What a Day

Yesterday was a long, fun, tiring day and when it was over I was SO glad to go to bed. Matthew had a really rough night the night before and was up every 1/2 hour to hour. So we were up every 1/2 to hour. And I was tired when he decided to get up for the day at 6:30. We already had plans to go to the Exploratorium with some people in our ward since it was free day and I decided to go ahead and go, hoping it would wear the kids out.

I had never been to the Exploratorium before, but it is so cool. It's a huge science type museum but there were enough things that Emma could do that she had a blast.

They had a kids play area that we stayed in for quite awhile.

I thought this chair was cool. Emma was not impressed.

Matthew had fun...until he fell off. Yeah...really bad parenting moment. He did great when we took this picture and then we took him off. I put him back on to get a picture with Emma and in the split second that I was making sure she was up he turned to pull himself up and fell. Luckily he didn't get hurt. He was just really scared.

Emma loved making bubbles

And the sand was a big hit too. There are holes in the platform so she loved watching the sand fall through the holes.

All in all it was a fun time and when we left the kids were exhausted. Unfortunately they only slept in the car on the way home and that was it for the day.

At one point during the afternoon I was feeling exhausted and was trying to get a very tired Matthew to take a nap so I could lay down. I finally started crying and Emma ran up and asked what was wrong. I told her I was tired and needed to take a nap. She replied, "No Mommy, you don't need a nap. You just need to be happy!" It was a little bit of a slap in the face because I knew she was right. I can't always change the situations I'm in, but I can change my attitude. I've really been trying to work on that lately, so this was a good reminder.

After that Matthew finally took a little nap and Emma and I made some spaghetti for dinner. I realized after the meat and noodles were cooked that I only had about 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce. I didn't have any tomato paste, tomato sauce, or even tomatoes to do homemade sauce, so we improvised. Did you know that tomato soup works really well as spaghetti sauce?

Anyway, I'm feeling much better today. Matthew did a lot better last night and we are trying to have a good happy day. I even got Emma to sit on her toilet and she went in it. So, that was exciting. I am at a total loss with potty training. We really feel like Emma's ready. She knows the drill, she tells us almost every time she goes to the bathroom and she wants us to change her diaper every time. She just really doesn't want to go to the bathroom on the toilet or wear underwear. And this is where I don't know what to do. Should I have her start trying anyway? Just let the diapers run out so there is no other option? What has worked for you all? I would love some ideas!