Potty girl & temper tantrums

Ginny is now officially potty girl! A day or two after my last post she just started going on her own! She sometimes tells us when she has to go, but usually she just goes and lets us know afterward. I've even been putting her down for her nap with in her underwear and she's been waking up dry! She still wears a pull-up to bed and when we go out. She sometimes will let me know if she has to go potty while we're out but usually not. I'm going to try her in underwear when we go to tkd this afternoon. We'll see how she does!

Just as a clarification, Ginny is not TAKING Tae Kwon Do. She just comes with and either watches or plays in their playroom! If she wants to, I will put her in it next summer.

I'm trying to limit her naps. She wakes up at around 6am every morning and if she naps too long during the day she's up in the middle of the night, too!

For the past week she has been throwing temper tantrums every morning when I tell her she can't have candy for breakfast... At least two or three times. She also throws one when I tell her she can't get a new glass for water because she already has three! (I swear, she's like the little girl from Signs! I wonder if that means aliens are on the way?) Her temper also flares at nap and bed time, sometimes when I ask her to pick up, when I won't give her something new to eat because she didn't eat the last thing I got for her, and when the mood strikes her! This morning has been good though, so I'm keeping my fingers that she's finally "getting it"!

I've finally found a tv show that she'll actually sit and watch! Lazy Town! It's the only show that she'll just sit and watch most of the way through! I generally keep the tv off most of the day, but she sometimes asks to turn it on even though she won't watch it. Now I can just put on a Lazy Town I've recorded and she'll sit and watch for 20 minutes!

I've had a few people ask if we'll put her in Chinese classes. As of right now, we're hoping to, but it won't be for awhile. If anyone speaks Cantonese and wants to help us out, let me or Brian know! I'd like to find someone who could come over and hang out to let her get used to them and then try to talk to her.

Ginny is a really awesome kid. She is smart, funny, silly, affectionate, and absolutely gorgeous. We are do lucky to have her in our lives!