Every time my toddler uses the potty I give her two M& Ms. It works for her and for me. Potty training has gone a lot better because of those little chocolate bites with hard candy shells. No, she is not totally potty trained, but it will happen. If I click my heals together and wish upon star over a rainbow I know that it will happen.

If that doesn’t work then we will just keep on trying with good old consistency. Consistency teaches us to balance on a bike, learn to read, and it will teach my baby girl to poop and pee in the potty.

“Mom, I don’t have anything to do.” Those words have been spoken by kids since modern English. Maybe in ancient English it was, “Mother, I haveth not a thing to doeth.” Ok, so my ancient English is not that great. As a matter of fact my modern English is not that better. But I do not one thing that’s great my English muffin. I do like English muffin. I have not had one in a while.

In England do they eat English muffins very often? Is it eaten as often across the beautiful Atlantic seas as much as bagels are eaten over here in America? Now, why are English muffins not eaten as often as bagels? It could be there is not the special condiment associated with it like cream cheese is associated with bagels. Yes, cream cheese not counted as a real condiment, but for discussion purposes lets just say it is.

Well, a better word could be garnish. Garnish sounds a lot better than condiment.
According to Webster a condiment is something used to enhance the flavor of food; especially: a pungent seasoning. Something (as lemon wedges or parsley) used to add decorative or savory touches to food or drink.

These are things to think about. That brings me back to my original thought. When there is nothing to do, there is always something to think about.

Potty training my daughter did not go well yesterday. Forget about my daughter not getting into the terrible twos. She showed me that a two year-old can be ready for battle and I need to get prepared. Everything was “no”, but I made it through.

Yes, I did learn that I need more patience and it has been better today. She was able to go to the potty 5 times before lunch and nap time. Yes, we are making progress and I have to praise God for that.

I’m now potty training my second child. I remember a few things from potty training my first child and it does help. My main thing is I need to be consistent. Yesterday I tried bringing her to the potty every hour, but 45 minutes after I brought her to the potty I noticed her training pants were soaked. We will be trying to bring her to the potty every 45 minutes today.

One benefit of her potty training is that I am able to read books to her while she is on the potty. Now that is some great multi-tasking. With my first daughter I noticed that keeping her mind occupied with something helps.

We also take care of memorizing the alphabet song while she washes her hands. We sing the alphabet song while she is rubbing her hands together.

Hopefully all goes well today.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers can now start their winter vacation. This afternoon they were defeated 10 to 17 by the Washington Redskins. More information and reliable stats can be found at ESPN.com. The Buc have lost the bid for this year’s SuperBowl but who can forget the glorious victory over the Oakland Raiders in 2003.