pee-pee in the POTTY!!!

Ok, so it really is the little things in life that get you so excited; but seriously this is a BIG deal!! We have been reading books, watching movies, talking about the business, etc. since before he was even two and the kid has shown no interest. His potty has been in hiding since January because it became a play toy instead of functioning as what it was intended for. Our pediatrician said to wait until mid-later summer to start pushing it a little more; so we honestly have not been in that big of a hurry. About a month ago I was at Babies R Us and purchased an Elmo potty seat that attaches to the regular toilet in David's bathroom. Again, he liked that Elmo was on it but showed no interest in wanting to use it. I left it there to collect dust until mid-last week when David was talking about pee-pee in the potty a little more (I think it's because we had Elmo's Potty Time playing in the car that day). We decided to start sitting him on the potty every night before bath time to see if he would do anything. We would run the sink water, tub water, even pour water on him and nothing! Daddy embraced a little milestone on Friday evening when after having him on the toilet seat with no results for 5 minutes he placed David in the bath tub and heard him say "pee-pee in the potty" while beginning to tee-tee in the tub. He preceded to pull David out of the tub and onto the Elmo potty. By the time mommy got up there to celebrate David was just sitting on the potty like usual and there was barely any (if none) "pee-pee" in the potty. Daddy claims it must of all ended up on the floor and toilet seat, but whatever we celebrated he got M&Ms and a sticker and we moved on to several nights with no results. This morning while finishing up breakfast David's face started turning red like it usually does when he needs to use the restroom; um hum you know where I am going with this! I figured I might as well ask him if he wanted to do it in the potty and got an "okay" as a response. We quickly ran upstairs, undressed and went straight to the potty. He sat....and sat...and then said "pee-pee" I looked down and he was actually going pee-pee in the potty! I was completely shocked that I started screaming and jumping up and down! David of course thought it was the greatest thing! When he finished he said to me "mommy, I go pee-pee in the potty again!" He was so excited that he wanted to do it again! I couldn't be prouder; I have been very nervous about potty training and this was a huge milestone/start to a long road ahead......yay David!!

(FYI...the picture above is not from today's events. It was taken a week ago before bath time when David would not do anything!)

Painting with Blueberries

That's right! Did you know that July is National Blueberry Month??? Neither did I, but hey it was a great excuse to try a new craft out with the kiddos. We had David's friend Lachlann over the other day to attempt painting with blueberries. If you notice I use the word "attempt". That is because that is exactly what it was, a bad attempt! David was frustrated because he wanted to paint with his paints NOT the blueberries. He let me dunk his hand in and humored me for a little while as he flopped mushed blueberry juice on his poster board. He then was "over" it and wanted it off of his hands immediately. Lachlann hated the whole idea! She was so upset about the thought of getting her hands dirty; typical girly-girl! She sat there stirring the mixture and occasionally flinging whole blueberries onto her poster board, but when her mommy took the plunge and forced her hand into the bowl she got sooooo upset and started crying! Quite the experience let me tell you and I will not even bother posting the directions on here because I wouldn't recommend doing it! The best part of it all was after they were done creating their masterpieces Katie and I looked at each other in disgust because while admiring their artwork we soon realized it might start to smell and mold! We decided we would save them to show off to the daddies and then throw them out; well David's is still in the kitchen but I plan on tending to that shortly!

Swim Lessons

We started our first round of swim lessons a few weeks ago; we are actually on our last week that's how behind I am! We decided to partner up with one of David's buddies to do semiprivate lessons at the YMCA. It was originally set for 30 minute lessons with both boys in the water at the same time with one instructor, but we learned quickly that was not going to work out. Think about it....2 two year olds in the pool, both with stranger anxiety, screaming and crying. It was a mess! We decided we would split the lessons up 15 minutes per child with the instructor and with a little M&M bribery it has worked for the last 2 1/2 weeks. Out of a total of 10 lessons David screamed through 5 of them, and as a mother it was difficult to sit back and watch. The funny thing about it was while he was screaming and crying he was doing exactly what the instructor was telling him to do and learned quite a bit! Must be a natural.

Here are a few snapshots of our swimming lesson adventure Summer 2010. Mommy got the whistle blown at her because apparently no cameras are allowed in the pool area...oops!!