MINI VEGAS VACAY

What a fabulous whirlwind trip.  Kenny and I had the best time celebrating my big birthday a little early in Las Vegas.  We arrived in town Saturday morning and got settled in to the Wynn. I cannot say enough fabulous things about the Wynn. I told Kenny I never wanted to stay anywhere else.  The rooms were amazing. The pools were beautiful and comfortable. Everyone who worked there was so friendly and helpful and we did not eat a single bad meal.  And I can say that because we only left the resort for one meal. For memory's sake some of the places we ate were Red 8, The Cafe and Le Cave.  We decided to dine more low key and not make any reservations and that was the way to go.  That way we weren't pressured or rushed into anything.

We also saw a show at the Wynn.  Le Reve, and it was so good.  Love is still my favorite but Le Reve was completely different.  This one used water in all their stunts and that was so fun to watch.  

The entire trip was so relaxing and exactly how I wanted it to be.  When Kenny and I talked about me going out there I told him I wanted to lay by the pool and read, eat at fun places, go to a show and do a little shopping.  All of that was achieved.  I was so sad to have to leave Kenny there on Tuesday but was so excited to get home and hug my Elle!

Alright here are some pictures overload from the trip!

Kenny and I were starving when we got into town ( despite having ordered one of those funny 

little snack boxes on the plane because we were so hungry.  It was actually pretty good btw) 

so we grabbed a quick lunch and then hit up the pool.

It was cloudy and sprinkled a little on us on the second day but we just wanted to lay and do nothing.  We dozed and read and talked and actually ended up getting brown even though we never really saw the sun.  It was so relaxing.

After having a long and delicious dinner at Le Cave (they do wine and tapas) we went to my favorite little bar at the Wynn to have a cocktail.  Parasol Up, Parasol Down.  It overlooks the fountain where they do a light show every 30 minutes.  Plus the parasols in the picture move slowly up and down.  It is all very whimsical plus the drinks are delish!

Cocktail selfie!

Waiting on the light show and watching the parasols.  

Then it was time for the show!

This is Tulips.  It is a metal sculpture that Steve Wynn purchased for a cool 34 million dollars and it was beautiful in person.  I read in a magazine while there that it will eventually be moved to China where they are building a Wynn.

We finally got the guts up to ask someone to take a picture of us.  Vacationing as a couple can be tough ha! The guy we ended up asking was totally wasted but at least we got a good pic!

These flowers came down from the ceiling at the end and were beautiful!

Another selfie.  At the show!

Kenny took this picture as I won $5 dollars on the slot machine.  I was pumped.  We DO NOT gamble very much at all.  That is why I was so excited to win.  But then I cashed out and the machine decided to hate me and I lost it again.  

The last day we were there we spent most of our time at the pool and then did a little more shopping.  That night we ventured over to the Cosmopolitan because I had not walked through that one and Kenny wanted to show it to me.   I don't have any interest in staying there but would like to try some of the restaurants there next time.  We met up with some friends at Holsteins (burger and shakes yum!) that arrived in town for market and had a great dinner.  

Loved this cow at Holsteins!

I just appreciate Kenny so much for treating me to a little relaxation time for my birthday.  He knows I am a little shocked at how old I am turning this year and also knows he always has to be at market on my actual birthday so he went far and beyond to make me feel special.  I love going on trips with him and we had so much fun.  Love you babe!

FIVE ON FRIDAY - LAS VEGAS STYLE

 Five for Friday 

Its Friday, Friday, Friday.  Do you have that song stuck in your head now?  Kenny and I fly out for Las Vegas very early in the morning tomorrow so I decided to do a Vegas themed Five on Friday because I am pretty excited for our mini vacay!

The Wynn - This is my favorite casino/hotel.  I love everything about it.  Kenny and were up in the air between staying here and the Mirage where we stayed last year.  But we finally settled on the Wynn and I am so excited.  It is so beautiful and I can't wait to park myself by the pool.  We don't really gamble so for me it is all about the pool and the bars that are the best for people watching.

La Reve - Le Reve is the Cirque De Soleil show we decided on.  We were between this one and KA which is the one where the lady died a few weeks ago.  So it is no longer running.  I have heard good things about this show.  I adored Love last year and almost went to see it again.  But this time I wanted to see something different.

Restaurants - Last year we planned out a lot of where we were going to eat but this time we are flying by the seat of our pants. We have zero reservations and there are even a few dive places I want to go eat.  Kenny knows all the places because he goes twice a year for a market.  It is nice to be familiar with a city like Vegas.  You can just go and do without worrying about anything.  Anyone have some great recommendations?  

Flight Anxiety- A few days before a trip I start to get super anxious about my flights.  Not because I am worried that they are crash.  More like I am worried I will miss my connection or something will happen and we will lose time on our vacation.  I don't get anxious about the return flights because by then the vacation is over.  Just on the way there.  Praying to the travel gods all goes well.

I could only think of four things about Las Vegas so I will share this amazing recipe that I made last week with you.  It is from Skinny Mom. Click HERE to get the recipe.  Kenny loved these enchiladas and I liked them a lot too.  I doubled the recipe and froze a pan of them for a night I didn't feel like cooking. I am hoping they freeze okay.  It makes them extra good when they are a lightened up version of Mexican food!

LETS GO TO THE MOVIES

I sang that song to her a lot before we left and I think I have already managed to embarrass her at the ripe old age of 2.  Lets go to the movies Ellllllltttttiiiiinnnnggg, waaaait and seeeeeeee!  She looked at me like I was crazy

Sunday afternoon we took Elle to her first movie.  Kenny and I love going to the movies and watching movies so we were so excited to take her. Kenny would of taken her at 6 months if I had let him.  Sunday we took it easy and put Elle down for an early-ish nap so we would have plenty of time to get ready and get to the theatre.  We majorly talked up the movies, the theatre and went over acceptable movie theatre behavior over and over.  She seemed to understand and knew that we were going to the Monsters movie. 

Kenny and I were so ready to go we got there a bit early.  Okay, a lot early.  We were early we were going to have to leave before we even got in to see the movie.  But we passed the time going to the potty a lot and taking a lot of pictures.  Then it was time to get all the popcorn and snacks so we managed to make it all work.

She did great.  She got a little restless at the end but the movie kind of dragged on a bit.  She really liked it and loved the popcorn which is just like Kenny. The popcorn is Kenny's main reason for going to movies. So we definitely considered it a success and had a great time.  

We are already planning our next movie.

Elle waiting for the "Now Seating" sign to come on.

Elle and Daddy at the movies

Elle getting her student ID made.  So silly but I love this picture.

A picture before the movie started.  She was watching the commercials on the screen.

Elle taking it all in.

A FUN WEEKEND IN STARKVILLE

We moved to Starkville in March but it seems like we have only stayed in Starkville a few weekends.  Kenny and I were talking on Sunday evening and saying this was the first weekend where we felt like we lived here.  We had a great weekend of low key and local fun.

Friday afternoon Kenny got home from being out of town and Elle and I surprised him with a little happy because he had a stressful week.  Elle was so excited to give him his "prise" (surprise) and wouldn't you know that little stinker told him what it was as she handed it to him.  She remembered us going shopping AND what we got him.  Lesson learned.  Definitely will need to be careful for Christmas.  It was just a World Series t-shirt so no big deal.  But still so funny!

 Waiting to give Daddy the prise.

 Helping Daddy open the prise.

 Saturday morning conference call before we headed to the pool.  I brought Elle and Kenny 

a cinnamon roll from the coffee shop and they were sharing.  So sweet.

Saturday morning we took Elle to the pool and had the best time playing, talking with new people and eatin lunch.  Elle had so much fun with Kenny there and she is really getting a lot more comfortable in the water which makes me happy.

Enjoying a snack and some lounging.

Saturday night, Kenny and I went out for dinner and a movie.  This was our first date night in Starkville which is crazy.  Thanks to my sister we used to have a date night once a week in Memphis and I have missed them a lot. We really liked the babysitter we found through a friends so hopefully date nights will happen more frequently now.

Sunday morning we decided to forgo church for a little time at home.  Kenny went out to the golf course and Elle and I played outside all morning before it got too hot.  I put Elle down for an early nap and then we took her to see Monsters University.  It was her very first movie and we were so excited to take her.  I gave you one picture but I am going to do a whole post on it tomorrow.  Because we were so obnoxious about it.  Kenny and I love movies and have been talking about taking Elle since she was born.  We took a ridiculous amount of pictures.  Oh well!

 Sleepy eyes because this picture was taken at 8:00 am.  We had already watched cartoons, had breakfast, gotten dressed and headed outside. Totally normal.  Life with kids!

Kenny took this picture yesterday.  I always get some cuddles before her nap.  Love my girl.

 Monster University.  Talking to Mike!  She was so excited to go see the monsters.  "Roar."

FIVE ON FRIDAY

I am back again for Five for Friday posts. I meant to do this last week but got sidetracked with the long holiday weekend.   Here are a few things going on with us this week!

North America - Kenny bought a season pass to this show on Discovery called North America.  It is a nature/animal documentary and it is beautiful to watch.  Although I really cannot stand watching mommy animals losing their babies.  I let Elle watch a little bit of it thinking she might like it.  This picture she was watching a little baby goat trying to cross a rushing river.  She was really worried about the goat ha!

Las Vegas - Book Recommendations Needed! - Kenny and I are headed to Las Vegas next weekend to hang out and relax a little bit before I leave him there for furniture market.  We plan on doing a lot of pool lounging and I cannot wait!  Plus there are the plane flights to consider.  Give me your favorite reads as of late! Note: I have read Gone Girl, Hunger Games, all the Nicholas Sparks books, or any book that has made a pretty big splash in the reading world lately.

Bedtime Routine - As I put Elle bed last night I thought to myself how routine her bedtime routine is and wondered if it would ever change. Her/our bedtime routine has been the same now for months and I love it. For memory purpose I thought I would just jot it down so I can look back and remember these days.  Bath time, lotion, pajamas, brush her teeth, then "Elle try." Meaning she brushes her teeth for a little bit.  Then it is into the rocking chair for three books, many of the ones we own she knows all the words to but we also go to the library and get books to throw in the mix. After books we sing songs.  In the same order. First, Happy and You Know It, then Hokey Pokey then she goes into the den to tell Kenny good night and they sing Twinkle Twinkle and Itsy Bitsy Spider.  If Kenny is doing the routine she comes and tells me goodnight in the den and we sing Deep and Wide and Peanut Butter and Jelly.  Then we sing You Are My Sunshine, Jesus Loves me and say our prayers. After that she goes in her crib. We kiss all her aah aah's (her loveys and stuffed animals) good night and then we both come in and kiss her good night and tell her how much we love her.  She also always ask what we are doing when she wakes up and I always tell her our plans for the morning. Then we cover her up, turn her sound machine on and the monitor and close the door behind us. Nighty night!

New Vice- For years I have gone without caffeine. We don't keep soft drinks in the house either.  And for the past few weeks I have been going to Sonic and getting Route 44 drinks.  My favorite thing to get is Coke Zero add extra cherry syrup.  So yummy.  Buuuuuttt I think I am addicted.  And to caffeine and it is a soft drink. But it is just so hot and the drinks are so cold!  Not good. 

Toddler Apps- Well we have reached the point with Elle where she asks to play a game on the phone. This can be frustrating when I don't really want her to have screen time at that moment. It can also be awesome if we are at the end of our rope during a dinner out or shopping trip.  So I find some solace when the games/apps are educational.  Here are a few of Elle's favorites.  (Keep in mind she is 2 1/2.)

 DoodleBuddy- This came as a recommendation from a teacher.  Her job is actually to integrate these types of apps in the classroom.  She told me that Elle would enjoy this one because it is great for their motor skills, has instant gratification and there is a lot to do in this app.  She was right.  Elle loves this.

 Monkey Preschool Lunchbox - When I first bought this app I was worried it would be too hard for Elle but over time she got the hang of it and has it mastered.  It is usually the first one she pulls up.  It can be a little loud sometimes but it has so many different games in the app itself I can get over it.

Anything by Wonderkind.  They have several apps with different pictures.  When you open the app a pretty picutre is displayed and as Elle touches and explores the picctures they all do different things and make sounds. This app is really sweet and cute and could be great for younger kids too.

I also really like the Duck Duck Moose apps, PBS kids,Whimsy puzzle game, Letters A to Z, Fish School and Farm 123.

FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND

I am a little behind on doing this weekend update but better late than never.  We travelled down to Fairhope for the Fourth Of July to visit Kenny's parents.  Kenny had to work a little on the actual day so Elle and I drove down by ourselves and then Kenny arrived that evening.  Once he got into town we headed over to the Yacht Club to have some drinks, eat some BBQ and enjoy being on the water.  We realized when we got there that we should of put the boat in the water for a sunset sail but oh well.

We played and passed the time so that it would get dark enough for the firework show.  The fireworks were over the water and really pretty but didn't start until 9.  We watched about half of the show before we decided to go ahead and leave because Elle was really tired and we were afraid a melt down was looming.

Love all the patriotic colors in this picture.

Enjoying the water and the sailboats.

She looks mad but she was enjoying the rocking.

The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing.  I enjoy visiting Fairhope so much because it is such a fun town with great food and shopping.  Plus Mrs. Ann and Mr. Ken want to have Elle all to themselves which allows for Kenny and I to have lots of couple time.  

On Friday, Kenny and I ventured out for some coffee and breakfast and ended up wandering through some shops most of the morning. It was raining and I was in my workout clothes and all gross but it was still a lot of fun.  That night we went to a movie and then went out for a sushi date at Master Joes.  It was lovely!

Date night selfie.

On Saturday we had a big break through in the potty training department.  We finally went the...other in the potty.  We were thrilled!  Elle was so excited to get her first sucker!

I was happier than she was in this picture I think.

Saturday night we went out for some seafood and then ice cream afterwards.

Sunday morning, Elle and I left early to stop in Hattiesburg to see my grandmother who is in the hospital and have some lunch with my mom. Elle was excited to see her CeCe too.  She was spoiled rotten from all the attention she got from her grandparents.

CeCe reading Elle some new books she bought for her.

Passed out on the ride home.  She is always so tired after weekends with the grandparents.  

She plays so hard the entire time.

POTTY TRAINING - DAY 4

Well it is Sunday.  We have made it.  It is our last day of Potty Training Bootcamp.  Monday we go back to life as normal.  Kenny will be home, Elle will go to school and I will get back to the gym.  Praise Jesus.  Monday she will go out into the world with all the potty knowledge I have given her and we will see what happens.  Got to make it count today! Ha!

Good morning! I am going crazy being stuck in the house but we are still pretty happy campers!

This morning when I get Elle out of her crib the first thing she says is she wants to go potty.  So I we pull down her pull up and pajamas and she goes! While she is still going I put on her big girl underpants and we are good to go for the morning.  6:30 AM and the girl is already eating M&Ms.  As we head into the kitchen for breakfast I explain to her that I am not setting the timer this morning.  That I want her and I to work together.  She needs to tell me if she needs to go and I will ask and make her go too.  I want to see how this goes.  Mostly for Elle's teachers on Monday.  So they know if they need to try and take her every 30 minutes or so or if she is capable of telling them she needs to go.  If the morning goes rough then we will do the timer in the afternoon.

So far we have had three trips to the potty because she says she needs to go but I suspect she really just wants to flush and she wants more M&Ms.  I only let her do and have M&Ms if she actually goes.  But these faux trips are just good practice I suppose.

Spending some time outside before it gets to hot.

Open this chalk Mommy!

The rest of the day has been smooth sailing. We have had zero accidents.  Elle and I have worked together on going potty.  I have tried to keep her super busy to see if she gets too distracted and has an accident and also to interupt her to go potty so that she can see that when that happens we will always go back to playing.

She goes when I ask her to and a couple of times she has told me she needs to go and then has gone. I am really excited about that.  It has been nice to not have to go every thirty minutes and see what she is capable of.

After her nap we venture out for our first big girl panty wearing trip.  I take her to get frozen yogurt.  We try to use the potty when she gets there and before we get back in the car.  Both times were interesting.  She isn't used to going on a potty without an insert.  So I am a little worried about what we will do if she needs to go when we are out and about.  Anyone have suggestions? Either way we had fun getting out of the house.

Diaper free!

This is the face when she says, "Mommy, what you doing?"

Happy to be out and about.  Both of us I think.

Still no #2.  But we will continue to work on it.

POTTY TRAINING - DAY 3

Elle wakes up early! I am still tired.  I get up pretty fast because I am worried she is stinky in her pull up because she is kind of fussing.  But when I go in Ariel has just fallen out of the crib.  Surprisingly she is only wet in her pull up.

The first thing she says is that she wants to go the potty!  So we go into her bathroom and take off her zip up pajamas and her pull up and go potty.  She does and we both get really excited.  Then we put on a new pair of big girl underpants and I put a little dress on her for easy access.  Wash hands, M&Ms and set the timer.  It is a routine that she is really enjoying. Time for breakfast.

Today I am hoping to master her telling me that she NEEDS to potty instead of just making her go every 30 minutes but it might be too soon.  We will see.

Playing outside before it gets too hot.

Our morning goes great! She goes every time we try and is excited to do it. Then around mid day we hit a major hang up.  She really needed to go...you know in the other way.  And couldn't and her stomach was really hurting her.  She didn't want to go on the potty.  She would go to do it in her underpants and I would tell her no and not to have an accident.  I pulled out the small potty to see if she would feel more comfortable sitting on that one and she just didn't want to do it either way.  So for a few hours she was fighting me on all of it.  She would cry if I even mentioned going to the potty.  I was beyond frusrated.

Having M&Ms in the house is not a good thing for me.

I just tried my best to distract her from her tummy troubles.  We played with bubbles and did puzzles and went outside and drew with chalk.  Anything to keep us busy.  A little after lunch I did get her back on the potty to go pee and she did and I offered her several incentives to do the other on the potty but it was a no go.

I put her pull up on for nap time and prayed she would make her tummy feel better with that on after her nap. She did.  Which I was okay with.  I wanted her to feel better and I had googled a lot at this point and read that doing #2 is a lot harder for children to master.  I accepted this side of it might take more time than a weekend.

Once I changed her and we put big girl underpants on again, she went pee in the potty and the rest of the afternoon went great.

So today, we had zero accidents.  I am very happy with that. Man, the middle of the day was rough and I am about to go crazy I am so ready to be out of the house.  After her nap we baked and decorated cookies to pass the time and she had a lot of fun doing that.  I told her it was a special treat because she has been doing so well.

 Using her Elmo spatula to cook.  

 Waiting on the cookies to bake.

Not the most beautiful cookies but we had fun making them and they taste great!

 I am constantly telling her how proud of her I am.  Despite my exhaustion I am really proud of our progress!

On to tomorrow.  Our third and final day of Potty Training Bootcamp!

POTTY TRAINING - DAY 2

The morning of Day 2 I go ahead and make my bed and straighten up upstairs so I have all of that done before I go in and get Elle.  I also go ahead and walk and feed the dog so she won't be a crazed maniac like she usually is.

When I go in to get Elle we do our normal morning greetings and I remind her that today is Potty Day.  She is still excited.  We go into the bathroom and remove her diaper ( the last one she will EVER WEAR! Excuse me while I cry) and her zip up pajamas.

I have her sit on the potty while I show her our timer and make it ring a few times.  I explain to her that when we hear that noise we will stop what we are doing and come and try to use the potty.  She likes the noise.  She didn't go at all so I get her all excited and let her choose a pair of her new underpants to put on.  She of course chose a pair with Ariel on them.  Then I put on new pajamas on her.  A two piece set so we can pull the pants down easily.  I chose to keep clothes on her because if and when she has an accident she will have more of a sensation of being wet and I am hoping it will sink in a little more. Not to mention it soaks up the accident a little more leaving less to clean up.  That was a tip from a friend.

From there it is morning as usual.  Except she looks so much smaller without her big poofy diaper butt and still more grown up at the same time.

Some morning reading.

The time goes off every 30 minutes and for the first three times we sit on the potty.  Nothing.  In between I am pushing some new drinks on her.  I bought some Capri Sun pouches and I am giving her undiluted juice to get some liquids in her.

Good morning for Potty Training Bootcamp!

Finally mid morning! Sucess!  She went and I clapped and cheered and made a big deal of her flushing.  Then wash our hands which she loves to do and she gets her M&Ms.  She goes again the next time we try. During this time I am not up and doing things around the house.  I am sitting with her the whole time and playing.  We call Kenny and tell him the good news!

Giving her baby a bath in the new little bath set I got her.

During lunch we have an accident.  A small one.  I explain to her that she had an accident and doesn't feel yucky to be all wet but I don't get onto her or anything.  Just talk to her about it.   30 minutes later we try again on the potty and she doesn't go.  We resume playing and immediately she has another accident.  Not sure what that was all about.

I put her down for a nap and when she wakes up we hit our stride.  All afternoon she gets excited with the timer goes off.  Runs to the potty and goes.  At one point she gets off the potty and then tells me she wants to go again right away so I let her get back on and she goes again.  She is learning how to control her bladder. (to get more M&Ms) I found that once she sat down that if I pulled out the drawer so she could see the M&M cannister and the reward was in sight she did a lot better.  I mean who doesn't love a little incentive.

She really really wants a sucker (Dum Dum) but I tell her repeatedly she has to do the other thing to get that.  She accepts that but she still has not gotten a sucker at the end of this day.

In the evening we do our normal routine and I give her a bath and put a night time pull up on her and then some zip up pajamas.  I am convince she will probably go #2 in the pull up over night but we will see.  We read books and we read Princess Potty in the rotation that night too.  Elle is still enthusiastic about it all.

I put her down for the night and I am exhausted!! I started to get discouraged in the morning with no action and then some actions and I questioned if this was a good time to do this.  But we stuck with it and I am glad we did because the afternoon went great!

POTTY TRAINING - DAY 1

A little note:
Hello there! I am adding this note at the beginning to let you know- this week is going to be all about Potty Training.  As I mentioned in a previous post you won't see any pictures of my little girl on the potty or any shots of the potty itself.  BUT, I am going to go into detail about each day because I want to be able to remember what I did for myself.  If you are starting to think about potty training yourself, then great! I hope these posts are helpful.  If you don't really care...check back on Friday for Five on Friday.  

Kenny went out of town for a long weekend and I didn't really have any plans. I had been trying to figure out when I was going to potty train Elle because it is never really convenient. I wanted a good 2-3 day span of being able to not leave the house. So this was as good of a time as any.

As far as my technique, I didn't really do a whole lot of research.  I never read a book or anything.  I would occasionally read blog posts on the subject and some things on Pinterest and then I would read things on Twitter and hear from friends.  I guess along the way I collected the things that I thought would work for us and put this plan together. I am going all in. I barely want to put a Pull Up on her for night time but have read that I need to because it is a physical thing and not a behavioral thing. I may be eating my words by the end of these posts.  But here it goes.

Day 1
It is a Thursday so Elle has been at school.  Official potty training starts Friday morning when she wakes up so after I leave the gym I go to Walmart to get some groceries so we don't run out of anything while we are stuck at home along with some other necessities for PT. I chose to do this trip without her so we can make the other trip all about her

M&Ms
Dum Dum suckers
Canisters for M&Ms and suckers
Toddler Potty - that is now hidden in the closet.  I plan to train Elle on a normal potty with a stool and a insert.  This potty is Plan B.
Paper towels
Resolve carpet cleaner
Sugar cookie mix and decorating supplies - to entertain us while we are stuck inside
Night Time Pull Ups
A new toy - that she will not even know about until the end of the weekend.  She will get it regardless of whether she ends up trained or not.

I had already purchased a stool and a potty insert and a potty book on Amazon a few months back.

When I get home I hide almost all of this stuff.  I set up the stool and the potty insert and then put the book on her table where we read books.

When she gets home from school we do our normal routine and then before nap time I sit down and read her the potty book when I would normally just put her down.  We read the book and then I tell her that after she wakes up she and I are going to make a really fun and special trip to the store to pick out her very own big girl underwear so she can learn to go on the potty.  We have also been telling her for the last few days that she was going to learn how to potty so she is really excited about the trip.

When she wakes up, we continue lots of PT talk and then head to the store.  She wants to take her Princess Potty book with her.

We get to the store and I talk up picking out her undies big time.  She is thrilled with all the very tacky choices.  She chose princess ones.  Once she is training I will be covering these up with bloomers or she will wear bloomers as her undies.  Personal preference.

Thinking about it all really hard.

Then I take her for some pre-PT ice cream which she was so excited about but ate all of two bites.  

Ice cream!

When we get home I throw the newly acquired undies in the washing machine and repeat again that when she wakes up we will change clothes on and put on a pair and then it is back to playing.

During our nighttime routine I read the Princess Potty book again and we talk about how she is going to try out the potty in the morning when we wake up.  At this point I am just kind of retelling her everything we have already talked about.  She is really excited and energetic about it.  I have not mentioned any kind of reward system at this point.  I want her to go first and then have the rewards (the M&M's for 1 and the Dum Dums for 2 TMI sorry) be a surprise.

I am writing this at the end of day one so our journey has barely begun.  I might look back on this and laugh.  We will see.

A big pile of new girl undies all ready for the next day!