Archive for July, 2010

potty training – day 4

just when i was about to give up hope, dylan came running into the bathroom right before bedtime saying “pee pee, pee pee”!  it was the first completely unpromted pee all day.  the entire day he just pee’d his pants and didn’t seem to be bothered in the least that he was sitting in a [...]

potty training – day 3

ugh! major regression today.  here’s the problem, i think, dylan is so distracted by what owen is doing, that it’s nearly impossible to get him to go to the potty if owen is around.  owen tries to help, but when he does dylan screams “my pee pee” at him, he wants to do it by [...]

potty training – day 2

today was commando day, actually he’s supposed to go commando for a whole month.  supposedly underwear feels too much like a diaper.  pee’d in his pants this morning 3 times but then no more the rest of the entire day!!!  we are getting there.  i still have to prompt him quite a bit and tell [...]

potty training – day 1

so i decided it was time to fully potty train dylan.  he’s been pooping in the potty consistently for about 6 month’s now and everytime anyone in our house needs to pee, dylan throws a fit whining “pee pee too!!!” over and over again.  we let him “try”, but it was clear that he just [...]

OLHR camping trip – big basin 2010

we survived camping with a 5 little boys under the age of four!  actually we had a great time and hope that we’ll continue to do this every year!  i hope everyone had as much fun as we did. the boys all had a great time. getting dirty, story time in the playtent (thanks aimee) [...]

little plumber

owen can build it and dylan can plumb it.

little builder

the other morning, i turned around and owen had built this little village.  i was impressed!  then dylan came over and knocked it over =)

more trains…

we’ve been escaping the fog and heading over to the east bay for some sun.  there’s always a good place to catch a train sighting and a little ice cream.  dylan is still obsessed with trains.  owen and i had a little conversation about it: me talking to owen dylan is crazy about trains owen [...]

the lie

the scene: i’m drying my hair when owen pops his head in the door and asks: owen “mama, can i have this now?” holding up an orange lolipop me “no. not right now, maybe after lunch” a few minutes later, owen pops his head back in and i see a glimmer of sugary drool on his [...]

riding trikes

so the day after i wrote how owen never rides his tricycle, he suddenly wanted to ride his tricycle, after of course, he rode his scooter.  his scooter is still his number one choice, he rode it all the way to dinner and back tonight which is 1.2 miles each way, pretty good for a [...]