Santa!!

We had a great time at our moms' group Christmas play date. We even had a special guest!!! L didn't mind him, but N preferred to view him from a distance.

Gingerbread House

Daddy drove three hours north to pick up three Power Wheels from three separate locations yesterday. One of the PW's is the power wheels of all power wheels. It's a Bigfoot that's 20 plus years old. It's never been used outside. The kids only drove it in the basement and it's been stored in the basement, so it's in mint condition. D is super excited about this find. He's like a kid in a candy shop when he talks about it. I have a sneaking suspicion the kids won't get to drive that one too often because I think it's D's all time fav! N and I decorated a gingerbread house while D was gone. We also played in the basement, watched tv and played with L. Below are some pix of the gingerbread house. N didn't seem too interested in it at the time, but he keeps telling anyone he talks to all about it...So, I guess he liked it after all.

Friday Funnies: December 11

So, I know this "Friday Funnies" is a little late, but I think it was meant to be because of this story.... Last night...well, early this morning I was up to feed L. Before getting back in bed I decided to put on some lotion. In the dark and only half awake, I reached into the cabinet under my sink and pumped out some lotion. My skin is already getting the yearly winter dryness, so I decided to lather on the lotion extra thick. As I got back into bed I realized the lotion had a nice smell to it. I didn't recall my lotion smelling like that, but took an extra second to enjoy the aroma then went back to sleep. I still smelled lovely this morning when I woke up, so I went into the cabinet to see what lotion I used. That is when I realized I had lathered my body in Bath and Body Antibacterial lotion soap instead of my non scented generic cetaphil! Ha!! No wonder it smelled so good...and it smelled so good so many hours later. Ha! Apparently that soap is pretty mild because my skin suffered nothing from being drenched in it all night long.

The other day N was using the potty. He was standing up "like Daddy" this time. He stood there and waited. Nothing came out....he waited some more and when nothing came out he looked at me and said "Oops, it doesn't work." He pulled up his pants and ran away.

I am working on potty training with N. I am trying to teach him that there are restrooms in public places (he claims there are not) and that we can go potty at places other than our home...Every day when I pick him up from school I take him to the bathroom to use the potty there. He was a very good boy this particular day and went potty w/o any fuss. I gave him a miniature candy cane as a reward. He loved his treat and said to me, "Mom we should grow a candy cane field behind our house. Then we can eat them any time we want!"

Turning a corner

I think we're turning a corner at our house...two corners actually.

Yesterday was the first day I have taken L out of the house while he was awake and he was not crying (or on the verge of crying). Yay!!!! For the past nine weeks L has cried almost every time I sat him in his car seat. That means every time I took N to school and every time I picked N up from school we had a special little chorus of "crying baby music" coming from the back seat..I felt like I had to rush N to school and rush home to get L out of car seat. I didn't even think of running any additional errands while we were out. I wondered if something in/on/around the car seat bothered him. I had a friend suggest it might be his acid reflux. She thought maybe the position in which he sits in his car seat was forcing his food out of his tummy and into his throat. This could very well have been because he almost always threw up when he was in his car seat. I padded the seat and that helped a little. I wondered if there was something in the fabric of the seat/seat cover bothering him so I took it apart and washed it. I thought the seat belt was too tight, so I adjust it numerous times. I thought maybe the air from the heater in my car was blowing on him causing him discomfort. I tried many, many things, but all in all I think he was crying from his food sensitivities. He was uncomfortable and crying to begin with , so belting him into a car seat made him more uncomfortable and angry. Now that we have him on soy formula I think (knock on wood) he is a happier baby and doesn't mind riding along in the car. Not only did L and I take N to school peacefully yesterday, but we also ran three errands peacefully... Thank goodness! I wasn't sure how we were going to get Christmas shopping and errands done, but I think we can get them done more easily now. First corner turned.

The next corner? N peed on the potty at school! When I picked him up from school I asked him how his day was and he said "I peed on the potty." I told him good job, but I wasn't sure if I should believe him (he's a really good story teller these days) so I asked his teacher about it. She said yes, he did. Yay! Good job, buddy!