Potty people throw your hands in the air!

We have officially been potty learning (training) for the past five days and we are so happy and proud to report that Kieran has been doing GREAT! We prepped him with a potty video and a few books, including "How to Potty Train Your Monster" which is super cute! We also got Kieran a potty chair (which we moved to the living room temporarily), a potty monster, a potty bank, lots of gummy snacks, big boy undies and pull-ups for the occasion. The first day he was off to a great start by pooping in his potty with no problems but then he faltered a bit when it came to peeing- he just didn't quite seem to know when to expect it and had a few accidents. However, as the day went on, he would squirt just a little and then stop and go sit on his potty to finish. After the first day, he was like an old pro- going to the potty without reminders and with fewer and fewer accidents. He even did great on the days we took him out to lunch and over to his grandparent's houses- going on the big potties without hesitation or problem- way to go big boy!! He still doesn't have the whole pulling down and up of the pants thing figured out quite yet, so he has spent the last few days with a nude bottom (otherwise he sits down on the potty and goes right through his underwear!)- but I am sure we will get there soon enough. We couldn't be more pleased with his progress- he even had a dry pull-up after a nap yesterday! WOW!! Hopefully this trend will continue and he will be ready for his big-boy-school come September! Below are pics of Kieran enjoying his "freedom" sans pants as well as sans underwear as we work on potty training...

The Potty Monster book- such a fun book! We got Kiearn the striped green monster from Yo Gaba Gabe so he could train his own monster too!

Kieran with his potty monster- note the big-boy-undies on both boy and monster... Kieran says his name is, "Raaargh!"

Playing blocks in his undies.

Koshie helps out.

One big perk for Kieran during this whole process- in addition to going without pants and eating lots of gummy-bears is getting to watch just about as much TV as he wants- another insensitive to sit on that pot!

Although he has eaten waaaay more sugar than usual, we still managed to sneak in the odd bit of "health" food!

George didn't want to be outdone by the monster- so he decided to potty-train too!

Kieran and daddy this morning playing with play-dough- lots of towels have been used in this process on chairs and sofas- just in case!

Putting his play-dough Koshie through the "doggie door".

Play-dough daddy after Kieran has put a large hole in the chest area- he looks so proud ;)

Kieran and Presley in our pool- he even would get out of the pool to potty- what a good boy!

In the inflatable pool at nana and papa's house- going fishing :)

Shannon got this "ATV" as a hand-me-down from a friend for Presley who turned out to be terrified of it. Kieran, on the other had, loves it and calls it his "car" and drives it every chance he gets- with or without pants ;)