Divide and Conquer

Ken and I had the idea that if we separated Sophia from Amelia, we might just have success potty-training Sophia . . . since we haven't had success with Amelia . . . yet.  So this weekend, I took Amelia with me to Portland and Ken stayed home with Sophia.  I used the weekend to visit with friends, spend lots of one-on-one time with Amelia, and stay with some of my absolute favorite people in the world - the Bullocks.  Here is Amelia with my friend's son at a very fun park in Wilsonville.

And no visit to Portland is complete without a visit to the temple, even if it is to just walk around the outside and enjoy the fountains and beautiful flowers.

 (sorry for the un-rotated picture)

Amelia and I often have a hard time dealing with each other, so I took it as a compliment when Amelia told me this weekend that I was her "best friend . . . even if we had a rough morning".  Conquered that weekend for sure!

And as for Ken, the "divide and conquer" worked on his end too.  He successfully potty-trained Sophia, who was very excited to tell me that she "used the potty" when I got home on Sunday.  Yeah Sophia! . . . and of course, Ken!

Amelia is getting closer to success as well; she's just slowly, bit by bit, working it out in her head . . . but she'll get there!