Potty Time!

Alec and I have a lot of one on one time this week since Caleb is visiting his dad. This morning I woke up around 8:30 and found Alec still sleeping... I let him sleep until about 9:30 and then we got breakfast. After eating I got our clothes together to get dressed and of course grabbed a diaper. Alec hasn't showed ANY interest in using the toilet. This morning he screamed and threw a fit over that diaper. It's a different brand that what we've been using so I figured it was that. I told him that if he just used the potty, that he didnt have to wear a diaper. He said ok and stopped crying... I pointed him towards the toilet and told him to go potty. He walked over and sat on that toilet. He didn't go at first, and I suggested that we come back and try again, but he didn't want to get off! He sat and sat and sat and THEN.... He PEED! Woo Hoo!!! I started to cry tears of joy! I know it's just the beginning and all, but at least he WANTS to go! I guess it's potty time! :)

Communication

Marcus and I have always had a hard time deciding if Caleb was telling the truth or not. If Alec cries and we ask Caleb why, he usually says that he hurt himself. So, Alec is starting to communicate a little more now. His speach is getting better now and he can tell us himself now what happened.

So yesterday I bought some Toy Cars for Alec and placed them on top of the towel rack in the bathroom. I told him that when he pees in the toilet, he can have one of the cars. He REALLY wants these cars too! They are from his favorite movie, Cars (Lightening McQueen). He's been sitting on the toilet and trying his best to go pee, but so far he hasn't.

Caleb of course is his biggest cheerleader! He's been helping him out with taking his pullups off, and coaching him on the toilet. They were in there this morning and Alec was sitting there trying his best to pee! It had been a while when Caleb brought the trainer toilet out and said, "LOOK, Alec peed!!!" Although Alec wasn't around and was not as thrilled... I called Alec out... pointed in the toilet and said, "Alec what is this?" He looks down and says, "Ummm, Caleb Pee?" Hmm...

A bad Hair Day...

Yesterday we met up with some of our friends for lunch at the park. Our plan was to eat and then paint some fish sun catchers. Unfortunately it was too cold and windy to eat our lunch let alone paint! So we drove over to the Burger King to finish lunch, play and then paint.

Well these paints were kind of cool because you didn't need paint brushes or paint pallets. It was like a paint pen which is so much easier for these little guys to figure out, right? That's what I would have thought anyway... One little girl was pulling the twist off cap and when it flew off, her tight grip made the paint shoot out and hit Alec right in the head! His eye... his hair... his forehead... all covered in black paint! It wasn't going to just wipe off so I did the best I could and hoped the rest would come off in the bath later.

We got home and Alec had fallen asleep int he car. I didn't want to wake him since he really needed a nap, so I brought him inside to sleep and I made dinner. I was leaving for work and he was still asleep, so I told Marcus about what happened and asked him to get him in the bath at some point. However, when I got home at 10:00, it hadn't been done. (he had work to do.) So.... this morning we got into the tub and we scrubbed and pulled and cried... Then we cut... and we cried some more. Poor guy has no hair now! He cried and I cried... The only thing that cheered him up was a Popsicle. But all day today he's been feeling his head. I still need to go back and touch up some spots, but for now... this will have to do.

Caleb's First Day of Preschool!

While most kids Caleb's age started Kindergarten this year, Marcus and I enrolled him in a program called "Gift of Timers". It's for kids who just barely make the age cutoff, or just barely miss it! I didn't want to send Caleb to school and be the youngest one there. He makes the cutoff by 2 days... I think he will be much better prepared next year!

Anyways, today was the first day. We were going to walk to school, but it was raining out and I have no unbrella... Here are a few pics of my little man. He was SO ready to leave!!!

Alec's breakthrough!

We went to visit my grandmother again yesterday. The picture taken above was actually taken on the way there! It seems that every time we want to take advantage of grandma's pool, it rains... We did get a break between two storms though and we got out there. I didn't think I'd get a lot of swimming in since Bean hates the water, but I knew Caleb would enjoy it and Grandma really wanted to go over too. SO... we get there and we all start off in the baby pool. I wanted to see if I could get Bean comfortable enough to get in. At first it was just his feet. Then he stood up in the pool and got out just as quickly... THEN, he climbed right in! We were all cheering him on and he just loved it! Caleb was of course, dieing to get over to the big pool, so we walked over and I sat on the steps with Bean. Grandma waded out in the water with Caleb and I helped Bean go down 1 step, 2 steps, 3 steps and even 4 steps (which was up to his neck and he freaked out a little...) By the end of our swim, Bean let me pick him up and walk out to the center of the pool! He was smiling and singing and happy as could be! Before this day, he just screamed and screamed and dug his fingers into my shoulders, so this is huge for us! I got some of this on my phone video... Along with soem pictures. Enjoy! :)