This is Elleory (front row, second from the left) singing in the Lake Washington School District Honor Choir Concert. It is a privilege given to a select few sixth grade students, and Ellie was chosen! After a few (5 total) practices, they preformed 4 very well sung songs. My favorite was the "meow" song, in which the whole choir meowed and acted like two different cats. One side was 'Bailey' and the other side was 'Bella'. The song was entitled "Comic Duetto Di Due Gatti" The song is actually a song from an opera by Gioacchino Rossini, adapted for cats and little humans. Very Funny!
We have made it through potty training! (CAVEAT: Anders has been trained since July) Both boys are now peeing in the potty! HAPPY DAY! After much resistance from Liam, and much persistence from Mommy, it actually went well and fast. Liam is not the guy who gets left behind. HOWEVER, he was very resistant to giving up his diapers, and wouldn't wear big boy pants for about a week, thank goodness for pull-ups. What finally got him over the hump? Princess Panties. YEP, you saw that right. I borrowed Princess Panties from my friend down the street, and Liam wore those pretty panties for the entire day. Maybe he just needed to be different from Anders? Who knows... it worked. He is now in regular boy undies, and is so potty trained that when Brian took him to the park today, he took off his pants and pooped in the grass. When a guy has to go, he has to go.
Anders, in his IKEA reptile hat. Which he loved THE day I bought it but won't put it on again. BUT, no one else (read Liam) can wear it either. It's all part and parcel of the sensory thing that comes with The Great Anders package. He has a thing about having his shirt off right now, also, sensory. I can't get him to wear a long sleeved shirt to save my life and he would wear shorts, if he could find them. (It's winter...they are hidden. I'm a resourceful mommy. ) What this boils down to is a naked Anders for a lot of the time he's at home. I fully support nudity. He come by his sensory stuff completely honestly. (From me. And I understand every little bit of it, but struggle helping him to get comfortable. We'll get there... I don't strip off and go into the street to play...very often.)
This cute boy is Elleory's Best Friend Braven. They do pretty much everything together, but most importantly they are snowboard buddies. For the last couple of Saturday's they have headed up to the mountains with his dad, and hit the slopes. Brian and I are green with envy, and are thinking about hiring a babysitter so that we too can hit the slopes. (We are all aware that every time I plan to go snowboarding, I end up pregnant, so maybe we ought to go. SOON.)
FOR SALE: One very cute Three year old boy.
We have made it through potty training! (CAVEAT: Anders has been trained since July) Both boys are now peeing in the potty! HAPPY DAY! After much resistance from Liam, and much persistence from Mommy, it actually went well and fast. Liam is not the guy who gets left behind. HOWEVER, he was very resistant to giving up his diapers, and wouldn't wear big boy pants for about a week, thank goodness for pull-ups. What finally got him over the hump? Princess Panties. YEP, you saw that right. I borrowed Princess Panties from my friend down the street, and Liam wore those pretty panties for the entire day. Maybe he just needed to be different from Anders? Who knows... it worked. He is now in regular boy undies, and is so potty trained that when Brian took him to the park today, he took off his pants and pooped in the grass. When a guy has to go, he has to go.
Anders, in his IKEA reptile hat. Which he loved THE day I bought it but won't put it on again. BUT, no one else (read Liam) can wear it either. It's all part and parcel of the sensory thing that comes with The Great Anders package. He has a thing about having his shirt off right now, also, sensory. I can't get him to wear a long sleeved shirt to save my life and he would wear shorts, if he could find them. (It's winter...they are hidden. I'm a resourceful mommy. ) What this boils down to is a naked Anders for a lot of the time he's at home. I fully support nudity. He come by his sensory stuff completely honestly. (From me. And I understand every little bit of it, but struggle helping him to get comfortable. We'll get there... I don't strip off and go into the street to play...very often.)
This cute boy is Elleory's Best Friend Braven. They do pretty much everything together, but most importantly they are snowboard buddies. For the last couple of Saturday's they have headed up to the mountains with his dad, and hit the slopes. Brian and I are green with envy, and are thinking about hiring a babysitter so that we too can hit the slopes. (We are all aware that every time I plan to go snowboarding, I end up pregnant, so maybe we ought to go. SOON.)
FOR SALE: One very cute Three year old boy. Totally Kidding...I would not sell him, but I do consider loaning him out.
I am actually scared about how much Liam looks like Max from "Where The Wild Things Are". Which is exactly how he is behaving lately...right down to the "I'll eat you up" phrase.
We have a saying in our home, "Angry Monsters Work." Liam has been cleaning out the car A LOT lately. He is very cute and very, very, three. I keep trying to remind myself that four is the reward for not killing them when they are three. Anders is so very, very four.
Thank Goodness!
