Peek-a-la-boo

Joshua says the cutest thing: when he is saying peek-a-boo it comes out "peek-a-la-boo"
heheehhee :)

Elizabeth

So, I told you potty training was the next step. We've been just introducing it. The potties are out and the kids know if they go pee-pee they get 1 treat and if they go poo-poo they will get 2 treats. The "treats" are mini marshmallows. And since they have never had them since now, it is a big treat for them.

Anyways, everybody went once on the potty and got a treat. Ok, fine. But we have a potty star! Elizabeth is just like training herself! She just started more and more to say"poo poo on the potty" and start to run down the hallway. (She says poo-poo even when she has to go pee-pee). But now during the day, she goes on the potty all the time. I think on Sunday she wore a dry diaper all day. It is pretty damm cool! Of course, I wasn't expecting it, so I'm like "ah, what do I do next?! Am I supposed to get you some pull-ups or panties? What am I supposed to do?!" I haven't read 5 different books and 20 different internet articles yet!!!!

So the other day she was sitting on the potty and I was talking to her. We were talking about how she was a big girl now and she said "Elizabeth baby all gone" (which of course translates to Elizabeth is no longer a baby). I agreed with her. It was so true and so sad and the same time. It made me want to cry :(

What did he say?!

Daddy and I decided that we would tell the kids the "proper" name for their private parts (ya know, vjayjay and weiner...j/k vagina and penis). Well, at bedtime lately we've been putting cream on Elizabeth down there. So the boys will be walking around saying "cream on vagina" while we do it (ahh, the joys of toddlers heheeheh).

Well, the other night, we were driving home from somewhere and we were telling everyone what we were going to do when we got home "we'll go inside, change our diapers, get on our pajamas", etc...... We were just about home and we passed a McDonald's. James says something. I pause. Daddy and I look at each other and think the same thing: Did he say vagina or McDonald's?! Which would be the lesser of two evils for me to repeat back to him?! I understand saying McDonald's because that boy always wants to eat and we are driving by it, but why is he talking about vaginas? I'm not sure what exactly happened next, but I decided vagina would be the lesser of two evils.
"Vagina?"
He replies with a "yeah" or a "yeah, cream on vagina"
"Oh, o.k., yes, we will put cream on Elizabeth's vagina"

Heheehehhe...good times, good times :)

Joshua

Two quick stories about Joshua:

He seriously can tell the difference between his left and his right. Here's an example: I was putting his shoes on today and I had the left shoe in my hand and I said "this is for the left foot" and he picked up his left foot. (And it wasn't just a lucky guess, he has picked his left/right out before). It amazes me that he knows this, probably because I usually have to stop and think about it if someone tells me "it's on your left" And as an adult I still have to put my hands up, palms away, to see which hand makes a L to know that is my left. I guess I can thank Daddy for Joshua knowing this because he is always telling the kids directions with left and right and I used to just laugh and tell him that they don't understand that. Ok, I was wrong....

We have these big blue bins that we store their toys in and today I was down the hallway with Elizabeth and I heard a noise and Joshua starts fussing. I go into the living room and here is Joshua in the bin but it has fallen over. I said to Joshua "oh, where you trying to go *in* the bin?" He says "nooooo....." (as he is sitting inside of it). Sure Joshua, I believe you :)

Emotions

Sometimes James has a hard time when he gets frustrated (baby James that is). We have been trying to get him to use his words when he gets frustrated instead of throwing things or screaming-you know normal 2 year-old behavior :)

Well, today the kids were saying different emotions and making faces that went along with the emotion. Like they would say "happy" and make a happy face, or "sad" and make a sad face. I tried to think of some different emotions, so I said frustrated. I asked James, "What does frustrated look like?" Without hesitation James said "Time-out".

So true, so true :)

Binkie-free five days and counting....

Yes, it's true-we have become a binkie-free house!!! Thank you, thank you, please hold your applause :) We were down to only having the binkies at nap and bed time, but now we don't use them at all.
We've been telling the kids the last few weeks how they are big boys and a big girl now, and that binkies are almost all gone. Then I started telling them about how our friend Eden had a baby and that her baby would need the binkies. And since they are a big boy/big girl they won't need them anymore.

"How about we give our binkies to Eden's new baby?"
"yeah"
"Wouldn't that me nice?"
"yeah"

Of course they say "yeah" to lots of things.....

So we have not seen the baby yet, but last Sunday after they spent the afternoon swimming, we told them we gave the binkies to the baby and when they go night night they won't have their binkies anymore. They were ok with that until it was actually time to go to bed:) Well, the boys fussed a little, but then they calmed down and they just were talking to each other before they finally fell asleep. Now Elizabeth on the other hand.....she was not very happy. The upshot is that Daddy has to rub her back a little to calm her down and then she will go to sleep. Most nights he can just do it as she lays down, but some nights he has to go back in. But all in all, she is doing really well, since she was the one that had became the most attached to it.

Next stop-potty training!!!