No 'poo, rolling in poo, and poo in the potty

Well. I have jumped onto the bandwagon. I am not too sure how big of a bandwagon it actually is but I have seen a lot of my friends on Facebook doing it. I am going "no poo". I don't really like that name for it.. So I will just say that I am quitting shampoo and conditioner. Don't be too grossed out yet.. I am still cleaning my hair. Just not with shampoo. I started this week. Yesterday to be exact. This is going to be a long road but hopefully it will be worth it. From what I have found in my research, the majority of people do this so that they can stop using chemicals on their bodies/hair and save the environment at the same time. This is not why I am doing it. People who know me know that I am not anywhere close to living a crunchy lifestyle (nor to I ever plan to). No, my reason for trying this is much more selfish. My hair is a frizzy disgusting mess. I have been reading that wavy and curly hair can be completely transformed by going shampoo free. So I am jumping on the bandwagon. I will keep everyone posted on how it goes, but I am hoping I can keep with it for a while. I am only on day 2, and I already almost turned down lunch plans because of my greasy hair. Fortunately I decided to cave and "wash" my hair this afternoon. You ideally wait 2-3 days minimum between using the baking soda solution but I was ready to quit so I figured I should just try it and see if it worked. Well, I am happy to report- my hair actually feels pretty ok! I have no idea how this will go since its so hot and sticky here..

Another huge milestone: Lucy and Delilah spent all day Sunday together. Saturday was my mother-in-law's birthday party so we went there Saturday afternoon with Lucy in tow, and enjoyed the evening.

The party was AMAZING! They hired a band, a priest to do a mass (I am not kidding.. Apparently for a lot of events people will hire a priest to do a mass to start the party), and a crew of people to serve drinks and the catered, absolutely delicious meal. That was by far the fanciest birthday party I have ever went to. It was more like a wedding reception! Delilah wasn't really out to play at the party because she's a little too feisty for the guests. But Sunday, they got to hang out. I was expecting that Delilah would come out to play for a little bit, then go back to her crate for a while, and then come out for another little visit. Well, that isn't how it happened. They got along great!!! They even rested together on the porch when they got tired! At one point, Delilah jumped up on Emma and we scolded her and Lucy took off after her barking like "don't mess with my Emma!!!" It was so cute! I hope they continue to be nice to each other. Delilah has just so so much energy and Lucy is an older girl who doesn't have the same stamina that she did when she was a puppy. I had serious concerns about bringing Daly to our apartment, but after seeing them together, I am starting to see it! I just wish this rambunctious puppy stage was over. The only bad thing that happened was that Lucy rolled in poop. I wish it was Delilah's but it was Gabo's. Gabo is a 160 pound fila. I am actually surprised that this hasn't happened before. Lucy has a terrible habit of rolling on gross things. It was horrible. Fortunately this happened while we were in the pool, and Carlos' aunt washed her off :)

Another big thing is starting this week: Charlie is starting to potty train! I do not have super high hopes for this going well. Don't get me wrong- I do want him potty trained, but I feel like he's still a little young. He has been telling me about all of his potty business for a while but I haven't heard of many 23 month old boys being potty trained. I did not initiate this plan.. His preschool teacher did. She thought that he may be ready, and when I took him to school yesterday morning, she asked me to come inside so we could talk about Charlie. I was panicking that something was wrong, there was a problem, some big issue.. But then she told me that they are going to be starting potty training at school and that we should be doing it at home too. Then I started panicking for other reasons. We have had one success on the potty so far. And that was mostly because we stopped him midway through and shoved him on the potty :)

He was so proud of himself though!

And he LOVES the undies! At school this morning, I sent 4 outfits, and all of them came back wet. Hopefully he gets the hang of it soon!