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March 3 - 9

* I started ripping up the linoleum in the kitchen--only to learn that there were three more layers of flooring underneath that needed to come up as well!  I called in reinforcements and the original kitchen floor has now been revealed.  I'll do some heavy duty cleaning next week and it will be ready for new vinyl.
* Soren played cello in the orchestra at the World Arts Festival.  His favorite piece was Kabuki Dance.
* Carl made a pineapple upside-down cake for Sven's birthday.
* Sven turned six!  The next day, he cut his chin on the coffee table and had to go to urgent care.
* Leif cleaned the whole house with Windex.  He was pretending that it was "Living Spray".
* Richard got used to walking with two good legs after having his cast removed last week.  For the first few days, he didn't bend at the knee on his recently-liberated leg and it gave him a limp.  Now, though, he walks normally.

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February 2010 GOAL:  My initial goal was to introduce Soren to the toilet and make it a fun place to sit.  I have to admit that I also hoped that we would have some fortunate "accidents" that would lead to potty training success. STRATEGY:  My plan was to sit Soren on the toilet once a day and read him a couple of stories.  If he peed, I was planning to give him a candy. THE BAD NEWS:  The candy totally backfired.  The one time that he peed on the toilet, I gave him a candy and he had a full-on tantrum begging for more.  If I ever told him "When you pee on the potty, you can have a candy", he would begin screaming for the treat and be unable to focus on the toilet training. THE GOOD NEWS:  Soren was not afraid of sitting on the big toilet.  He actually really enjoyed it (when I was reading stories and not pimping rewards) and started asking to sit there any time his butt was bare. J June 2010 GOAL:  My goal was to potty train S...