Potty and M&M's

He did it for the first time! Max went potty in the toilet. I am no where near potty training, but he slept for 13 hours last night and woke up dry. I knew he must have had a full bladder so we tried, and succeeded!!! Off to the store for some m&m's to put in our cool dispenser that he gets to give one turn for each potty!! And he did it after his nap too!! Ahh, maybe potty training will be in our future. No rush. We'll just go after bed and naps for now. That's what we did with Peter, with no real talk of potty otherwise, and one morning he didn't want to put a diaper on after his morning potty and was then potty trained in less than a week. His decision, and it was so easy. So we're trying it with Max... Warming the pot...

Na-Na

It's official. The boy can speak!!! We heard the wonderful word today for the first time!!! We are so proud of our little Gavin!!!

President's Address

So Pres. Obama had his speech to the children today. I kind of wish they would have broadcast it so we could watch it as a family. But I guess this way they could make sure ALL the kids watched it. I haven't read it yet. Sophie's school opted not to watch it, and so only Peter - my kindergartner - watched it. I plan on listening to it at some point, just haven't gotten around to it yet. So after school I had a few questions today.


Me:Did you watch the President speak today at school?
Pete:Huh???
Me:Did you watch TV at school today?
Pete:Yeah...
Me:Do you know who that was?
Pete:No.
Me:He is the President of the United States of America, where we live. His name is President Obama
Pete:Oh, I didn't know he had chocolate skin, I thought it was whitish.
Me:Nope. That's him. He is the leader of our country. What did he talk about? Can you remember?
Pete:Ahhh, he told me to wash my hands, but I didn't.

And that was that, he ran off to play in that instant. Bored with my line of questioning.

Here's a link to the speech he gave. I know there has been a lot of hype about it, but right now I am middle grounded about it. Maybe I'll feel different after reading it. At least Peter got to see who the president was. We don't exactly have his picture hanging on our wall. I was a little disappointed that his teachers didn't point it out enough for Peter to remember who spoke. But then again, they probably did their best. Seriously what 5 yr old is going to pay any attention to a speech that took 4 pages to print out. I can only assume it took 1/2 hr or more to watch. How did those kids sit still that long listening to a speech of any kind?? Oh well, it's all over now. No big deal in my books.

Eeew

I just killed 9 flies in my kitchen!!!!

And there is a 10th one that is as fast as a cheeta, I can't seem to catch him. His crazy flight patterns are too much to keep up on and I can't always see where he lands. But before the day is through he will be mine!!! Talk about gross! How do they keep getting in and multiplying the way they do? Is it just to get my goat? I hate these little critters. And since I told my kids that flies eat garbage and dirt, we have a household of fly killers. They used to try and catch them, now we all reach for the fly swatters and whack away....

Putting Max Down for a Nap 101

Step One.




-Carry him in your arms up the stairs




Step Two.



-Let him turn the lights off/on at the top of the stairs




Step Three.



-Say goodnight to the picture of Jesus in the hall, and he likes to count His owies now. And give Him a kiss.




Step Four.



-say goodnight to the picture of the Bountiful temple


Step Five.



-say goodnight to the picture of mom and dad







Step Six.

-say goodnight to the pictures of the babies. Name and count them. Baby Fo-ee, Baby Dee-der, Baby Me, Baby Ga. Max counting: ahh, choo, fee, faw.

Step Seven.

-Grab two gees (binkis) out of the binki box







Step Eight.



-Make sure to fill up wawa Pip, or other water bottle he may have grabbed. Today it was wawa Bob (the Builder)

Step Nine.

-Give hugs and kisses (the real kind, not the chocolate variety, though I am sure that kind would be gladly accepted too!!)

Step Ten.

-Close the door behind you.







Sounds complicated and long, but Max is a creature of habit. And a little OCD when it comes to almost everything. But when this routine is followed with patience and love; this is the happy result every single time :)






Ahhh, sound asleep for a nice long afternoon nap!

After more than 2 months of absense I am repenting and catching up on my lack of posts. So, here's a little now, and then a little later, but not too much later. I promise.