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Summertime barbecues are the highlight of the summer season for most of us, between foods grilled to crispy perfection, and the opportunity to have fun with family and friends while milling around the bbq, chatting and eating hot dogs and grilled foods. I’m sure many of you have already started grilling with your families and […]
A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for. ~William Shedd I think we all go through times where we feel bored, lacking in energy, and utterly unenthusiastic about life. Some of us feel this way all the time, but we never do anything about it. Maybe we just don’t know […]
Potty training tips are everywhere, from well-meaning friends to web-sites promoting vastly different methods of how to succeed. We’ve dabbled with different methods of potty training here and there, but weren’t really making progress and it wasn’t pressing before. Well now, the countdown has begun, because little man starts preschool in September, and whether he […]
Potty training a boy is much more difficult than girls (in my experience); we just finished training our son, who is nearly 3. It wasn’t till he was staying completely dry during the night and naps that we saw true progress when we attempted training; once he was at that stage, he was completely out of diapers within 2 days.
Good luck!
I feel for you! My son was in the same position about preschool, and sadly, I had to pull him out because he just wasn’t ready. He was sooooo much later than my son. Those are good tips from Huggies though. Good luck!
I meant so much later than my daughter, but you probably knew that. 😉
Potty training can be so frustrating but patience is the key. My son had no interest and was scared of both potties. We just went with the flow and eventually he was going potty:)
I’m eager to see how it goes! My first son was so easy – he asked to use the potty one day and a week later he was trained. A miracle! With our (almost) 3 year old we’re still waiting for the ‘right’ time. Like Rachel mentioned – we’re watching his night time diapers. He’s still waking up soaked – so we’re going to wait a bit longer. Your progress will be an inspiration for me! I’ll be following along 🙂
My daughter was easy to potty train. It took a long time for my son.
Oh how cute, my kids were crazy about wanting to get into big boy undies! My daughter had to beat my boys and was wearing ninja turtle undies one day becuase she wanted to be in big boy pants. She was so little!
I hated potty training every bit of it! My oldest son was 3 1/2 until he was potty trained. My daughter was doing well had a set back and until this past year would still have accidents.
Good Luck and congrats on your ambassadorship!
We’re about to start potty training here too… I think. Thanks for the tips!
Great tips from Huggies. Some kids are just later then others. My kids were potty trained all at different ages. Some at ten months, others at twelve, and my youngest is just starting at twenty months.
Those potty training facts are interesting. After two daughters, I can say that my son was certainly the most difficult. Hang in there and good luck to your little man!
Great tips! I helped to potty train 3 of my nieces and my 2 great nieces. I’ll have to say that it was pretty smooth flowing with them all.
My son took longer than my daughter. Thankfully his daycare did a lot of the training too!
Ours doesn’t do that, but that would be neat 🙂
It was so easy to wean my son from the bottle and he NEVER liked pacifiers. However, potty training was a different story. It took awhile! 🙂
Thanks for the tips!
We were big fans of pull ups back in the day, but I am so glad we are done with potty training now.
I potty train kids at my job and they have disabilities so it’s harder than with a child who doesn’t have limitations. I hope I am well trained enough to train my own 🙂
You can’t rush them. I think it’s wise that you’ve stopped pushing until he shows signs he is ready.
Congrats on the ambassadorship. We potty trained my son at 26 months using the 3 day potty training method. 🙂 That watch looks pretty cool! I know my son would love it!
Congrats on your ambassadorship!
I was so happy when I finally potty trained my youngest but definitely made use of lots of PullUps!
I actually was pretty blessed with my last two boys they potty trained quick with the help of pull ups of course
I find that they just go on their own.
Metallic gold nails are a fashion trend that for me, will always be hot (sort of like high sheen black manicure…very sophisticated and totally sexy). Nail polish won’t achieve this minx manicure, but anyone can get them with sticker wraps, and the one I love is Metallic Gold Nails Rock Wraps, available for about $8 […]
I love it! It looks so easy to do and I love all of the styles you can get. I need to pick up some!
Neat! Not sure I could pull it off though.
I have never tried these wraps, how would they withstand working in the garden? They look really pretty!
whoa! Those are definitely shiny nails! I don’t think they’d look good on me though…
Your nails look great, but I bet I would mess them up somehow.
Those are so neat!!!! Love the at home idea. 🙂
these are hot. makes you feel like living on the wild side. LOL!
Definitely glam! I love the look!
Ooo… I can never paint my fingernails correctly. Maybe this would help.
I know! I love sexy nails 🙂 (I’m not into long nails, but shiny and glamorous, yes please!)
Woah they are so pretty!! Now if my nails would stop breaking!
Awesome color! I’m so terrible with nail wraps, though. I think it’s just because my nails aren’t long enough, lol.
I’m definitely going to have to try this!!
Wow, that’s shiny! I’m not sure it’s for me, but it’s still pretty interesting.
Wow these are seriously awesome! I want that in a metallic purple! 🙂
Wow, don’t know if I would be brave enough to wear that color, but it looks great on you.
Those are SO cool.
Fun!! I don’t think I could pull off gold, but they look great on you!
Cool! Not sure I could pull it off though. I usually go for colors like pink or red.
I’m so hard on my nails, between all the house cleaning, yard/gardening work, and I just cannot wear gloves (unless it’s a particularly nasty job). 🙂 But I will try these, because I love the gold!
They look great.
These would be awesome for a fun weekend of dinner and drinks!
Wow, those are some really gold nails.
i like the golden colors, it is attractive
These are sensational! Definitely something I’ll have to try!
I have been wanting to try minx for a long time. It looks so perfect on the nails.
~Jocelyn (Nail Artist @ Polishpedia)
These look perfect!
Nail polish doesn’t damage your nails it strengthens them… Nail polish remover on the other hand is a different story… Remover is very damaging
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Those hot dogs look delicious!
Such yummy hotdogs. We love Hebrew National!
Yum! That cheesy one looks delicious. I am more of a plain ketchup kind of girl most the time.
Interesting creations. I like chili dogs with cheese and onions!
I normally just use ketchup and mustard but yours looks delicious. Gonna have to make a hot dog like yours one day!
I love all of your creations, they look YUMMY! I love my hotdogs with cole slaw on top.
I’ve never thought of adding toppings like this. I’m honestly intrigued by the green peppers, corn, cheese and tomatoes dog!
All of those hot dogs look great! I never thought to put corn. I’m going to have to try these.
I am just a ketchup and hotdog kind of girl.
Yum, those hot dogs look great! I only eat Hebrew National!
That pizza dog looks good! I’m thinking a bacon wrapped hot dog with homemade mayo sound right up my alley 🙂
The pizza one is my favorite! I’m usually not a fan of hot dogs but if you make it taste like pizza I’ll eat it!
Sometimes I like some sauerkraut on them.
I have to try these. And I should experiment more with hot dog toppings. 🙂
I love anything on hot dogs … My absolute favorite is spicy brown mustard, grilled red peppers and grilled cremini mushrooms. YUM,
And, I am really starting to see a difference in your photography… Looking good!
Wow, what neat ideas to change up a hotdog. I don’t think I could try the fried egg though.
Mmm… Hot dogs are the PERFECT summer go to. Thanks for sharing about the contest.
Wow, those guys dream big, and aren’t you the sweetheart to make their culinary dreams come true. They really did look appetizing!
Our next hotdogs are going to have corn and peppers! That looks so good. It’s only 10am and it’s making me hungry lol
Pizza dog. Fun! I like mine with mustard and onions…followed by a breath mint. 😉
Those look great! I’m simple with mine…cheese, ketchup and mustard!
I love the idea of the corn on the dog!