Potty Training Help!

So I HATE potty training. I hate it so much I would pay someone to potty train my kids. I have been trying on and off for over a year to potty train Ryker. I have done everything! I have set timers and when the timer goes off we sit on the toilet, nope. I have treats for when he goes, I have a huge toy he can play with when he goes. We got underwear that he likes,  we talk about where pee and poo goes. He has only gone to the bathroom once on the toilet, he normally goes shortly after I let him get off. I don't make a big deal about his accidents, we talk about where pee and poo goes and leave it at that. I let him play games or watch movies while he tries to go, still no success. I have dyed the water blue so it turns green when he goes. I have put cheerios in the toilet and told him to hit the Cheerios. I know it is not an issue of controlling when he goes because he can hold it all day.(I know because he did this the other day) I have no idea what to do! I am lost and very very frustrated. I know they are supposed to do it at their own time but he is 3. He shows all the signs of being ready, so now what? Please help! I am losing my mind.

October

The rest of October crept up on us and we had a busy few weeks. My mom celebrated her birthday on the 22nd. I made her dinner and her favorite dessert, cheese cake. We had my siblings come over for some cheese cake and to sing to her. On her birthday she chose to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We made her get on the saddle, it was funny watching her get on and off of it :) I love my mom!

 On the 24th Brad's brother Todd came home from his mission. We were waiting in the wrong terminal so we missed him coming down the stairs. It was great to see him, it was his first time meeting the twins. We spent the rest of the day up with Brad's family catching up with Todd.

On the 25th we went on the Nightmare Express. We were expecting there to be a long long but we ended up almost just walking on. The line wasn't to bad so we decided to go again so Brad could ride. However, the trains broke down and we ended up waiting over an hour to go again. while we were waiting it started snowing. Ryker loved it and wanted to ride again even after waiting in line for so long.

On the 26th we had our Halloween party. This year we decided to so a Murder Mystery party. It was really fun and the first one that I have ever been too. We did a Zombie themed one so everyone dressed up like zombies. We had great food and a lot of fun. I think that it was a great success and I am sure we will have to do another murder mystery some time.

 Karl and Jessica

Armi and Kelson

 Lindsay, Lily and Micheal

 Brad and Amber

 Kristie and Clayton

Wendi and James

Sophie, Steve and Cindy
On the 27th I drove down to St. George with my mom and sister Cindy. We went down to see Thriller at the Tuacahn. The weather was awesome and we had a ton of fun. We walked around the outlets ate dinner and went to the show. It think the opening number and the skeleton dance were my favorites. The next day we drove home on the way we stopped at Cove Fort. Mom and Cindy had never been so we took the tour and watched a little video. It was a really fun trip!

 Eating dinner

 Getting ready to go in

 Our new friend

On Halloween we went to my school to watch the parade. Ryker walked around with Erika, he loves being in the parade. That night we went to my parents and at a tasty meal of eyeballs and  ghost poop made by Jessica. She did a great job and the food was tasty. We went trick or treating down there. Ryker and Parker had a good time. Towards the end I let Beckett out to walk he looked so funny in his fat pumpkin costume walking around.

 First Pumpkin

 Pumpkin and Cat

 Spiderman

 Sophie, Beckett, Kason, Bailey, Kyler, Corbin, Ashtyn,Parker, Ryker

 Parker and Ryker

Oh What Fun

September was pretty uneventful. We went to the State Fair as usual, we were going to go with my family but the night they went ended up raining so we waited. We went with the Malouf's we ate some tasty food and walked around. We ran into Erika and Garrett which was fun. I finally got to eat my mini donuts (made the whole trip worth it!)

Getting ready to farm

 Lindsay and Lily

 Beckett riding the sheep

We were able to go up to the Brigham City Temple open house. It was a long night with some unhappy kids. Brad didn't get to go in because the twins were done. But I was able to go with Ryker which was neat. I am happy my family is forever.

We went for a drive up the canyon one Sunday to look at the leaves. It was so pretty and fun. It took forever to get into the canyon because a lot of people had the same idea. Once we got into American Fork Canyon we drove around for a while to try and find a spot for a picnic. We ended up going back down towards the lake and found a nice picnic table. The colors were so pretty. I love fall.

I semi surprised Brad with another trip to Island Park. I was going to plan everything but ran out of people to ask if they wanted to go. So I told him about it and told him to invite who he wanted. I think he had a good time. He went with his Dad, Michael, Bart, Bart's friend, Tyler, Tyler's Brother and Tyler's Brother's friend. They caught a lot of fish and did "manly" things. One night Ryker kept crying so I went in his room and he told me to bite his toes. I told him I wouldn't bite his toes and to go to bed. Well he started crying again a few minutes later so I went back in. Again he told me to bite his toes, so I looked at his toes and he had a hang mail. I guess by "bite" meant clip :) It was hard being a single mom, mostly because I couldn't sleep at night because every noise would wake me up. Needless to say I am happy I am not a single mom.

October 

I wanted to do some Halloween fall things so we found some discount tickets to Corn Belly's Corn Maze. We packed the kids up the first Friday night of the month and headed out. It was a little cold but nothing a jacket couldn't fix. There were a bunch of activities for kids to do. Brad took Ryker down the big slide then we went into the maze. We let Ryker pick which ways to go. He loved it! (One of his favorite things to do when we are driving is tell me which way to go.) The first few turns we just went in circles but then he got the hang of it. After the maze we went on a hayride. Sophie and Beckett thought it was fun when we went over the bumps. Brad and Ryker raced through the blow up obstacle courses. I got to have my favorite mini donuts, the twins loved those too. It was a really fun family night. 

The next weekend Brad and I went on a date. We met Mike and Lindsay at Spark, it is this restaurant in Provo that serve non-alcoholic drinks. They were very tasty. The dinner was ok, not my favorite but the drinks were tasty. After dinner Mike and Lindsay had to go pick up Lily, Brad and I met Jess and Karl at a Haunted House in Provo. Jessica sent me a discount coupon so we go in for 7 dollars! It is amazing for a haunted house. It wasn't that great of a Haunted House but it was still fun. I love going on dates with my boyfriend :)