tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post1701980783471452590..comments2024-01-31T00:28:52.239-08:00Comments on Thou shalt not whine: Three weeks out of school........againJillybeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12150574987267072428noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-35017572320089487682008-06-05T11:13:00.000-07:002008-06-05T11:13:00.000-07:00I'm totally doing the same thing right now! And I'...I'm totally doing the same thing right now! And I've added an incentive of $10 for my 7 year old daughter when the job is DONE. Totally worth it!jooleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193793691205973384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-15993591717788548582008-05-23T23:59:00.000-07:002008-05-23T23:59:00.000-07:00You are a mess! LOL! Good luck with the Great Pot...You are a mess! LOL! Good luck with the Great Potty Experiment. If it works you could write a book and get rich enough to pay somebody else to pull your weeds!Damama Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433392172815959276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-77884443152230512342008-05-21T21:06:00.000-07:002008-05-21T21:06:00.000-07:00hey girl that is so popular she has 25 comments on...hey girl that is so popular she has 25 comments on her blog-I am jealous, I want to be like you!<BR/><BR/>I know that you are busy-but can I bug you for one more thing? I need your info for swap. if you would email me your stuff by this weekend-i would be grateful!<BR/>sassystylin@comcast.netTaushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132962343851092154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-32219946078889887862008-05-21T18:10:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:10:00.000-07:00So I really do have to potty train my oldest all b...So I really do have to potty train my oldest all by my lonesome? That's why procrastination is such a friend to me. <BR/><BR/>And I google everything. I cooked a turkey by googling it today. I love the internet.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809081257616119677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-82716286346759810042008-05-21T11:53:00.000-07:002008-05-21T11:53:00.000-07:00I'm loving the whole square foot gardening concept...I'm loving the whole square foot gardening concept - www.sqaurefootgardening.com <BR/>Check that out for ideas- it's kind of gardening made simple..kind of.<BR/><BR/>Have a great off track time - I love it when we are off track!dishes and laundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212521311187341901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-49859430839234310172008-05-21T11:26:00.000-07:002008-05-21T11:26:00.000-07:00Why didn't we ever think of having the older ones ...Why didn't we ever think of having the older ones potty train the younger? My gestapo-like oldest would have forced compliance all too quickly. Oh well, perhaps it was for the best (for our younger 2) that we didn't use this method.Pappy Yokumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890522243871405961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-43861496105993971192008-05-21T07:54:00.000-07:002008-05-21T07:54:00.000-07:00LOVE teh plan!!!!! Keep us updated on the progres...LOVE teh plan!!!!! Keep us updated on the progress. <BR/><BR/>Good luck in the next 3 weeks!!christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15314804012623766895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-23784155601684052522008-05-20T20:02:00.000-07:002008-05-20T20:02:00.000-07:00Brillinat mom! My middle one trained my youngest. ...Brillinat mom! My middle one trained my youngest. It worked so great. You have to make sure to bribe them! Give them something great-it is so worth it to you-right? Thanks for all the sites and info, summer starts here for us on friday-so feel bad i have 3 months of kids home saying I"M BORED!<BR/>Hey-i have got more info up about the swap, go and check it out!Taushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132962343851092154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-905622807137598812008-05-20T08:42:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:42:00.000-07:00OK, so now I'm just trying to boost your comment c...OK, so now I'm just trying to boost your comment count (and whine a little myself, regardless of your blog title). But I would console yourself with the fact that at least your children won't be out of school for three WHOLE months. Yup, June 12 is our last day and it won't start until until Sept. 3. Sob. Sniff. Even worse, we have a "staggered start" here which is really just a tease. Half the kids will go to school on the 3rd, the other half on the 4th (meaning my children will be home on the 4th) and then everyone goes to school on the 5th. Yeah. After three months, can't they just keep them?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and even better, since I'm totally whining here, my kids' first day of school is EARLY RELEASE. They get out at 1:25p. *sigh* Calgon take me away.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254208744417742746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-6898658462739821622008-05-20T08:36:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:36:00.000-07:00Oh, and you should make your teenager sing, "The p...Oh, and you should make your teenager sing, "The prophet said to plant a garden" the WHOLE TIME. They will LOVE it!!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254208744417742746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-55145770770518527752008-05-20T08:33:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:33:00.000-07:00I thought the real reason for the potty training w...I thought the real reason for the potty training would be "birth control." I can't imagine a teenager alive that would risk pregnancy if they knew they had to face potty training. I would have thought twice being a married woman of 23, let me tell you.<BR/><BR/>Also, in case no one else has commented on this, there IS a Gardening book for dummies! Apparently it doesn't say much about vegetables but hey, maybe it could help the kids. A friend of mine started thegarbledgardener at wordpress - if your're interested - to detail her gardening escapes. So far, she's killed her basil and is unsure about the rest of her plants because she bought them before her raised beds were ready.<BR/><BR/>Ah, joy.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254208744417742746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-259233419035421012008-05-19T18:09:00.000-07:002008-05-19T18:09:00.000-07:00This is brilliant, but darn.....you're doing this ...This is brilliant, but darn.....you're doing this 6 years too late. I could have really used them back then.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806397014770044851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-19674926864831040712008-05-19T15:12:00.000-07:002008-05-19T15:12:00.000-07:00Oh, I am so dreading the kids being out of school ...Oh, I am so dreading the kids being out of school for the Summer. Hey! A garden is a good idea! I may have to excite my kids with that one:)<BR/><BR/>I think it's only fair the kids potty train Max. You've had your turn too many times right? I tried this. . didn't work so well. The kids would get REALLY cranky with Ty-Ty and he in turn wouldn't go potty for them. It was once again Mom to the rescue! Good luck! I hope it works great for you:DHey It's Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00946511234414730828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-78462893459355349092008-05-19T11:33:00.000-07:002008-05-19T11:33:00.000-07:00I love it. Maybe I will go for a girls trip you c...I love it. Maybe I will go for a girls trip you can send over your kids and together with Jace they can all work on it.<BR/><BR/>I hear there are cheap rates to Vegas!Roll'in with the Rowley'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425916733791540259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-83350841435626104952008-05-19T10:41:00.000-07:002008-05-19T10:41:00.000-07:00Sigh. I've got a soon to be three year old still ...Sigh. I've got a soon to be three year old still in diapers. She did REALLY good for about a week and then refused to use the potty anymore- so we went back to diapers. I'm going to pay my oldest to potty train her this summer- I think it's a GREAT idea!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219151687274590976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-16648536286752001452008-05-19T10:21:00.000-07:002008-05-19T10:21:00.000-07:00We're potty training, too. The Boy gets a chocola...We're potty training, too. The Boy gets a chocolate chip every time he sits on the potty. I told da Boo that if she gets him to sit, then she gets one, too. That's helped. She's gotten him a little more excited about the potty.<BR/><BR/>After taking nearly a year to get my daughter potty-trained, I decided that I need to open a potty-training camp. Seriously. I would make millions from those frantic parents who couldn't get their little ones to stay dry. :)Jessica G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-61300029297080036452008-05-18T13:08:00.000-07:002008-05-18T13:08:00.000-07:00let me know how the PT-ing is going! I've got my ...let me know how the PT-ing is going! I've got my 23 month old in underwear today and so far no accidents. HOWEVER, he fell asleep in the high chair eating lunch, 15 minutes before it was time to try peeing again, so I'm not holding my breath he wakes up dry from his nap. O'well.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160551209809872319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-14005260270744405882008-05-18T12:25:00.000-07:002008-05-18T12:25:00.000-07:00Hey!! I've been wondering how I would ever be abl...Hey!! I've been wondering how I would ever be able to bring myself to potty train yet another child....I never considered making the older kids do it for me!! I might even pay them!Jana Nielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482588865671749961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-45305207166155089762008-05-18T10:29:00.000-07:002008-05-18T10:29:00.000-07:00That is a great idea. I offered my oldest $50.00 ...That is a great idea. I offered my oldest $50.00 last summer to potty train my then almost 3 year old. My oldest, said, "No Way!" <BR/>My youngest is now almost 4 and I am officially done with diapers. After 13 years of diapering & potty training, I am done. I never thought the day would come. I am so horrible, I now just laugh when I see the diaper isle at the store as I skip past it.Jenn's finding life funny!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03730580992277032235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-82087931926645656272008-05-18T08:52:00.000-07:002008-05-18T08:52:00.000-07:00I like those ideas... especially the older ones po...I like those ideas... especially the older ones potty training the younger! Excellent idea on your part!<BR/>Actually, I think they might have a gardening for dummies book! I've seen a Container Gardening for Dummies before... they actually have a dummies website with lots of info on it. http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908930035466483151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-40178964104324900052008-05-18T07:51:00.000-07:002008-05-18T07:51:00.000-07:00Suggest to the older kids that any money svaed by ...Suggest to the older kids that any money svaed by not buying diapers will be theirs for a special treat. Say it costs $40 a month for diapers. The trainers can choose one thing (that they are allowed to have) that costs $40 after Max is trained.mommeeof10https://www.blogger.com/profile/03611832953435781430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-87623528228929314842008-05-17T22:41:00.000-07:002008-05-17T22:41:00.000-07:00My brothers also used to play swords in the toilet...My brothers also used to play swords in the toilet. The outside thing might be your best bet.Bonnie the Bosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370681673591214131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-57884883597266429052008-05-17T22:39:00.000-07:002008-05-17T22:39:00.000-07:00Jill I love the Ideas. I can see the kids reluctan...Jill I love the Ideas. I can see the kids reluctance. I think they are fabulous. I have a book on gardening with kids. Get me your address I will send it. Then you can send choclate in kind. I am serious I will send it. I have to get feeling better so I can do mine.Bonnie the Bosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370681673591214131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-69876752863616931882008-05-17T11:22:00.000-07:002008-05-17T11:22:00.000-07:00My sister (mother of seven) had a cute little "pot...My sister (mother of seven) had a cute little "potty parade" song that all the older kids knew....whenever the 'trainee' "went" on the potty, they would grab spoons and pot lids and have a little parade around the house. The last one (currently 4 1/2) trained in a weekend by the babysitter while sis and hub were on vacation.<BR/>Now THAT is a deal. <BR/>Blessings, EJTElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-35947567747442828972008-05-17T08:31:00.000-07:002008-05-17T08:31:00.000-07:00Personally, I would pay them to help motivate them...Personally, I would pay them to help motivate them. You save money on no diapers, so the money just moves over to them for a bit, and then, you continue to save money after! <BR/>I love the idea. Perhaps you could hire them out over the summer to other families? Do they clean the bathroom when the trainee misses?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530972001172936718noreply@blogger.com