Success!

Ah, I love the word success! We reached success in the potty training world. It took a few days for Carson to catch on and not have so many accidents, and about a week for him to be fully trained! Yes!! Yes! Yes! Seriously, the things you get excited about as a parent! I would say there were five crucial things that helped Carson on his potty training journey--the three P's and two R's. 

1. Persistence 

2. Patience

3. Prayer

4. Ready (on the child's part)

5. Rewards

I had tried a couple times last summer to start the potty training but wasn't persistent because Carson kept on having so many accidents and it was tough to have patience through it all, but I also realized he wasn't ready and I wasn't going to force him. Patience is key because there WILL BE ACCIDENTS! I thought I could do this all on my own, but seriously after a couple days I was so discouraged so I said a sincere prayer for help in this endeavor. After I said that prayer Carson started to get the hang of things. I am so grateful for prayer. 

Waiting until Carson was ready was key, you can't force a child otherwise they just won't do it and both of you will be frustrated. Having rewards for him going #1 and #2 were very very key in getting C to actually use the potty. I gave him goldfish for going #1 since we don't buy them a lot and he loves them and M&Ms for going #2 since those are his favorite candy (and I didn't want him having too much candy since he goes #1 a lot more) Anyway don't know if this is TMI but these are the things I found helpful in potty training a little one. 

On to other things....APRIL APRIL APRIL has been absolutely beautiful! It was 78 degrees today and is going to be in the 70s all week! Yes! Today we had Carson's cousin Brielle over and did Easter crafts--they made an Easter Bunny out of marshmallows and painted an Easter egg with pom poms. We're getting so excited for our family's annual Easter egg hunt with all the cousins in Boise, Easter dinner on the Sabbath, and giving Carson his Easter basket full of goodies. He's so excited for the Easter Bunny to bring him "Frozen." Guess we'll see what he gets! Love this Easter Season and the reason we celebrate it-- Our Savior Jesus Christ. So grateful for him and the gift of the Atonement.