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last weekend, we roadtripped to DC for uncle tim's celebration reunion. uncle tim has been quite ill. hence, he decided to have a big party with lots of food and drink and friends and family. very uncle tim :-)

bailey had a blast (and was seemingly unphased by her miserable motion-sick-laden ride down to DC). she danced and had no meltdowns at dinner. no pee pee accidents either. good job bailey!

here is a video montage of the party and weekend:

and here are some photos. both are courtesy of my cousin marcus. enjoy!

after going to the jim henson exhibit at the museum of the moving image queens, bailey (and the entire family for that matter) has been bitten by muppet mania.

matt and i were big fans as kids, but it's been fun to watch all the muppet movies with bailey. this week, we'll take her to her first movie theater experience for the muppet movie! as bailey would say, "WEEHOO!"

note: princess stories used to be the pre-bedtime request. now, she chooses to discuss muppet metaphysics before bed. whatever works.

matt and i opted to do the intensive 3-day potty training method (3 days of no pants, no leaving the apartment, and trying desperately to catch every pee pee and poopie).

guess what, it worked!

we told bailey we were having a "potty party" which we kicked off with throwing out all of her diapers. we put on panties and there was no turning back. as precautionary measures for the 3 days, carpets were rolled up, towels were placed on the couch, lots of potty "surprises" (read: rewards) were wrapped.

night time is still a struggle. but she got it down in 3 days.

note: on day 2, matt and i were almost ready to throw in the towel. good thing we didn't!!!

the end of summer, meant the end of tumbling and dance classes BUT the start of a new school year for bailey at 43rd street kids. this year, she's been in school 3 days a week (1.5 hrs/day without mommy!) and 1 day a week she has swim class.

here are a few pics from her time at school. photos are courtesy of mimi's mommy.