mannerisms

L delights us and frustrates us.  He loves to tap his lip as he thinks about what it is he wants.  He prays that the sun will come up again.  He sings songs, including singing the tag of a song lP or B have taught him to sing.  He's also quick to scream if someone else sings his part.

This morning he came in and said "Mom, you're supposed to be sleeping with me!"  I did sleep with him last night, or tried to.  He moves around so much.

L is getting potty trained and he really wants a lollipop.  When I tell him he need to go potty before having a treat he says "I went potty already!"  Once a day is all he would prefer to do. 

We're grateful for his cheeks and sweet little personality.

prayers

L is more often willing to go to sleep by himself.  He says the sweetest prayers "Heavenly Father, bless me have good dreams, bless  .....  in that name of Jesus Christ.  Amen."

When the boys rode in this L was all business inside.  Then when they got out he said triumphantly "Now you can't get us Ninja Turtles!"

Suddenly Speaking

L is suddenly fully fluent.  He was mimicking for about a month.  The other children would prompt him to say things word or sound at a time.  Then suddenly he is saying his own hilarious things.  The other day he started saying "I want something else to eat, how about... hmmm, milk!"

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.