So, barring any unforeseen issues with the inspection or the financing, we’ll be moving out of 9048 Kell Circle Bloomington to 3xxx 155th St Rosemount in about a month! 

We’re SO excited!  There are so many things we can do with the house - just a little remodeling to make it our own.  It has 4 bedrooms, an office space and .28 acres of yard! How very sweet!

We had a fire in the furnace on March 9th.  Joey and I were home but we got out just fine. There were 5 fire trucks here so that was pretty exciting.  Since then we’ve been living in the Grand Stay Residential Suites (hotel) in Apple Valley.  Joey is actually thinking this is our new home.  I never thought I’d say that eating out was getting tiresome!  We’ll be moving back to the house on or about April 9th. 

Joe has been looking through Edina realty to find a house to buy in Rosemount.  He is seriously going to apply to be a fireman!