November was a tough month. Everyone was sick. We had all been sick since before October and were sick of being sick. These photos are all mostly from around Thanksgiving weekend where we had a few days off. We decorated the house for Christmas. The boys decorated the tree and made a star to put on top. The boys got to sneak a peek at a Harry Potter movie and you can see Jason pretending to be Harry Potter in one of the pictures below. Jason has always been fascinated by my Harry Potter book covers. When he discovered that there is a movie, well, wasn't he thrilled!
Both boys started really working with scissors and having a great time cutting lots of itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny pieces of paper. On the big news front, the boys had a few Fridays off from playgroup so we started potty training. We had run out of diapers and I told the boys on Friday the 11th that we were not buying anymore. We put them in underwear on Saturday AM and by Sunday afternoon, they were had figured it out. Joe and I had read roughly 6 potty training books with all kinds of advice and approaches. Dr T. Berry Brazelton is right. When the kid is ready, it'll be a breeze. The boys did great. We put them in Mickey Mouse and Star Wars underwear and light gray sweatpants so they could see/feel wetness. For rewards, we started with stickers and then advanced to M&Ms for pee and lollipops for poo. After a few days, the kids were pretty tired of candy. (Nice side effect!) So Sue started using raisins, apples and gummy fruits for rewards. When Christmas got near, we started using gold coins. Kevin still asks for coins but we've pretty much phased out rewards.
