Some funny things:

* Jack has a hard time saying his 'L's', so some times I try to have him repeat words and say thing like: "say 'Le-mon'." or "try 'yel-low'." So, yesterday we're playing and he says "say 'green' mommy, 'GR-een'."

*We've also been working on street safety - namely holding hands in the parking lot and as we cross the road. Jack seems to think that running out is perfectly fine! So, we talk a lot about how cars could hurt us and how Mommy and Daddy would be sad, and how we need to hold hands to be safe..... Now Jack brings up how "cars hurt us. hold hands in the road. be safe." Hmm, maybe he IS listening...

Happenings...

Not much exciting things to report.  We're back into a normal schedule, which means no excitement - but that's ok!!  It's been nice to have every day be the same, it's very comfortable.

Matt has been going in to work this week because his company's annual meeting is this week.  It's not been so bad to be with Jack all day with no breaks.  Nights are the hardest, with Jack fighting going to bed.  

Jack has been loving school!  He talks about Mrs. Jennifer and Ms. Carey all the time.  He's also doing VERY will with going potty!  Matt and I are still in shock over the whole thing.

Right now, we are watching Veggie Tales.  What a great series of cartoons!  Matt and I absolutely love them.  We find humor in it, just as much as Jack does.  Our favorite show, so far, is 'The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's'.  We purchased the CD of the show's 'Greatest Hits' and Jack loves it!  We listen to the cd ALL the time!

Well, I wish I had more interesting things to talk about, but this will have to do for now.  Maybe I'm saving some mommybrain cells this way......

Going #2

Be warned.... this post contains the words PEE and POOP!

If you don't want to read about these things, then close this window and walk away!

So, Jack has really taken to going peepee in the potty.  He gets it so well, that he's started to go by himself without telling me.  I hear him say, "I did it mommy! I need candy!!", and when I go upstairs to see what he's talking about, there is pee in the potty and his underwear and shorts strung out on the floor.  I can't believe he's taken to it so quickly.  Anyway, on to the 'poop' of the story.....

I was taking a shower and as I step out, I hear lots of commotion in Jack's bathroom.  He then starts with the (I'm going to get hysterical soon - high pitched whine) "uh-oh!! Mommy?!?".  I rush to the bathroom and there is Jack, wiping his hands on his shirt saying over and over, 'uh-oh, uh-oh".  I look in the potty and sure enough.... POOP!  Unfortunately, this scared Jack, and he was in hysterics about the poop and of course, his messy bottom (which is what he was wiping all over his shirt....).  

Being as calm as I can be, (who can be calm when a 2 1/2 year old has poop smeared all over his hands and shirt?!?!) I tell him what a big boy he is and that how you are supposed to put your poop in the potty and how proud I am!  All the while, taking off the poopie shirt, washing his hand 5 times, and using hand sanitizer!  Then comes the fun part of dumping the poop and washing (bleaching) out the potty chair!  

Oh, and did I mention that I'm still naked from my shower during all this!?!?  AHHHH!!!! More mommy brain cells down the toilet....

First Day of Preschool!

TahDahhhhh! We made it through our first day of Pre-school! And I didn't shed one tear!! (ok, my eyes did well up a bit.....) Of course, having your child fight you tooth and nail to get dressed, brush his teeth and get his shoes on helped ease that 'transition'! :)

Jack was very excited once we got into the building. He remembered where his room was and remembered his teacher's name (Mrs. Jennifer). He was running toward the toys..... but NO! Mrs. Jennifer directed him to a chair to color. Oh boy. He looked at me like, "why can't I play with the toys?!". We urged him to color and as we were saying 'goodbye', he started saying "Wait! wait for me!" Uh-oh. Luckily, Mrs. Jennifer saw what was going on and quickly diverted his attention so that we could sneak away. Of course, I had to hang outside the door for a few minutes to see if he was going to be ok (he was).

After 4 hours (!yay!), I went to pick him up. As soon as I walked into the room he starts "crying" about how he fell down. Mrs. Jennifer cleared the confusion by telling me that he had some 'trouble' sitting in his seat and fell down while doing so. She also told me that he did fine today, but he is "all boy". HA!

Since I used to work in the school system, I know all these teacher "sayings". Like "trouble sitting in his seat" probably meant - "I had to tell him 10 times to sit down and then finally we just held him in his seat until he cooperated!" and "what kind of child are you raising! He needs to learn how to listen!" (of course, this is all MY interpretation.... :) )
And the best line: "he's all boy". Which in my post teaching experience usually means. "He's going to have lots of time-outs this year!"

We got home and he didn't even protest about taking a nap! I think this school thing is going to work out alright.

Pee Pee in the Potty!

So, at our pre-school open house, I found out that Jack is the only one not potty trained.... hmmmmmmm. I know that rationally, I should not be concerned with Jack's lack of interest in the potty, but as a superficial human being, of course I was bothered by this!

So, I broke out the big guns. Suckers, M&M's, Jelly Beans, giant Marshmallows.... whatever he even expressed an interest in, I bought it, hoping that he could be bribed. Ugh, no avail. He could care less about that. I then bought some 'big boy' underwear, with Spiderman on it. He liked the idea of running around in just his undies (which soon became running around naked).

But the craziest thing happened...... he started telling me that he had to go potty!!! Usually, he would start to go a bit, then run like crazy upstairs shouting "Mommy, go potty!" So, we had a couple of small messes to clean up and a few pants to change, but I think he's really getting it!

Tonight, before he took his bath he looked at me and said "Peepee!", so we dropped his drawers and jumped on the potty - and his pants were dry! Hooray for Spiderman! :)

Anyway, most of you moms are rolling your eyes and saying, 'duh!', but I'm stoked!! I thought for sure he'd be 4 before he even was INTERESTED in going!