What do you do when there are no sledding hills near your house????
Everyone's got to eat a little snow!!!
One of Will's most favorite things to do is ride his John Deere. Does not matter if it is raining or snowing he can still make it go....
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Fun in the Snow!!
Here are some pictures from our last snowfall. It looks like we are going to be hit again with another big storm. That just means lots of indoor activities and more fun in the snow!!!
What do you do when there are no sledding hills near your house????
Everyone's got to eat a little snow!!!
One of Will's most favorite things to do is ride his John Deere. Does not matter if it is raining or snowing he can still make it go....
What do you do when there are no sledding hills near your house????
Everyone's got to eat a little snow!!!
One of Will's most favorite things to do is ride his John Deere. Does not matter if it is raining or snowing he can still make it go....
Friday, January 21, 2011
Dancing King
Here is a video clip of Will trying to break dance. Thank goodness for DVR as I had to rewind 5 different times so he could keep dancing!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
POTTY TRAINING 101
My goal was to not have 2 in diapers and I think I have achieved that task. I haven't wanted to jinx myself but I think it is now safe to say that Will is potty trained!!!!!!!!!YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!
A little Will Potty Training History:
We had bought a potty chair about a year ago to try and get him used to it but after just a short time it actually turned into another toy and that just wasn't working. I had a great idea of over the summer taking a week, letting him run around naked and train him that way.......well, the summer got away from me and I actually didn't want him trained when we went to Yellowstone in late August so I just waited. Then when we got back from Yellowstone is when my pregnancy symptoms kicked in full force. I didn't have any energy and I was in the bathroom myself way too much. The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving I started to really push the potty training. I went out and bought stickers and a lot of candy. We also went out and bought big boy pullups with Buzz and Woody on them. Will and I made sticker charts together. There was no schedule at first but I started with right after he woke up, or went to bed, or ate, etc.... It started with if he went then great, if he didn't then that was okay too.
The week of Thanksgiving we really pushed it up a notch and he only got a treat when he actually went on the potty, rather than a treat for just trying. We also started every 30 minutes trying to go to the potty. Every 30 minutes is a lot. It is a lot for mom to take a 2 year old to the potty over 20 times in a day. He fought me a lot, but I was able to come up with different ways to coax him into the bathroom. Even at every 30 minutes he was able to go almost all the time. Yes, we still had accidents and yes there were times he refused to go. I am a firm believer that potty training is more for potty training the mom (or dad) to remember to take the child than it is to actually train the child.
Over the month of December he kept progressing and we are now up to about 1 hour in between bathroom visits and we are officially in regular big boy underwear. I still put a pullup on for naptime and at night but most naps are dry and we have actually had a couple dry nights. Will has also started to occasionally tell me he has to go potty rather than me always initiating. They are small steps and it definitely doesn't happen overnight but we are getting there. As of today the sticker charts are long gone but he still gets a treat (we found PEZ works the best for us). One for Will and one for the dinosaur!!!(LOL) He goes #2 in the potty quite often, as long as I am vigilant and watch for the face he makes.
Will turned 2.5 on December 14th so I can now say that Will was potty trained by 2.5.
YEAH WILL!!!
A little Will Potty Training History:
We had bought a potty chair about a year ago to try and get him used to it but after just a short time it actually turned into another toy and that just wasn't working. I had a great idea of over the summer taking a week, letting him run around naked and train him that way.......well, the summer got away from me and I actually didn't want him trained when we went to Yellowstone in late August so I just waited. Then when we got back from Yellowstone is when my pregnancy symptoms kicked in full force. I didn't have any energy and I was in the bathroom myself way too much. The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving I started to really push the potty training. I went out and bought stickers and a lot of candy. We also went out and bought big boy pullups with Buzz and Woody on them. Will and I made sticker charts together. There was no schedule at first but I started with right after he woke up, or went to bed, or ate, etc.... It started with if he went then great, if he didn't then that was okay too.
The week of Thanksgiving we really pushed it up a notch and he only got a treat when he actually went on the potty, rather than a treat for just trying. We also started every 30 minutes trying to go to the potty. Every 30 minutes is a lot. It is a lot for mom to take a 2 year old to the potty over 20 times in a day. He fought me a lot, but I was able to come up with different ways to coax him into the bathroom. Even at every 30 minutes he was able to go almost all the time. Yes, we still had accidents and yes there were times he refused to go. I am a firm believer that potty training is more for potty training the mom (or dad) to remember to take the child than it is to actually train the child.
Over the month of December he kept progressing and we are now up to about 1 hour in between bathroom visits and we are officially in regular big boy underwear. I still put a pullup on for naptime and at night but most naps are dry and we have actually had a couple dry nights. Will has also started to occasionally tell me he has to go potty rather than me always initiating. They are small steps and it definitely doesn't happen overnight but we are getting there. As of today the sticker charts are long gone but he still gets a treat (we found PEZ works the best for us). One for Will and one for the dinosaur!!!(LOL) He goes #2 in the potty quite often, as long as I am vigilant and watch for the face he makes.
Will turned 2.5 on December 14th so I can now say that Will was potty trained by 2.5.
YEAH WILL!!!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Christmas 2010
Christmas this year turned into a wonderful Christmas with the help of the big man above (I'm not talking about Santa). In just the few days before Christmas we weren't quite sure how everything was going to end up. On Monday December 20th my dad had a quadruple bypass. The surgery went great and he actually came home from the hospital on Christmas Eve. It was such a relief to have my dad out of the hospital. He is recovering very well and has a new lease on life now. We are hoping, weather permitting, to head into Kansas this coming weekend to celebrate Christmas there. Here are some videos of Christmas morning at home. All Will could talk about in the weeks leading up to Christmas was that he wanted a kitchen. That is exactly what Santa brought him and he put it together too. In hindsight, maybe Santa should have hid it until he opened up some of his regular presents as he wanted nothing to do with the other presents. Mom and dad ended up opening most of them.
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