dinosaur poop

last night the girls were finishing up their baths and ani asked to poop on the potty. after a few minutes, she was successful and looked in to inspect her work. she declared that it looked like a dinosaur by exclaimining, "dinosaur poop!" nissa and i laughed pretty hard and i have to admit it was the silliest thing i had heard in a long time. it did kind of look like a little alligator to me, so wow. 

potty training has not been as easy as i recall it being with nissa, so that could be it is trickier this time, we've inadvertently done something differently, or my recollection isn't correct. to be frank, it's likely a combination of all three.  i feel like nissa had a three day weekend to get started, that following week was rough, but then she was fine. dryness while sleeping (nap/night) came a few months later. ani does ok whem i am around, will even ask some times. what is weird is she doesn't go often, despite trying to encourage her to drink often. potty checks can be a fight, but have proven to be worth fighting over. pooping is denied nearly every time, but because she is slightly dehydrated, it is a hard thing for her to hide. 

this weekend was a monumental success for our yard. earlier in the week, nissa and i started seeds for  veggies we want to grow and almost all have at least one little sprout now. i weeded and mowed while adam turned over the vegetable garden bed on saturday. on sunday, i picked up a few herbs and flowers at the store and planted them that same day. the same day! that has never hapened. the garden actually looks presentable and i accomplished evertything i wanted to in the yard this first go around. i am so proud of us. i hope we can keep it up, because both girls love being outside and i want to make our yard worth being in.