Conversations

L has learned to say "I love you mom."

When he tells me he loves me I sometimes say "Thank you" to which he replies "you need say I love you too."

If I remember to say "I love you too."  he'll say "you need say 'oh, so cute!".

He's so fun.

affirmations

L is getting so talkative it's awesome.  He doesn't ever ask, he encourages with affirmations.  "Hey mom, you can get me milk."  Is a common phrase.  "You can sit with me?"  a frequent plea.  "I can sleep on your floor.  You can give me a blanket." a sweet way to be waken at 6 am.

We watched "Brigadoon" recently and L likes to sing "Go home, go home, go home with bonnie Jean."  He'll even sing a long high note for "I'll___________ go home with bonnie Jean."

He's so adorable and awesome.

We've tried potty training some.  He is happy to just go once a day and will let us know "I went potty already."

Potty Training

L is 3+ a few months.  I've been watching and waiting for the optimal time to potty train him.  The trouble is I can't remember how the other 4 were potty trained.  My sister in law works in a child care center so I got some good tips from her.  And it seems with L able to take his clothes on and off, it may be time. 

Wednesday we were helping a neighbor trim the bushes at the entry to the neighborhood.  B needed to potty so I sent him into the bushes.  L said "I need to potty too." and proceeded to pull everything off.  He didn't potty, but he did show that he's very interested and ready to learn.

Last night he went potty int the pot and got a treat.  He also peed all over the shorts in the process so M was trying to put new shorts on him.  He said he already went potty and wanted a diaper.

This morning he put on dinosaur underwear and has pottied once so far.  We do "Potty treats" which are equivalent to jelly beans.  When the little one potties everyone gets a treat.  Everyone is involved and enthusiastic about getting little one to potty.

Stop whining

We're working hard with L to stop the screaming and crying.  It's a process.

nana boo boo

Today when I called for the children to leave the steep slide playground L stood at the top of said steep slide and cried out "Na na Boo boo, you can't get me mom!" several times.  I just grabbed some trash from the car and walked it to the park trash can.  Back and forth I walked paying him no mind.  Eventually he came down the slide and said "Don't leave me!" 

I love how talkative he's getting.  I don't love the sass.  I remind his brothers and sisters all the time to be a good example.

Hours of fun for everyone

L is 3!  He had so much fun at the science museums we visited.  It's really strange having our youngest child be 3.  We still think of him as 18 months old.  But everyone is so independent.  L will probably learn to do the monkey bars this year.  We can't go to mommy and me, or toddler events because we don't have anyone small enough!

B was sick when we visited goblin valley so he isn't in this picture.  But L was right there along with the big kids enjoying EVERYTHING!

At one point I had climbed a rock and felt proud of myself.  Moments later there comes M with L by the hand. 

life

 L fell asleep in this box today and when P tried to put him in bed he cried for 30 minutes.

We've been going to the beach a ton lately.  L loves it so much.  It used to be that we stayed until he started walking back to the car, about 25 minutes.  Now he's the one crying when we leave after an hour.