Today as I write this I'm super exhausted. As many of you know Spencer is in Boy Scouts. So last night was the big Bear Hibernation lock in. Every parent of a boy scout, knows about this event. It's huge - I think there was around 250 little boys ages 8-10(3rd graders) and their dads/moms. For the central mn area it was held at Hallenbach(sp?) Hall on SCSU campus. It was busy, fun and exhausting. They kept the boys very busy pretty much all night. I was really impressed. Jessie was supposed to take Spencer, but made the HUGE mistake of having an egg salad sandwich for breakfast before he left SD yesterday. It was a bad sandwich.
So after leaving Dawn "in charge" of the guys, Spencer and I left for the lock in about 8:30 for the lock in. They were divided into letters/troop no. They had LOTS of physcial activities for the boys. They had: Basketball, floor hockey, badmintion, beach volleyball,ice skating, swimming, bb guns, knot tying, archery, team activities and etc. Everything was done in stations, for about 20 minutes except for swimming which was an hour. SCSU has a really nice pool by the way. Just long enough for all the boys to enjoy it, and not get bored. About midnight, they had pizza and pop, which was perfect for everyone to replenish.
It was really neat seeing the dads and the boys playing dodgeball from 1:30-6am this morning. I bet there are some seriously dead tired guys out there today. lol. Spencer had a BLAST!!! He had a minor collison with another little boy when we were playing beach volleyball. The two boys collided trying to get to the beach ball. Spencer ended up with a bloody nose, and a swollen lip. Not to worse for wear though.
We both managed to stay up till 6am this morning. So as you can imagine how tired we are, coffee is going to be my best friend today.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Potty Training time.
As many of you know, back in February, I started watching a little boy by the name of Jacob again. That has been an interesting adventure, having him back in the house. Last time I cared for him, Jacob was just starting the process of potty training. Cyril had NO interest in doing it himself. He wanted to "help" everyone else, by giving them toilet paper, but no interest.
Fast forward to now, about the same time Jacob started coming back (he's now potty trained), Cyril was interested in using the potty, I think more curious then anything. So we went can got the supplies, including big boy underwear, and pull ups. We tried it for a couple of days, and he wasn't concerned about being wet or anything. So I thought - just not ready yet. In the meantime though, every time Jacob used the potty, Cyril had to be in there. Jacob was NOT happy about it, till I explained why Cyril was in there.
Now this week, it's been hilarious, because every time he has to try to go potty, he strips. I mean down to the birthday suit. He sits on the potty (whether it's the potty chair or the Thomas toilet seat) for about 20 minutes, nothing happens, but he thinks it's cool. Just wish it wasn't RIGHT before we have to leave to get the older kids from school. lol.
Then just a few minutes ago, both of the little boys had to go potty. Cyril stripped of course, and then he comes out just grinning. He says"More, More, more, down, down, down." and the toilet was running. So I asked if he had used the potty, "Yep", I asked if he had flushed the toilet, he told me, that he had. I asked if he went pee-pee "Nope", he pointed to his butt. I asked if he went poopy "Yep! More, and more and more. Down, down down" Then he held his hands up, in the all done sign. I wasn't too sure that he really had, but I praised him like crazy anyways. I checked his diaper there was nothing there, we went to put a pull up on, and sure enough I had to clean him up a wee bit. So he wasn't kidding. lol.
I think it's funny though that we moms get so excited when they use the potty, and the process of potty training has started. It's so tiring, and can be a frustrating job. But sometimes you wonder who's more excited about them using the potty when they finally do : The child or the parent?
God Bless~
Fast forward to now, about the same time Jacob started coming back (he's now potty trained), Cyril was interested in using the potty, I think more curious then anything. So we went can got the supplies, including big boy underwear, and pull ups. We tried it for a couple of days, and he wasn't concerned about being wet or anything. So I thought - just not ready yet. In the meantime though, every time Jacob used the potty, Cyril had to be in there. Jacob was NOT happy about it, till I explained why Cyril was in there.
Now this week, it's been hilarious, because every time he has to try to go potty, he strips. I mean down to the birthday suit. He sits on the potty (whether it's the potty chair or the Thomas toilet seat) for about 20 minutes, nothing happens, but he thinks it's cool. Just wish it wasn't RIGHT before we have to leave to get the older kids from school. lol.
Then just a few minutes ago, both of the little boys had to go potty. Cyril stripped of course, and then he comes out just grinning. He says"More, More, more, down, down, down." and the toilet was running. So I asked if he had used the potty, "Yep", I asked if he had flushed the toilet, he told me, that he had. I asked if he went pee-pee "Nope", he pointed to his butt. I asked if he went poopy "Yep! More, and more and more. Down, down down" Then he held his hands up, in the all done sign. I wasn't too sure that he really had, but I praised him like crazy anyways. I checked his diaper there was nothing there, we went to put a pull up on, and sure enough I had to clean him up a wee bit. So he wasn't kidding. lol.
I think it's funny though that we moms get so excited when they use the potty, and the process of potty training has started. It's so tiring, and can be a frustrating job. But sometimes you wonder who's more excited about them using the potty when they finally do : The child or the parent?
God Bless~
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