Why Won't She Stay Dry?!

Why oh why won't Audrey keep her undies dry when she is at home!? She goes ALL DAY at school on the potty. Yesterday day I picked her up and her "activity sheet" noted that she used the bathroom at 4:30. She was watching me make dinner (she stands on a chair next to the counter) around 5:15 and all of a sudden she says, "I'm peeing." No kidding! There's a huge puddle on the chair and floor and splashes on the cupboards! Not five minutes before this happened I suggested she use the bathroom, but she said she didn't have to go. Then later in the evening I suggested she go potty, but no, she didn't have to. Then five minutes later we hear, "I peed." Luckily she was wearing pants and I don't think much of it got on the floor. Her teachers at school say she usually just says she needs to go and then goes in & takes care of business. Maybe she drinks more at home and therefore gets off her schedule of going every couple of hours. We really need to figure this out so she can get her big girl bed! And we need to get the carpets cleaned!

This morning I was driving Luke to school and he started counting by twos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 - I said, "Are you counting by twos?!" Amazing, I didn't realize kindergartners learn to count by twos. This is one way we find out what he's learning at school, he'll just start doing something new. I can ask him multiple times, "What'd you learn at school today?" And he doesn't come up with much. And then he'll start counting by twos. I think he is ready for summer because he's been sleeping in and having minor meltdowns when he is tired. Of course we're also going to swim lessons Monday & Wednesday nights, t-ball practice Tuesday nights, and when he is at home he's playing with our neighbor, Alexia. Last Saturday while I was cleaning the house I let him watch movies all morning just to let his brain rest. But of course it doesn't completely rest because he watches The Nightmare Before Christmas and is continually planning his theatrical debut of it.

He's also reading like crazy, before bed and when he wakes up in the morning he has his nose in a book. One morning I poked my head in to tell him good morning and he said, "Mom, I'm reading!" Jeez, I just wanted to say good morning! Last night he read, "Go, Dog, Go!" to us and I got some of it on video that I will post at some point. Audrey is also into helping us read books. If I am reading a book that she has heard repeatedly and I pause, she will fill in the next word. She really likes a book about opposites and is getting those figured out. She'll say, "Mama, I learned!"