Eating with Salad Tongs

Since my last post (actually very shortly after) T began counting to ten without skipping any numbers. He can also sing large portions of his "ABCs" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" all by himself. He's still communicating so well, but has also started asserting his will with force. He had quite the temper tantrum the other day which left both the Scoot and I laughing as he ran bellowing, full steam, arms flailing down the hall to his newly converted toddler bed and threw himself into it. Needless to say he was really really tired. T helped The Scoot convert his crib to a toddler bed over the weekend and he's really enjoying the freedom of getting in and out on his own. He still does call for us to come get him at night though.

T's school informed us last Friday that they are ready to tackle potty training whenever we feel ready ... we're ready! So, T wore underpants for about half of the weekend. On Saturday we kept asking him if he needed or wanted to go and he would say "no" and eventually would produce a puddle. On Sunday I wised up and took him to the potty ~ every hour and this resulted in dry undies or diapers. He was dry when we got home from school yesterday and was still dry when we dropped him of this morning (with potty trips of course). We also dropped off some training undies and let his teachers know that they are welcome to use them any time. It will be so nice to be done with diapers. Regardless of what they do at school this week, I plan to go full undies next weekend.

T's creativity continues to surprise me ... for example, pretending the tire pump in his stroller is a weed whacker or leaf blower complete with sound effects. In the following pictures, T demonstrates that it's much more fun to eat with salad tongs than a fork.

Agility challenge #1

Agility challenge #2

Intermission - bubble wrap