week ending feb 11, 2007

Week ending February 11, 2007: This week we took the kids to the Auto Show. Although the kids liked climbing through the cars, it really didn’t work out as well going to the boat show with them because Casey and I didn’t feel like we got to see much, the kids were hard to “contain”, and there was over-all a lot more complaining. Alex’s potty training isn’t going terribly well. He’s had several “accidents” and wet the bed once (thank goodness for water-proof mattress pads). This is the 1st time either kid has wet the bed, so I guess we’ve been pretty lucky. One of his accidents was while he was playing with water in the bathroom sink, so it isn’t like he didn’t have time to get to the potty in time. I think he either doesn’t understand what it feels like to need to go, or he so hates sitting on the potty that he actually prefers wetting his pants. The other day Chloe impressed me with her ability rationalize. Casey and I told the kids that we were going to have dinner at a restaurant, but we didn’t say which restaurant. Chloe immediately began a campaign for Chik-Fil-A, but we ended up going to Chili’s. Chloe was upset for only a few seconds and then she said “We’ll go to Chik-Fil-A another time?” and I said “yes” and made sure that it wasn’t long before we actually did go to Chik-Fil-A. I think there are grown-ups who don’t fully understand that people don’t have to get everything they want every second that they want it in order to be happy, so I thought it was very mature of Chloe to calm herself down by asking if we’d go “soon”. I’ve been trying to teach the kids to play “I spy” and this week Alex said “I spy something the color of that truck”. I’m not sure he quite gets the rules yet ;) This week Chloe said “you’re a good chef Mom and a good everything”. I know that all preschoolers worship their parents, but it is still nice to hear that she thinks well of me. Alex pricked his finger on his guitar string and had quite a lot of blood on his finger by the time I got to him. He kept saying “the paint came off” because he didn’t understand why there was red on his hands until I explained it to him. After I stopped the flow of blood and washed his hands he said with a big grin “The blood is gone, I’m so happy!”. No attached pictures this week, just a link to the pictures I posted of the kids at the auto show: http://picasaweb.google.com/constance.phelps/BaltimoreAutoShowFeb2007