Jay and I are trying very hard to teach our children how to pray. We pray as a family each morning and before meals and the kids say their prayers at night before they go to bed. We try to remind them to give some thought to their prayers; we ask them to think of two things that they are thankful for and two things to ask for help with in each prayer. Some days are better than others, especially with the boys. They seem to rush through their prayers. But Tessa seems to be getting it, as evidenced by her prayer last night for Family Home Evening:
"Heavenly Father, thank you for today.
Thank you for my toy. Thank you for my poo-poo."
Can you tell we're potty training? Sigh.
It's actually going really well. The first two days were a bit rough, but she only had two accidents on Sunday and none since then. She did her first poop in the potty on Monday and earned a trip to Shopko to pick out a new toy (hence the "thank you for my toy" in her prayer). Hopefully she can make it the 2+ hours through preschool today without an accident, but I'll put a Pullup over her underwear just in case.
She even stayed dry through the night last night and went to the bathroom this morning when she got up. It's progress and we're happy about it. Once she is fully potty trained, we'll officially put the baby days behind us, for better or worse. I guess since we won't have to fork out money for diapers/wipes/Pullups anymore for the first time in over 8 years, that would definitely fall in the "for better" category.
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You can do it! (the both of you)
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