I love how Evie is becoming more of a kid. You know, like telling the dog to "shut up!" when he barks or mumbling, "Oh, Jesus" under her breath when I tell her we can't color the pig blue 'cause pigs are pink.
Yup, all actual accounts.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sassy
I love how Evie is becoming more of a kid. You know, like telling the dog to "shut up!" when he barks or mumbling, "Oh, Jesus" under her breath when I tell her we can't color the pig blue 'cause pigs are pink.
Yup, all actual accounts.
Easter Eggs
After a Sunday morning spent with 2 toddlers painting Easter eggs... I'm left wondering if I even want a second kid.
The mess! The screaming! The fighting.
The constant getting up and getting a juice... a milk? No, a water? Now you have to pee? Oh wait, you spilled something? He took your toy? You can't find your toy? Er... what? Where the hell was I again?!.
Phew! I don't know if I can handle the constant interruptions and the chatter!!!!!! (Its like hanging out with my parents).
The mess! The screaming! The fighting.
The constant getting up and getting a juice... a milk? No, a water? Now you have to pee? Oh wait, you spilled something? He took your toy? You can't find your toy? Er... what? Where the hell was I again?!.
Phew! I don't know if I can handle the constant interruptions and the chatter!!!!!! (Its like hanging out with my parents).
Friday, March 26, 2010
The week of sick...
Evie had a runny nose (must be hay fever, right? We learned this last year) but no... its a cold. OK, scratch that... her eyes are "weeping" really yucky stuff (I'll spare you) and her eyeballs are red and scratchy (pink eye)? A doctor visit later, turns out its either a "severe cold" or an unnamed "virus". The gook in her eyes is the 'sickness' that has no where else to go. BLEECH! And I gotta keep this kid home AND entertained.
Check, please!
OK, OK, I felt terrible, too. I'm not THAT unloving, *wink*. But staying home with a sick kid sucks for two reasons: 1. They are horribly cranky and refusing to sit still/nap and 2. You'll now be sick soon, too.
After removing at least .5 - 1 full oz of snot from each nostril this morning (I love Boogie-Suckers) we carted Evie off to the sitter's house today. Good thing, cause now I feel like crap, hooray!
Check, please!
OK, OK, I felt terrible, too. I'm not THAT unloving, *wink*. But staying home with a sick kid sucks for two reasons: 1. They are horribly cranky and refusing to sit still/nap and 2. You'll now be sick soon, too.
After removing at least .5 - 1 full oz of snot from each nostril this morning (I love Boogie-Suckers) we carted Evie off to the sitter's house today. Good thing, cause now I feel like crap, hooray!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Crisis Averted
Evie eyeballed the microwave (which we notoriously leave displaying the time we last stopped it from heating up an item. It displayed " : 6" for 6 seconds remaining).
"Six. Six. Six," she chanted in a "march. march.march!" sing-songy fashion.
I quickly looked around the kitchen to see what she was looking at.
"Six. Six. Six."
"Don't say that," I find the culprit and hit 'cancel' to get the number to turn into a clock display instead.
"Six! Six! Six!" Evie is smiling and also questioning, "I want to sing the six-six-six song."
I don't want people to think we are Satanic Worshippers,"Can't you a sing five-five-five song?"
"No!"
Thankfully dad chimed in,"Five. Five. Five. Six. Six. Six. Seven. Seven. Seven. What comes next?"
New song destroyed, crisis averted.
"Six. Six. Six," she chanted in a "march. march.march!" sing-songy fashion.
I quickly looked around the kitchen to see what she was looking at.
"Six. Six. Six."
"Don't say that," I find the culprit and hit 'cancel' to get the number to turn into a clock display instead.
"Six! Six! Six!" Evie is smiling and also questioning, "I want to sing the six-six-six song."
I don't want people to think we are Satanic Worshippers,"Can't you a sing five-five-five song?"
"No!"
Thankfully dad chimed in,"Five. Five. Five. Six. Six. Six. Seven. Seven. Seven. What comes next?"
New song destroyed, crisis averted.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Monday, March 01, 2010
Official: Potty Trained
Two months to the day (we started on January 1 and today's March 1), I feel confident enuff to say Evie is officially trained (age: 2yrs +8mos).
The biggest hurdle for us was "Go poop in the potty!" but she seems to have seriously "suddenly got it."
She has bee pooping in the potty at home "OK" for the last 3 weeks but she never would do it at the sitter's (the sitter's house... the biggest hurdle of them all). Tears and fits would last for LITERALLY HOURS before she'd finally "go" but she would poop on the potty for us. In all honesty, the sitter has about 5 babies and just doesn't have the time to give Evie the individual attention required for her 4 hour poop hysterias. Who can blame her?
But, after pooping in her pull-up during naptime last week Friday (at the sitter's house) she developed a very painful diaper rash on her butt cheeks. She cried when she slide off a chair and cried while being forced to sit in the tub. I explained up and down why she had the sore butt. Medicine would help but she just had to go poop in the potty or is would happen again.
Saturday night Rob suggested she try and go poop (this kid's a fart machine). She said "No, I can not!" a popular Evie phrase when she doesn't want to do something. But, moments later she shoo'ed Rob out of the bathroom and just as quickly called him back in announcing she had done it! Yeah!
On Sunday Evie jumped out of her chair mid-breakfast announcing, "I got to go poop." She told us to go away and did everything herself! A few hours later, same thing! Well, actually she ran and brought her little potty to me in my new bathroom so I could enjoy it with her, apparently. She told me, "Two poos!" and up she hopped!
So, I am proud to say - Evie's "potty training" story is finally closed and is a success. I'm not saying there won't be drawbacks... but I am starting to go places with no back-up's (emergency/spare pants and fresh pull-up) in hand.Evie goes sans pull-ups all day now and even wakes us should she accidentally pee at night. This kid is TOPS!
:-)
The biggest hurdle for us was "Go poop in the potty!" but she seems to have seriously "suddenly got it."
She has bee pooping in the potty at home "OK" for the last 3 weeks but she never would do it at the sitter's (the sitter's house... the biggest hurdle of them all). Tears and fits would last for LITERALLY HOURS before she'd finally "go" but she would poop on the potty for us. In all honesty, the sitter has about 5 babies and just doesn't have the time to give Evie the individual attention required for her 4 hour poop hysterias. Who can blame her?
But, after pooping in her pull-up during naptime last week Friday (at the sitter's house) she developed a very painful diaper rash on her butt cheeks. She cried when she slide off a chair and cried while being forced to sit in the tub. I explained up and down why she had the sore butt. Medicine would help but she just had to go poop in the potty or is would happen again.
Saturday night Rob suggested she try and go poop (this kid's a fart machine). She said "No, I can not!" a popular Evie phrase when she doesn't want to do something. But, moments later she shoo'ed Rob out of the bathroom and just as quickly called him back in announcing she had done it! Yeah!
On Sunday Evie jumped out of her chair mid-breakfast announcing, "I got to go poop." She told us to go away and did everything herself! A few hours later, same thing! Well, actually she ran and brought her little potty to me in my new bathroom so I could enjoy it with her, apparently. She told me, "Two poos!" and up she hopped!
So, I am proud to say - Evie's "potty training" story is finally closed and is a success. I'm not saying there won't be drawbacks... but I am starting to go places with no back-up's (emergency/spare pants and fresh pull-up) in hand.Evie goes sans pull-ups all day now and even wakes us should she accidentally pee at night. This kid is TOPS!
:-)
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