Potty Training Attempt #2

Isn't he the cutest little guy? Well, it's a good thing, cause potty training is definitely an adventure with him! He did pretty good with potty training the first time, until he got sick.... then it wasn't worth it to me to run him to the bathroom every few minutes...so we get to try again, hence attempt #2! Normally I wouldn't blog about this, but he cracks me up. He did really good the 1st 2 days, nothing exciting, just went potty in the toilet. The next 3 days were awesome.....(for lack of other words to explain....)
Day 1 -
Me: took of his pull-up and said, "hurry Ben, run and go potty before we put your clothes on for today.
Ben: "otay" as he runs to the bathroom. I hear him peeing, then I hear the toilet flush.
Me: go into the bathroom with a new pull-up and see pee all over the wall and floor opposite of the toilet.... "what happened"
Ben: "uh, I peed on wall."
Me: "we dont do that do we?"
Ben: "no"
Me: handing him a clorox wipe, "now you get to clean it up...and that's not fun is it?"
Ben: "Oh, no"

Day 2 -
Me: took off his pull-up and said, "hurry Ben, run and go potty before we put your clothes on for today!"
Ben: "Otay" as he runs to the potty (or so I think...)
Me: start running cause I hear the front door open and close.....
Ben: "Ha ha, my pee frozen!" (looking at where he peed on the front porch!)
(he made sure to show everyone that came over his pee spot on the front porch, til it finally got warm enough outside to melt)

Day 3 -
We talked (skyped) with Grandma Janene and told her about this... she asked Ben not to pee on her walls or her porch cause it was gross and Ben said ,"otay"
Me: took off his pull-up and said ," Hurry and go potty and get a new pull-up" (I was still in bed, cause it was barely 6am and he came and told me he had peed and needed a new pull-up)...
Ben: runs into the hall
Isabel: "Ben, you are in BIG trouble!!!"
Me: jumped out of bed and ran into the hall.
Ben: "here mommy" holding out a hand of brown stuff
Me: with no contacts in, squinting to see & hoping that it isn't what I think it is....but it was
Ben: "I didn't let it touch the ground. Nama says not to put on wall or floor."
Me: perplexed as I think....I can't believe that it would be easier to squat and catch your poop so it doesn't hit the floor rather than just poop in the toilet. At least it was easy to clean up!

Good thing he is cute, huh?

Happy Valentines Day!

Nothing better than heart shaped strawberries to celebrate Valentines Day! I had them all cut up in slices for dinner, and Isabel said, "come on mom, it's valentines day, they should be hearts!" I asked her if she was spoiled, and she said, "yes,....what does that mean?" When I told her what it meant, she just smiled :) And yes, I then cut them into hearts for her!I had to work, so I got up a little early and made the kids pink heart shaped pancakes. They had to take them to grandma's to eat them, cause they were too busy eating their Toy Story valentine chocolates and chocolate kissy lips :) They loved the lips. Isabel and Ben got to help Grandma Tracie deliver roses with the cheerleaders, and Isabel got to bring some home. She especially loved the white flowers that went with it. (Sorry the picture is blurry)
Ben loved his chocolate kiss and his puppy dog from Grandma and Grandpa Yamashita.
I decided that heart shaped pizza would be fun for dinner. I even got ambitious and cut a few pieces of ham into heart shapes. The kids loved it, and that's the point isn't it? I just tell myself that these are the things that the kids will remember, so it makes it all worth it :)
Here they are showing off their valentines! They had a fun day. FYI, Isabel even gave away her valentine's at school! I didn't want to do anything cute, just in case she decided to not to give them away, you know, like the Halloween and Christmas cute treats that she and I made for her class and she decided not to give away! She didn't agree with me that it was fun to give out her Valentine's, but she did love getting Valentine's from her class! She did make sure to give one to our neighbor Steve! I think he liked it. She is a funny girl!
It was a fun Valentine's Day. Thanks to everyone who helped make it great! :)

Tonka Fun

Things have been kind of boring around here lately....we've just been doing the normal stuff, like school, piano lessons, tumbling, potty training, etc..so the kids have decided to make their own fun. Kandi and I have been trying to be good at exercising again. This is good for the kids cause they get a chance to play with Zoey (and Nara when she and Jen can make it). Ben and Isabel love to pretend that they are hurt and push each other around in Ben's tonka truck all over the house. They even like to 'dump' each other out, because it is a dump truck :) This week, Zoey got a turn, and she loved it (as long as Isabel was holding her or pushing her. Ben is a little crazy when he pushes! Like up on 2 wheels crazy driving! I'd be scared too!)

I had to post a few pictures because it made me and Kandi laugh to see them running down the hall, laughing with hair blowing in the breeze (you know, the air generated from pushing fast :) ). The kids were enjoying it too!

Cute cousins sitting on a dump truck! I'm glad they live close so that they get a chance to play together :)
Anyone up for a ride?