A Mom's World

As a mom, sometimes we have to deal with situations that we'd rather not. There are some situations that I'd actually like to stay a million miles away from. But instead, we grin and bear it. Or in this case, plug our noses and wash the wall.
Potty training Gavin has been a long process.  All summer long, he's been great - if he was naked, that is. Naked, he rarely had accidents. But if we left the house at all, we put him in a diaper. If we put clothes on him, he would pee instantly. So because I'm an awesome, stellar parent, I just let him run around naked. Seriously - all the time. Worked for me!

Now it's getting a little chipper out, so we finally embraced the gitchies and on Friday last week, m'boy became a gitchie-wearing, potty training machine. Love it. I'd post pictures, but I'm pretty sure that's illegal.

Anyways, he has been doing FANTASTIC. For a non-talker, he does a sweet little bobbing potty dance or he'll come and grab my hand and pull me to the bathroom. We really have only had the odd incident and those are usually in the bathroom when one of us hasn't been there to help him on.

However, the other morning, we were hanging out as a family upstairs and G waited a little too long. Chris grabbed him and started running to the bathroom, but it was too late. I wish I could tell you it was pee, but it was not. The material in question splatted on the wall as a loud bang echoed upstairs. While running into the bathroom, Chris accidentally banged Gavin's head on the doorframe - while he was in the middle of doing his thing. I came around the corner and almost died laughing. Seriously, my life is awesome. I was actually happy it landed on the wall because it meant I didn't have to clean the carpets! But there, my little boy sat, pooping, crying, and rubbing his head, confused beyond all explanation.

Needless to say, this set us back a bit in the potty training area, as G refused to perform #2 duties on the potty (or anywhere) for four days.  I'm pretty sure he was petrified that daddy would smack him upside the head if it happened.

Monkey See, Monkey Do.

So, we've seen the pictures of Chelsea making funny faces.

 And tonight, she taught her brother to do the same.

 These two were laughing so hard, thinking they were just the funniest kids around.

 Hey, I'll take it if it means that they are taking a break from their usual routine of fighting, arguing, and complaining.

Kinda bored

- C painted my toenails tonight. Pretty sure a blind monkey could have done a better job, but she had fun, and flipflop season is over, so it's all good.
- I am settling nicely into my job - finally. It's still hard not to have a classroom, but I'm making it work. Feel free to wave at me every morning as I'm out waving my orange flag.
- I took a sick day on Friday. I had a horrible cold/cough/sore throat that settled in my chest. I slept until noon without waking up once. Guess I needed it!
- I'm only posting because I feel guilty for not blogging. Take what you can get people!
- I'm not one of those "put up the Christmas tree on November 1st" kind of people. I usually aim for somewhere from December 1 - 14. I just find it so bulky and cumbersome. I wish I was more into seasonal decorating, but I just have a hard time spending money on that sort of stuff.
- My feet are always cold - who wants to buy me electric socks?
- Alright, I've wasted my evening watching Grey's and Private Practice. Felt good to do nothing, but yet, weird to do nothing.
- We currently have a fort set up in our kitchen. Good times.
- Happiness feels good.

Spooky

We finally we all home and happy at the same time, so we were finally able to carve our pumpkins together. 

 Here are the final pumpkin products as well as our two wild animals. Okay, well a cow isn't necessarily a wild animal, but super cute none the less.

 Gavin absolutely loved it. Chelsea had put her boots on without socks so was complaining about an hour in. Thankfully at one house, we not only asked for candy, but a pair of socks as well! How's that for trick-or-treating?

It was such a gorgeous night. Here I thought I was such a good mom, making them wear these warm costumes and both of the kids were sweating at the end of the night!