So, the first big event in March was potty training. I probably should have done this earlier, but as a first time parent, I was very intimidated. It actually went really well, for the most part. Davis started going #1 in the potty almost immediately and had very few accidents, with no major accidents that made it to the carpet... but he was afraid to go #2 in the potty for the first week or so. He would go hide in a room or corner when I wasn't looking and go in his pants. Super fun. He kept telling me that it was going to hurt, or some other excuse. We finally had some success after a TON of bribery, including but not limited to, a date with Aunt Summy to go get ice cream and toys, special superhero poo poo toys from mom and dad, candy, etc... not to mention the very exciting song and dance performed by me when said task was finally completed. I'm so glad that we are finally done with that exciting phase!
The other big events in March were the Fablehaven parties. Brandon's 5th and final book in the Fablehaven series was released in March. So, of course there was the big launch party with thousands of Brandon's biggest fans, which I will get to in a minute. But before that, Mary wanted to throw Brandon a Farewell to Fablehaven party to celebrate the passing of this era in his life. She did an amazing job. Fun decorations, yummy cafe rio catering, really fun games, an auction with items donated from all of the Fablehaven characters (which we used Nero's gold coins to auction with, so we didn't actually have to spend any of our own money!), very fun people, and generally a great time. I helped with some of the decorations, which turned out really cute... I even taught myself how to make those tissue paper pom poms and made those for the first time. (If you're wondering, I was also responsible for the personalized water and soda bottles... an idea I happily stole from Jessie).
Finally the launch party was a huge success as well. Every year, Bryson's mom dresses up as Muriel the witch, and other family members or friends dress up as other characters from the book. After the show, while fans are waiting in ridiculously long lines to have Brandon sign their books, they can meet some of the characters, take pictures, etc. Well, this year, in addition to participating in the Divine Comedy portion of the show, Bryson also ended up as one of the characters. He and Ty were the Satyrs, Newel and Doren. He did a great job and was actually a big hit. All of the characters had to perform in the opening and closing numbers of the show this year, and everyone loved Bryson as a satyr. He was hilarious. You can look up Fablehaven 5 launch party on youtube and probably find a short video clip. Anyway, the show was great, thousands of screaming fans were very entertained and happy to wait around for hours to meet Brandon, and everything went very well. Davis and I had to leave right after the show was done because he was a little sick and wasn't up for sticking around to watch daddy sign books and take pictures with strangers, but we still had fun. We are so proud of Brandon and excited for his next series to come out. It has been so fun to watch him rise from an unknown to such a huge success!
Okay, now that I've put most of you to sleep, here are a few slideshows from March. Enjoy!
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