Groddy Boys

So, Thade got his first pimple yesterday. Although it was throbbing on his cheek and pulsating a tiny red light, he wasn't even aware of it. This morning I gave my first lesson as a mother on how to pop a zit. After 5 attempts on his own, I finally just popped it myself and put some face wash in his shower that I'm sure he'll consistently use twice a day from now on. Actually, I have a feeling I'll be revisiting the shampoo incident soon.

Today after his basketball game, Thade got in the car to drive home. After a few minutes he says, "Gross what smells so bad in here?" After a slight pause he realized, "Oh, it's me"

Why hasn't someone invited a Glade Plug-In Patch for smelly boys?

I'm happy to say that Reed is just about potty trained! Assuming you don't count the diaper full of 6 or 7 pees he wakes up in every morning. He even poops in the potty! 2 down, 1 to go. I actually brought out the baby potty for Adalae to sit on when Reed goes, but as you can imagine, that created chaos because there is NO way Adalae is sitting on anything that used to belong to Reed.

I've also started grad school. It's been quite the time commitment but Rustin has been very supportive and helps so much with the kids. I'm definitely blessed to have such a great husband!

Potty Training

Ok, enough is enough. When your child says to you, "Mommy I pooped. Peas change my diaper", it's time to get serious about potty training. I am determined to have Reed potty trained by his 3rd birthday. This gives me about 5 weeks (yikes). Here is my plea for help. Please share your potty training tricks, tips, and bribes. I haven't potty trained a kid in 10 years and to be completely honest, day care potty trained my last one. While we are being honest, I also have to admit the reason my child is not even close to a diaper-free existence. Diapers are just easier! No scrubbing pee out of the carpet; no scraping poop out of Buzz LightYear underwear; no stares from other moms at the store because your child has obviously peed a small river all over himself and you don't have a change of clothes; no moments of panic when your child falls in the toliet at Chilis. Reed will sit on the potty, he will pee in the potty but he fights it. I'm told he poops in the potty at school, but I've yet to see this feat at home. He's got the reading part down though. Today he sat on the potty for 20 minutes with Golf Magazine.