Last night, we had fun playing a game of Uno. Davis decided that this was the best way to hold his Uno cards.
He got bored of that and then tried the upside down approach:
Landon was a little more focused, thank goodness. We may have never finished the game if we had been playing with two monkeys!
When driving home from the library yesterday, Landon told me:
“Mom, when I’m bigger and big enough that I’m going to get married, I am going to marry Emma.”
Emma is a girl at Landon’s school that we have heard a lot about. I guess now I know why. :)
And for good measure, here’s a picture of him at the Lake Oswego Farmer’s market last weekend, enjoying a nice juicy peach.
8 - Days Davis has been wearing his Lightning McQueen underwear
60 –Minutes it took for him to pee in the first pair of underwear
4 - Number of pairs of underwear he wore the first day
3 - Amount of times I’ve done a quick batch of underwear wash so he’d have a clean pair for the next day
0 – Number of minutes before we were supposed to leave for church when Davis, fully dressed to the shoes and already getting in the car announced, “Mom, me poopy.” By some miracle, I got him inside, clothes off, underwear in the garbage can (didn’t want to deal with it), wiped down, pants (and diaper) back on, shoes tied, and back in the car to arrive at church on time.
1 – Number of nights Davis fortunately stayed dry since Shane forgot to put his diaper on before bed
39.99 – Dollars saved per month by potty training Davis
15+ Number of times per day I hear Davis answer me “No mom, me not,” when I ask him if he has to go potty.
5- Number of fingers dirty with poop when Davis first went poop in the potty and realized where his poop came from.
1 – Number of disgusted dads when he had to clean up the 5 poopy fingers (I was conveniently feeding James at that moment)
5 – Number of times he announced to me today “Mom, me haffa go potty!,” and we had an accident-free day!!! Hopefully more to come!
Last Sunday, Shane blessed James in our Sacrament Meeting. It is especially on days like these that we wish we had more family that lived close to us, but we were grateful that my parents could be there, and that my great friend Kim and her husband Dave happened to be in town visiting also. (I was especially grateful for her when she informed me at the end of Sacrament meeting that my shirt was on inside out! Oops! Let's just say I had to make a quick change as we ran out the door when I realized that Davis had spilled juice on my other shirt!)
It was a beautiful blessing, and a wonderful day. Shane blessed James, among other things, to be a child blessed with faith and understanding, to have a soft heart to understand others and help them, to look to his brothers and parents to feel the spirit, to bless others through a life of service, and to understand the love his parents have for him and that the Savior and Heavenly Father have for him. James is growing so fast! And, it is crazy to see how much he looks like Landon did at this age. We’ll have to see if it stays that way!
After all of our trips, it was nice to get back to everyday life, whatever that might be now! Landon started Kindergarten last week, and so far, he loves it. He has a great teacher, and he gets to ride the bus home everyday, which is great for me because the bus driver drops him off right in front of our house! He hasn’t even complained about having to go early in the morning, or about knowing nobody in his class. Hopefully he’ll make friends fast!
The other day, Shane had the following conversation with him:
“Dad, you and Mom never read the warnings on things.”
“We don’t?”
“No! I ALWAYS read the warnings! Lots of things say ‘Not for Children under 3, so Davis can’t play with them.”
He is one funny kid! The other day, while I was resting, he was coloring a color by number picture. He has really liked those lately. When I woke up, he was sound asleep on the floor next to me, and this is what I saw:
Davis is also quite entertaining. He gets a little bored with Landon at Kindergarten, but not too bad. He likes to listen and run to his Little Einstein Music (classical songs from the episodes) that he turns on, as he says, “all by myself.”
Yesterday, while Shane was at work, he asked me:
“Mom, where’s Dad?”
“At work,” I replied.
“At 7-11?”
So apparently, he thinks Shane works at 7-11. It would be pretty sweet. Maybe then we could get all the free slurpees we want!
When we left Ashland after Dave and Liz’s reception, we were lucky and got to bring Grandma Landon back with us for the night before she flew out of Portland Monday morning. She didn’t get to stay too long, but we had fun showing her our home and taking her to the Rose Gardens. We hope you can come back soon Grandma!
