Give Me My Sunglasses

One day I bought my son (age 3) Cars sunglasses. My son LOVES Cars. So anyway, he was wearing all over the place that day while we were running errands. Eventually, we got hungry and sat down to eat lunch at a restaurant (indoors). While we were eating, my son took off his new sunglasses and put them on the table. His oldest sister (age 11) decide to make trouble and steal the sunglasses and put it on her head.

My son didn't really notice, but I saw what happened to so I told him, "Your sister took your glasses."

He looked over and saw his glasses on his sister's head and immediately demanded her to give them back. However, my daughter was in a rascal mood, so she was giving him a hard time. He tried to take them off her head, but she moved away. He wasn't up for her games, so he points toward a window and tells her, "Hellooooo! Can't you see all the sun in my eye?"

My daughter and I were cracking up laughing. We were indoors and there was certainly no sun in his eyes and he hadn't worn the glasses the whole time we were in the restaurant. He didn't put them on after he got them back either. He just put them back on the table and kept a closer eye on them.

I Want "Awfuls!"

One morning my oldest daughter wanted Eggo's for breakfast. So I put a few in the toaster oven for her while she started on her school work for the day (she does distance learning). My 3-year-old son hears the toaster oven timer ticking and decides to check it out. He sees the Eggo's in the toaster oven and, since he can't quite see over the counter and into the toaster oven very well, he asks me what I'm making. I tell him, "I'm making waffles."

He gets all excited and says, "Ooooh awfuls! I want awfuls!"

3 Cheers for Sadie - Is Carrie done with diapers forever?

I've known for a couple of months now that 23 month old was about ready to potty train because she:

• woke up dry in the morning


• removed her diaper immediately when wet OR soiled (making some interesting messes!)


• knew the words for these activities

For about 2 months I've been sitting her on the potty first thing in the morning and she would usually go, and she ran around nakeybums for a large part of the day (I think this is really important to shorten the learning curve).

In the last two days she has voluntarily gone twice without my prompting. Yea for Sadie! I can't believe that after 9 years straight of doing diapers, my changing days are almost over.