Young Party of Four

I remember writing a similar post to this last year. (Anyone interested can read it HERE ) Kenzie had been in school for about a month and we were all settling into our normal, everyday routine after adjusting to such a big change (even though it was only 2 days a week.) This year, it has been an even bigger adjustment but we are finally at a point that we are settled and back into our "routine" on school days. I wanted to write a similar post detailing what our days are like mainly so I can see how things have changed in the last year. This year, Kenzie is in school 4 days a week. So, she is at school more days than she isn't and our daily routine has been altered quite a bit. Not only because of school, but also because of the wants and needs of our family at the stage we are at now. School days are Tuesday through Friday now. On those days, we all get up at our normal times. Our kids are early risers and they always have been. We learned long ago that regardless

Well, three more days down and three more days closer to being fully (daytime) potty trained for Will. This kid is going to be the death of me. Kenzie drank (still drinks) a ton of water. So, she goes potty often. Really often. Will doesn't drink quite as much AND he tends to be able to hold it longer than she did. So, he doesn't go much at all some days. Other days, he drinks a ton and goes so often! That is killing me when it comes to getting him to go. With Kenzie, I would make her go every 20 minutes at first. She would go fairly often when I would take her.  I haven't quite gotten it down though to know how often to take him. He also protests if I want to take him and he does not have to go. As in, seriously has a fit with me. Sometimes he will go, but I sometimes have to carry him there. If he goes on his own, I've learned he is more likely to go, but there are still some times he says, "No! I'm fine!" when I ask and yet... he certainly is not fine.

The time has come (again) in the Young house... potty training is upon us. Okay, in actuality, we have been potty training Will since the end of last week and this is just a recap of how it has gone so far. When we potty trained Kenzie some 2+ years ago, I wrote a bunch of posts (that will be linked at the bottom if anyone is interested) documenting our progress. I'm so glad I did too because in the last week, I have referenced them so many times to see how she was doing at each stage and to see if the annoying things about potty training Will were also annoying with her. News flash: They were. I think I honestly forgot most of potty training Kenzie. It was a long time ago and I think I blocked it out. Maybe it was nature's way of making sure I would attempt it again one day with Will. Reading back though, I now remember that potty training was seriously my least favorite part of parenting (other than having sick kiddos) and it definitely remains that way. But, it is what it is

Anyone that knows our kid even a little bit is probably well aware that she is Frozen obsessed. While her favorite princess is Rapunzel (#hairenvy), her next favorites are Princess Anna and Queen Elsa. She is quick to inform you that Elsa is actually a queen, thus making Elsa her favorite "queen" but... semantics. All of that being said, she learned from Disney Jr. (Remind me to place a phone call sometime about their not-so-subtle marketing tactics) that there is a new Frozen ride at Epcot. She's right, but we were hoping to not reveal that quite so soon. Typically, new rides are notoriously difficult to get Fastpasses for and we were not going to stand in line for more than an hour or more (it was about 4-6 during the week it opened!!!) to ride a ride. Nope. Not happening. Doesn't mean we don't periodically peruse the Disney app though to see if any FP are open though. This week Steven didn't have to work much due to his crazy amount of work put in last