Unsnapped!

Today's cold, rainy, blustery weather forced me to find batteries for our thermostat and subsequently to turn on the heat. I affectionately call this breaking the seal. There is no turning back once I fire the furnace up and nudge the temperature above 65. We are locked into high oil bills and closed windows until May.

The fall weather also means the time has arrived for stowing our tank tops and shorts and pulling out the corduroys and sweaters. I tackled Kendra's clothes first. Her increasing independence in choosing her clothes has lead me to repeat almost daily "no Kendra, you cannot wear a tank top today". Providing only warm clothes options will make mornings less confrontational! While going through her drawers I realized that I need to rid her wardrobe of all onsie style shirts. Our precious girl is 9 days into potty training and wearing panties like a champ! While she pees on the pot on a consistent basis, her lead time to excretion is minimal. We can't have any extra snaps, belts, zippers or buttons getting in the way during the few seconds we have to get her butt on the toilet.

We packed up every last long sleeved and short sleeved white Carter's onsie and put them in a box for Reed (aka The Master Downsizer) and Jo's brilliant boy Chase. We have few opportunities to hand down clothes to the cute little guy because of the pink and purple that rules Kendra's wardrobe. We are thrilled to have some gender neutral, practical goods to send out West!

We are even more thrilled to be claiming this victory. Ridding our home of onsies is a bold statement that there is no going back on this potty gig. And we certainly aren't going to have those snap laden shirts hanging around!