Ricky's Sub Shop

This Friday, after our cousin Emann had watched Helaina for a few hours while Randy and I were at an office meeting, we all took a trip to the infamous "Ricky's Sub Shop" for a delicious dinner. Amo Basel and Auntie Susan had been busy at work all day, and then closed down shop for us while Helaina inspected "Basel's Kitchen" (per Helaina). Nothing tastes better than one of Basel's steak and cheese subs!

Randy and his brother practically grew up at this sub shop...working long hours with their family as teens and even kids. Now it's Helaina's turn to get to work, learning the art of "subology".

Sitting on the counter, loving every minute

Helaina says, "Steak and Cheese Please"

We must clean up our mess, Helaina wiping the tables

So today was our first official effort at potty training. Helaina's very familiar with the whole process, but has a hard time telling us before the event is occurring. She's very descriptive about her bowel movements while they are happening, but that doesn't help us much in moving out of diapers into panties. So all week we talked about wearing Dora panties, getting rid of diapers, selecting special treats for going on the potty, and so forth. After a long morning of guzzling down milk, lemonade, and water to increase our opportunities on the potty, along with timed visits to the potty, we only had 1 successful trip. After wiping up several "accidents", we decided to take a rest and try again another day.

This was Helaina's treat of choice for the big event, a blue M & M.