Potty Training Mistake #1: Allowing Luke to flush the toilet when my back was turned and, therefore, not being able to tell if he did his "messy business" for the day.
Mistake #2: Putting Luke down for a nap without knowing if the aforementioned business had been taken care of.
Mistake #3: Not getting Luke up from his nap the SECOND he started making playful noises.
Mistake That's Going To Bite Me In The Rear Later On: Throwing Luke in the bath tub afterwards, and (out of sheer paranoia) showing him how to fill his mouth with water and then squirt it out.
PLEASE NOTE: If you didn't follow any of that...don't read it again. Just be glad. Be very, very glad.
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Maybe I can redeem this blog entry with some
We bought Evie a forward facing car seat the other day. Now the kids can actually hit each other instead of just kicking.
Oh joy.
We had hoped that Evie being able to see the DVD screens would help keep her happy during the longer car rides. Turns out that she has no more interest in a 7-inch screen then she does in the 37-inch one at home.
Go figure.
The good news is that I no longer need to use go-go-gadget arms to reach the child. And now, when she throws things, they land conveniently in my lap (or strike the back of my head) instead of the impossible-to-get-to third row of our vehicle.
They're still sitting right next to each other, though, so the Battle of the Toys rages on. But Evie is becoming a hardened warrior. There was a time when she would graciously hand all of her toys to her big brother...whether he wanted them or not. Many times, I would turn around and see Luke holding Evie's toy or sippy cup. And, just as my mouth opened to scold him, her little hand would reach out and drop a binky on his lap as well.
Either she was being innocently generous....or she was trying to frame him.
Alas, those days are gone now. My daughter has finally learned the game of "Keep-Away." It's so funny to see them around the house now...Luke will grab for something in her hand and Evie turns and holds it behind her back or up in the air, just beyond his reach.
Luke still has the size advantage, though, so this usually ends up with him bowling her over. But the girl is nothing, if not resourceful. It won't be long before she's stuffing toys inside her jammies, I just know it.
In a few years, I can see her as the mastermind of a huge toy smuggling ring...selling toy paraphernalia to all the younger siblings in the neighborhood out of the trunk of her pedal car, sending out her hench-babies to "rough up" the older kids that are causing trouble.
And (most importantly) kissing-to-distraction any adult that starts asking too many questions.
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