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They have been ALL about singing lately.  Always wanting me to sing songs so they can do the actions.

Hayden's favorite is "Marching" {The ants to marching}
Olivia likes "ABCs" & "Uncle star" {Twinkle Twinkle Little Star}
Logan's favorite is the "Ba, B, C's" {ABCs}

MY favorite is 'If you happy & you know it clap your hands.'  You should see their actions when we sing "If you're tired & you know it close your eyes!"  I have 3 kiddos on the floor, eyes closed, pretend snoring.  God bless Elmo for teaching them this.  Olivia even does "If you're silly & you know it make a funny face!"  Hehe ;)

I have been trying to get them to count with me when they are in a singing mood too.  Its a time when I have their attention & they are into what we're doing.  They all can SAY the words from one to ten, repeat them after me.  But today we are 3, 4, 5 away from Olivia counting to 10 all by herself!  All day I heard "1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.  Yay!!"  {Yes she cheers for herself!}  Such a smartie-fartie!


On another note.  Wednesday, Hayden told me every time right after he wet his diaper & insisted on sitting on the potty afterwards.  He would sit there until he could squeeze out that last drop of pee (literally a drop!) even if it took him 5 minutes!  He would lean over looking between his legs & say "see it pee!"  Then jump up, grab the little potty seat & want to "Maas dump it out."  This week, all of the sudden, he has occasionally been hiding behind the living room curtains when he poops.  Yep, he is officially aware enough to have a "pooping spot!"  Toddlers are so funny!  So I'm thinking the potty training thing with him is going to creep up on us soon-ish too.  The pain in the butt thing about it, was that Olivia thought she had to go everytime Hayden went.  Add in that many more times of her completely undressing & re-dressing.  That many more times of washing potties because he & she peed a cumulative of 7 drops.  That many more times of all 3 kids having to wash their hands.  That many more toys ending up in the bathroom because Logan {car hoarder} brought them in, because he of course has to come in & watch too.  After today, I've decided the boys can wear diapers until they are 10!  He also today has a awful painful looking, red, bumpy, yeasty butt {hello- how many days post antibiotics is he!  I thought he was in the clear.}  So maybe that was today's cause of his instant requests of wet diaper changes?