Riley Got Jipped!

Riley is in the process of being potty trained and doing pretty good now. I used to reward her with a piece of candy everytime she went on the "big potty" instead of in her diaper. But now that is getting pretty frequent and i didn't want her to eat that much candy so i made a "potty chart" and put it on the fridge. It's pretty simple. it has a series of five boxes going across the page and at the end of the five boxes there is a reward: go on a walk, go to the park, buy a new book, go on a date with daddy, have a picnic, and go on a date with mommy. So now each time she goes to the bathroom-on the potty- she gets to put a sticker in one of the sqaures to work towards her reward! It's a concept she is still trying to grasp,she tries to put them in random boxes instead of five in a row to get the reward at the end. It took her just over 1 day to earn her first reward "going on a fun walk" and she just put on the last sticker-as i type-to earn a trip to the park, which she is ecstatic about :) Here are some pictures of our walk and why riley got jipped.

Cute little bridge she had fun on.

We were at this water resevoir thingy by our house, it's filled with fun pebbly trails to follow and usually has tons of water in the embankments, not today. Jip #1.

Braden haning out enjoying the scenery
On our way back to the car after finding out that the "fire crew" there cleaning was really one fireman guy watching tons of PRISONERS cleaning and walking around. I had a weird feeling when we started off on our walk and i almost got the kids back in the car to take them home but Riley was so excited that i told myself i'm sure it was nothing. We start going and i see the fire crew truck and see orange jump suits thinking ok, maybe it's just people doing their community service time. I get closer and it's a bunch of adult guys in orange with "prisoner" down there legs...ya....we headed back after that. Jip #2
Fire ants, i think. Definetly not little black ants that invade kitchens. These were HUGE, sort of reddish with weird heads or butts, not sure what end was what and i wasn't stickin' around to find out! This is where riley got jipped the 3rd time!

This cool huge tree by my car looked like a good photo op. So I stuck riley in there and she was pretty excited to "climb a tree". I get close ups, walk wayyyy back to get a picture of the whole tree. Then when i come back i ask her "Riley, want to get down or stay up there some more?"

Riley replys calmly "i want to get down because there are ants on here." So i get on my tippy toes to look expecting tons of little black ants. NO! Just a TON of those nasty ones. I grab her right away and start checking her to see if any where on her. There were a few, a couple on her arms and legs, so i quickly brushed them off and ran her near the car, took off her sweater and shoes and did a whole body check.

That sure was a crazy walk. Not the most enjoyable. Needless to say i owe her a do-over.