Potty Pony and Sucky Shins

There's a potty training product on sale at Kidsteals.com called the Potty Pony Pals.  It's underwear for kids that has a pony printed on the inside of the crotch and comes with a DVD.  The DVD poses as entertainment and lures unsuspecting kids into loving this Pony.  Then it instructs the kids to not pee on their new friend.  As if potty training isn't traumatic enough . . . Whew.  I haven't started potty training the B yet, but I hope I don't have to eat my words and start pinning cute animals on the inside of her underwear when I do.  Potty animal options include:

1. Pink Pee Pee Pig
2. Poopy Pigeon (that would be poetic justice, would it not?)
3. Tinkle Tiger
4. Crappy Cat




We're SO cute!  Don't Pee/Poop on us!



Speaking of excrement, my shins are the laziest pieces of poop and full of suckiness.  I foam roll, I ice, I stretch, I rest, and still the ungrateful buggers ruin my training schedule.  A training schedule that I specifically designed to only increase by 1 mile every 2 weeks to ease in my shins.

Do you have any potty animal suggestions?  Any suggestions for treating/preventing shin splints?

We May Need a Milk Intervention

Most of the time the B could care less about food or water.  She is very picky eater, preferring things like plastic and rocks instead of veggies and meat.  However, the story dramatically changes when she hears us say Milk, or sees a bottle milk.  She drops everything she's doing and behaves as if we have been starving her for weeks.

Give me my milk! NOW!!!!!!

The B continuously signs milk and claws at us to give her a bottle.  When she is not appeased within 30 seconds, the B goes into full Red-Alert-Meltdown (RAM).  Signs of RAM include:

1. Screaming
2. Hyperventilating
3. Limb flailing
4. Foot stomping
5. Head shaking
6. Full body quivering
7. Head sweats
8. Tears
9. Snotty nose (usually follows tears)

As soon as the bottle of milk is injected into her sweaty hands, she relaxes, finds a place to crash out, and falls into a blank eyed stare.

I think she may have a milk dependency problem.

Do you or does your child have any food addictions?

Love Letter to Forearm Plank

In my yoga practice, there are always a couple of poses that I have absolutely no desire to work on.  However, as my favorite teacher is quick to point out, the poses that you struggle in are the poses your body needs the most.  In the middle of said poses, he often says, "Try to relax something in your body, and send some love to the poses.... stop glaring at me ... that won't help."  I was unsuccessful at sending any amount of love last night, so I'm giving it an effort today.

Dear Forearm Plank,
     
I love the ever-living-heck out of you.  This is why:

1. I love the way you make my arms and abs shake so hard I contemplate the pleasure of face planting
2. I love the way you are prefectly positioned to drip the salty sweat into my burning eyes
3. I love the way you make my arms feel like throbbing limp noodles the next day

XOXO,

Your BFF, Sam.      

Now I just need to wait for a response from Forearm Plank.  With my kind of luck, it'll feel the same way about me as my daughter does.

Mommy: I love you, B!
Bonnie: Get this lady off of me.

            

Do you have a "favorite" pose?