Potty Training 101

For a few months now Cole has been asking to sit on the potty. He sits and sits and then says, "I do it later" or "not today Mommy." We praised him every time he tried and reminded him every time we changed his diaper that he wouldn't have to have his diaper changed if he pee peed and pooped in the potty. Well tonight after his bath he finally PEED IN THE POTTY!! He immediately yelled out that he needed to wear his Handy Manny underpants (something we've been promising him) and that he was going to Target to get a new toy (something his friend in Stroller Strides tipped him off about). We did let him wear his underpants over his diaper to bed tonight.


And he got to put a sticker on his new potty chart. I never imagined, before I was a mom, that I'd have a sign on my bathroom wall that says "pee pee" and "poop."
I know we are nowhere near fully potty trained, but at least tonight was a step in the right direction!

A Twin Bed for Cole

We switched Cole to his "big boy bed' today. Pop was nice enough to come over and lower the bed that he made for Rachel when she was a kid. We got it all set up with his new frog sheets and he was so excited. I'm working on finishing decorating the room and will definitely post more pictures when it's finished.

When I put him to bed tonight, he put his head on his pillow and said, "I like it!" then he said "Goodnight Mom (not Mommy)" and went right to sleep. He's such a big boy!

Happy 4th!

Cole enjoyed his first 4th of July parade this year. He had a great time waving his flag and blowing his whistle. He also got to sit in a firetruck and wear the hat!!

The fireworks didn't start until 9:30 (a bit late for a boy whose bedtime is 7:45), so we didn't see them this year. He did catch sight of a few from the car on the way home though.

Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th!

Imaginary Play

Not too long ago Cole's play consisted of biting and chewing on all his toys. Soon after that he started banging them on things to make noise, or mashing down all the buttons so they would play songs. He has definitely matured in his methods of playing. Now he builds things with blocks, drives his cars, fixes things with his tools, and cooks things in his kitchen. He's becoming quite good at doing puzzles and this morning built his train tracks for the trains to ride on all by himself (this is usually a job for Daddy). Just a few minutes ago I caught him doing this:








He's feeding his Mickey characters pizza! So cute!