Thursday, January 31, 2013
An Unexpected Surprise
Well this week we started something new unexpectedly. Potty training! Sunday afternoon Pete held it through his nap until after dinner, I couldn't pass up the opportunity so I made him play with no pants/diaper and bribed him with watching a tv show. Well he did it! He has also done it at least once every day since! I wasn't planning on doing this right now but I guess he was pretty ready and wants to do it so I'm going with it. Our big tricks are kind of interesting. The first one is letting him stand up to pee he likes it and it takes a second to wipe up any mess. The next one is a fountain on the back of the toilet, yep it sounds absolutely crazy but he loves it! That is the fountain that we use they sell it at walmart for a couple bucks or amazon for $10 it runs off a battery so it can sit on top of the toilet easily. Plus I'm not running the faucet trying to get him to go. Nakedness is the next thing I've done, if it has been awhile I take off his pants and diaper and make him play like that until he finally goes. So far he only has peed on the bathroom floor so an easy clean up there too. We are no where near being officially potty trained but he is well on his way!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Shaving Cream Fun
Sounds strange doesn't it? Well actually it is a little trick I picked
up at Ball State during my educational play class. (yes it was a real
class for credit and required for my specialty-early childhood education
rocks!) Anyway you squirt shaving cream on the desks for spelling
words with older kiddies to add in another sense and add another mental
hook to learn the words. It also makes the room smell amazing and
cleans the desks well. Pete just likes to draw in it and have fun and
these types of activities are great for toddlers as well. Pete really
enjoyed it, I think Phil did too but he won't admit it as quickly at
Pete! I couldn't let that kind of fun go past without snapping some
pictures! While I'm writing this Phil is with Pete while he is taking a
bath because he decided to do his hair with shaving cream as well,
nothing a quick bath won't solve!
Monday, January 28, 2013
A Sunday Affair
Today was a great Sunday. It was a linger longer, which I forgot about and had to bake some brownies with some marshmallows thrown in really quick at 7.30 in the morning. I beat they were pretty good because they were gone by the time I got through the line even though it was a 13x9 pan. Pete didn't give me too much of a headache while getting around, he only threw one fit concerning his clothes and tried ripping off his dress shirt. (Yes, he is only 2.) He was fairly behaved during Sacrament, except for blowing raspberries during the meeting and embarrassing Daddy, since he wasn't at the organ at the time. Nursery was super easy because I had 3 kids and only had 2 for the first hour! Much easier than my normal group, though I do love the calling, my kids love me (though it might just be the snacks). Pete's outfit was so cute today we had to snap some quick pictures before taking naps. We went to my parents for dinner and consumed some wonderful chili. Pete even went pee on the toilet while Phil was at BYC! I knew he had to go because he woke up from his nap with a dry diaper and made it all the way through dinner without wetting so I took off his pants and diaper and waited him out until he had to go. Well it paid off and he didn't mess on the carpet (thanks goodness!) or the floor! I bribed him that he could watch Shaun the Sheep if he did it and he got really excited about that bribe! All in all it was a very good Sunday.
Sunday clothes plus his new moose hat |
Can you tell who just ate lunch? |
hat hair but cute outfit |
Mommy and Pete after church |
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Pete's Car
Pete has been dying to play with his cozy coupe for awhile now, but it
has been either a) too cold or b)someone too sick; to play with it in
the garage. Wednesday I decided to bring it inside to the basement.
All fun and games right? No! He wanted it upstairs on the main level,
um no there are a flight of stairs just asking to be ridden down, plus
there isn't much room for it to get around. First freak out, saved by
gravity and the fact he isn't big enough to bring it up the stairs on
his own so it just tumbles back down the two steps he can get it up.
Next problem, parking. Pete wants his car parked and not just pushed in
the corner and get out, now he wants it lined up with the table and
backed in. How do you teach a toddler how to back up a push car without
a flood of tears? Still not sure on that one, I'm still dealing with
it!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
MLK Day in Fort Wayne
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Nap Time Project: Spock Painting
I've had the idea for this painting in my head for some time now and just haven't had the time or the inspiration yet. I've spent way too much time looking for an image of Spock to use for my inspiration and still never really quite did find what I was looking for but I did find the bare bones of it. I wanted it to be pretty minimal simple but get the point across. I am really drawn to the sidewalk art with stencils and spray paint, even if it is illegal, as long as it isn't permanently destroying a building for something that actually matters. Sidewalks near campus don't personally qualify, though I'm not promoting anything. They are all over the area around Ball State and I've always enjoyed seeing them, they just brightened my days while there. That is the idea I wanted but I hadn't figured out how to achieve it but also bring some color in as well. Well finally (after watching Star Trek again the other day) I decided to just do it and see what happened. If it was awful I would just paint over it or give it away to another Trekkie in need. It wasn't awful at all and I'm in love with it. Tonight it is going to be getting hung up over the loveseat in the basement. It was definitely a successful nap time project.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Mom and The Pete
I've read a couple of different "big" blogs-professionals and keeping
mom in pictures so the kids actually get to have some with mom instead
of mom is always taking the pictures. Growing up mom did have the
camera all the time, until digital came around and then it became Dad's
area. With us it is mostly me, no offense Phil. I'm also really picky
about my picture and I take lots more than those of you in "bloggerland"
get to see because normally it is me in pjs, with bad hair and makeup.
Sorry I want the world to think I wake up like Barbie though I don't
look like her. I could pull out a tripod and set the timer but it takes
time and is fake. Yup picky I know. But I do get some occassionally.
My friend, Jami, from Ball State does a weekly post with pictures of
her and her son together, to take on the challenge of getting more
pictures of them together. Her is my pathetic attempt at it while
getting Pete ready for bed, not great but not to bad for some quick
snapshots before bed.
I absolutely love this picture! |
Monday, January 14, 2013
Headboard DIY
Finished project |
Upholstered Headboard DIY
2 inch polystyrene board 4x8 then cut down to 4x5 (Yes it is styrofoam, just like the packing stuff)
2 yards bonded polyster batting ( I bought it by the yard at Joann's because it was on sale)
2 yards your choice material washed and ironed
stapler
staples
Full sized stryofoam sheet 8x4 |
Homemade electric/hot knife |
Clean cut line on polystyrene |
Stapling job |
Backside of headboard |
Front bottom of head board |
Finished project in place. |
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Wild Child Shorts
Pete has been working on potty training for awhile now. First we had to get over his freak out sessions about the toilet. We did that one, so check number one done. Now though I'm try to get him to try out underwear and he freaks out! I mean screaming and tears people! A toilet is one thing to be intimadated by but Thomas the Train underwear, that he picked out?! Well I was thinking of some other options and what to do about this and ran across toddler boxers in the store and some info about using them for potty training instead of tighty-whities. I couldn't see paying 6+ dollars a pair when it was an experiment. So I went out and bought some material for him at Joann's to make my own. They aren't much just a glorified pair of shorts for him that he wears under his jeans. I just used a pair of his pants for a pattern and hemmed them. I wanted to practice first to make sure the size was right and what I needed to alter before breaking out the real material I had bought for it. I picked him out some cow fabric and some tractor fabric. That way too if we don't use them for boxers that will be good for some shorts in the summer! Mom had some leftover tiger stripe material from a tie she made for Phil for basketball season at the high school. I couldn't find my elastic tonight for the practice pair so I made a drawstring for now until I decide to dig through boxes looking for it.
First I thought they looked huge and there was no way they would fit Pete...well... |
They are the same size as his pants from today, when did he get so big?! |
Christmas with Grandma Lich
The final Christmas of the year, though technically it happened in 2013. We always have Christmas with my mom's family on New Year's Day. Everyone gets together, now at my mom's house since we all have kids and no longer fit in grandma's house. We always have pork and sauerkraut; you have to eat the sauerkraut because eating the cabbage will bring money in the new year. Personally I love the stuff, Phil despises it and Pete looks at me like I'm crazy while getting him to eat a bite! Really you can eat coleslaw too, but where is the tradition in that and the flavor?! It was super fun to hang out with my cousins all day and their kids. There were 4 two year olds there so Pete was having a ball with how many kids were around. He could even say most of their names by the end. Aee, Beep, Cici, Jo, Lilliah, Ack, Llen. In case you were wondering that would be Ally, Ben, Lucy, Jo, Delilah, Jack and Kellen. He didn't play with Holden so he didn't learn his name. Pete got some awesome semi-trucks, a tractor apron and sippy cup, plus some pajamas. I got some new pjs too and Phil got a new sweater! Plus a ton of tasty food. So much fun to see everyone and carry on the traditions from when we were kids.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Phil and Pete's Dance Party: Part 2 Couples
In other news Pete is sick again and I've got it too. Apparently he didn't fully get over it last time and has it even worse so he is on an antibiotic now, along with the allergy medicine and tylenol for his fever. Poor kid. It really has been the worst Christmas Break though since we have all been sick now within the two weeks that Phil had off of work. It down right stinks. I want a refund!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Phil and Pete's Dance Party
Lately Pete has been into dancing to music. It meant we didn't get a
ton of Christmas music this year but we still got to listen to some just
not at our normal levels to keep up with this boy's love of dancing.
When he wants to dance he finds the stereo, radio, or ipod, points and
says "lalala?"
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year!
Partying with the family tonight! The kids went to bed around 9 which is late for them. We're rocking some dominoes.
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