Super John and Benny are here!!!
Something about this picture reminds my of my brother when he was this age…or actually even now come to think of it!
Benny…the very sad night…he can’t find his princess.
Mr. Incredilble!
Super John and Benny are here!!!
Benny…the very sad night…he can’t find his princess.
Mr. Incredilble!
Super John and Benny are here!!!
This was Ben’s first experience with snow. At first he stayed on the porch and observed and then he joined in gleefully as daddy pretended to be searching for animal tracks a.k.a John tracks.
My camera was a little too fast and snapped just prior to an adorable and priceless brother hug.
Wow- it’s been an incredibly long time since I’ve blogged. I started working last month and blogging just hasn’t been on my list of priorities. Not to mention my camera broke and I haven’t had pictures to accompany my stories. I still don’t have much time to write, but I wanted to get these important pictures up.
Halloween was a blast. John was a pirate…Arrgh…and Ben was a pumpkin. Chris and I couldn’t stop lauging at John’s joy! Every house we came to was another opportunity to verbally exude his enthusiasm and pleasure. ” I never believe it, I never have this much fun before…skittles wow, I’ve never had those before…mommy I love halloween it’s the greatest day…and on and on and on! His other fun slogan of the night, “Was daddy you shine it again”, a direction for Chris to shine his flash light into the belly of John’s swelling pumpkin! Halloween came just in time, I had run out of pooping on the potty treats. Did you know that everytime your child poops on the potty the mother is rewarded with a treat as well?
Can you believe how big Ben is getting. I am sorry I haven’t posted in a whwile. My camera isn’t working and I need to get it fixed. These pics were taken by my friend/photographer Courtney Vogel several weeks ago.
These are some of my favorites!
I hope this brings a smile to my mother in laws face!!!!! Sharon has recently had surgery and will be off her feet for a good chunk of time. We hate that we can’t be there to cheer her up….So, maybe this will do for now!!! We hope to make a trip up this Fall! Here are some other photo attempts!
So, there you have it, the Kelty Boys. Sharon I hope we succeeded in bringing a little sunshine your way. We love you so much and wish we could hug you.
A Potty party is an entire day devoted to the joint parental efforts of potty training. The concept was developed by a frustrated mother who couldn’t send her son to pre-school because he had extreme diaper dependence….or incontinence. So, she developed a method of giving your kid the funnest day of their life, better than birthdays, to help resistant children conquer potty fears by transforming their life for one day into their wildest dreams come true. In John’s case, when he woke up, he was no longer John Kelty, he was SUPER JOHN…the adventurer, resue hero. The bathroom was no longer a bathroom but a super hero recharging station. Beverages were not simply thirst quenchers, but juice became jumping juice and lemonade was flying-ade. Snacks weren’t just nourishment, they were fuel for all the necessary tasks of a resue, super hero. The theme was accompanied by every Dora and Diego product made, within our budget which kept getting extended. Super John’s rescue outfit was a Diego shirt, Diego underwear and a cape with a rescue belt with cell phone, flash light and other super tools. The hamper became a resue car and rescue boat. We were exhausted by the end of the first hour of hype and couldn’t wait for John’s nap….I mean superhero slumber for important recue refueling! Ben spent the day with Aunt Tris which gave John all the attention he craves. We borrowed a doll that wets from the Ramsey girls that John named Akis…. (Ah-Keys) the made up name of his imaginary friend.
The idea was to model and assist John in teaching “Akis” how to use the bathroom until lunch. Lunch time would then become a celebration for the doll who had been potty trained. After naptime you transfer all the teaching, lessons, praise, stickers and sugary rewards to the kid with the promise of a huge party with proud supporters at supper time if he could have the same success as the doll. We had a very productive day and a fabulous family party….followed by several days of intense rebellion. I should have known better than to expect such an easy transition with my spirited, intense, independent little boy. It has to be John’s idea and in John’s timing for anything to work. I should have expected him to follow his normal pattern with potty training as well.
I have had many of you ask about the potty party and I have been unable to blog until now because I have been so frustrated. Frustarted at all the money spent, the time it took me to read the entire book, the emotional energy invested in the potty day and my ignorant expectations…. all for a week of rebellion? Urrrr….But we were persistent. I thought about giving up. I was tired of scrubbing poopy underwear and slipping in pee puddles and tired of fighting with John who would joyfully tell me he had the poopy feeling and then proceed to show me his poopy fingers, the proud dislay of his work. But we kept on keeping on and I am proud to report that after a long week and a half, Super John is a BIG KID and very proud of his new tricks. After many peeing contests with daddy and trying to beat his personal best record of “how many seconds can you pee” he did it! One day he woke up and decided he didn’t like the gross feeling of smooshy crap in his underwer and pee peee trickling down his legs. I stopped giving him the reaction I think he had been previously looking for and when he decided to get BIG…it worked. The peeing came first. There was major hesitancy about popping on the potty but after promising a blizzard (or lizard) last night he took the plunge and we raced to DQ for his reward.
I of course rewarded myself as well!
Can you hear me taking a deep sigh of relief? I am so so proud of him. I expect I’ll feel the same way when he graduates from college. This was a huge burden and I am still shocked that it’s working. everytime he runs to the potty I feel like crying and clapping and singing in the streets… “John John puts his stuff in the POT!”
So Would I reccomend the book? Absolutly. However, I might try more simple measures to begin with before you extend yourself and your pocket book to see if you have a kid that doesn’t require such measures!
I thought you might like to see some Potty Party pictures of our house…I mean our Super Hero Diego, Dora, Party Cave!!!
The house was completely decorated…transformed when John woke up. He was so excited. He said, “Mommy Daddy, look, it’s my birthday!” Here is a Super John sign I made and put on the mirror over our sofa!
The Treat tray with lots of different special drinks and snacks….M&M’s, mini marshmallows, cheese cubes, grapes and mini cookies!
The sticker potty charts for Akis and John! The Bathroom…or Recharging Station. Chris is reading John a potty book!
The actual potty party celebration…Yes that would be John blowing out the candles on his Diego cupcakes after we sang, “Happy Potty Day to you!” Some decorations. I put fun pictures of John on all the picture frames in the downstairs. I used four entire rolls of streamers and lots and lots of Dora wrapping paper!
The proud Big Boy on his Big Day!!!
Thanks for holding your breath and for all the potty inquery. I’m just glad we have a little time before we have to have Ben’s Potty Party. I’m sure it will take us the full 2 years to recooperate!
Does this picture not say Kentucky boy? It’s in his blood!!! He falls asleep every night with a stuffed cardinal bird under his arm. We believe in training them young…I’ll have to blog an entire post on John’s room (Cubs and Cards) some other time.
Grilling out with Sharon and Marvin and picking a watermelon about 2 months too soon.
Chuck-E-Cheese…a big hit!!!