Plumbing issues

As the Rapid Rooter guy was packing up his stuff in our front yard, I told Kelton it was time to come inside for dinner. He was watching intently as the man put the long hose/wire thing into our front yard drain thing (sorry, I know that's not even close to the correct terminology, but that's not at all my area of expertise!). He said he wanted to ask the man one thing. He went up to Charles, the Rapid Rooter guy, and said "Shiloh just keeps peeing and peeing in the house and we don't know why!" The guy looked up at me and asked, "Shiloh?" I told him that was our dog. Charles looked down at Kelton and said "Well, little buddy, that's a DIFFERENT kind of plumbing problem. I'm not able to fix that one!"

A long time ago

While playing with the boys in Kaiden's room.....
Kelton: "Mom, when did you take the mobile down?"
Me: "Oh, a while ago."
Kelton: "A while ago?"
Me: "Yeah, a long time ago. When Kaiden started standing."
Kelton: "A long time ago like when there were dinosaurs?"
Me: (Trying not to laugh) "No, not THAT long ago!"

Catching up on Kelton stories - Jan. 2010

A few months back, we were coming home from doing some activity and Kelton was pretending to talk on the phone. This is what I heard, "Oh, hi, Emily. Yeah, we're just coming back from {whatever we were doing that morning}. Oh, you want to go the the (whatever title he said, I can't remember now, but it's not important) Dance with me? That would be great! You want to go look at the garbage trucks first? Sure, sounds great!" Then he went on for a minute or two more, I don't remember what he said as I was paying attention to the kids playing on the street. I told Tina, my best friend, and Emily's mom about this that day and she just started laughing and said Keton's already got it all figured out....taking the girl to the dance and swinging by to look at the garbage trucks for his enjoyment!

We've been somewhat working on Kelton's potty training. One evening, after putting him down to bed, he came out about 30 minutes or so later and said he had to go potty. I walked with him into the bathroom and as he sat on the toilet, he said "Logically, I have to go poo. But....I just don't think I have time." I was trying not to laugh, and told him that if he was going to go poo on the potty, we'd sit there for as long as necessary. He didn't go. Logically!

Kelton funnies

I know, I know, it's been awhile since I've posted. I'm just not really sure what to write about. I've never been good about keeping diaries/journals.

Anyway, here's a few Kelton funnies that have happened recently.....

*The other day while running circles around the kitchen/living room, having Shiloh chase him, Kelton stopped suddenly and fell to the ground. He grabbed his foot and said "Oh, wait, I've sprained my uncle!" "Your uncle?" I asked him. "Yes!" he replied, while pointing to his ankle area. I told him that was his ankle, not uncle. He said "Oh," and kinda' laughed, "I thought it was my uncle!"

*When Cam was putting Kelton's new car seat in the car last weekend, Kelton was playing in the garage and came across the large dog crate we had used for Shiloh. He was going in and out of it, closing the door. I looked over at him and said "Honey, don't play in there." He, of course, asked why. I replied, "Because it's gross." He then said, "But, I like gross things!"

*Last night, while I went out for a mom's night out, Cam took the boys to the mall. Kelton's favorite place to play is Pottery Barn Kids. Cam let Kelton run ahead into the store and he sat with Kaiden on the couches in front of PBK to give Kaiden some dinner. After a few minutes of Kelton playing in the store by himself, it became apparent to Cam that the store workers were wondering where Kelton's parents were. Cam made eye contact with one of them, smiled and waved and pointed to Kelton. One of the workers went over to talk to Kelton and then another one came out and told Cam that they couldn't allow Kelton to play in there without a parent but it would be fine if he continued to feed Kaiden in the store. So Cam and Kaiden went back in the store to watch Kelton. Cam asked Kelton what the lady said to him and Kelton said something to the effect of she said I had to have my mommy or daddy with me. Cam then asked what Kelton said after that and he said "I told her 'Oh, I'll be fine'."

*The other day at gym class, apparently the conversation on the trampoline was Kelton saying "I'm the highest guy!" The other boy saying, "I'm the up-est guy!" And then the little girl in their class, chiming in, "I have Hello Kitty panties on!"

"Look, I threw up my favorite color!"

Last night, Kelton was snacking on some jack cheese and spinning circles in the kitchen while Cam prepared dinner. I was sitting at the table and all of a sudden I heard a splat! I looked over at Kelton and he had been spinning so many circles, he threw up his cheese! He stood there in the middle of the kitchen floor, unsure what to do. We told him he was okay and that he apparently and been spinning too many circles while eating. He looked at the pile of orange throw-up on the floor and excitedly said, "Look! I threw up my favorite color!" Cam and I started laughing and Cam said something like "Indeed, you did! That's pretty tricky that you threw up your favorite color!"

Kelton was quite proud of that! Even later that night, when I was getting him ready for his bath, he mentioned getting a drop of throw-up on his foot. And he said "It was orange throw-up! Because orange is my favorite color!"

How lucky we would be if we could all be as excited each time we threw up!

The decision's been made!

We've finally made the big decision....I'm going to be a stay-at-home mom!!! My boss called and left a message yesterday saying she needed an answer as to whether I'm going back to work or going to resign. I was hoping she would hold off as long as possible, but I suppose the decision had to be made anyway.

So, after a quick discussion, we made my dream become a reality! I am soooo excited!!! I feel very fortunate that we are able to do this! Now, I can stay at home and do all sorts of fun things with my boys (which, at the moment, does not include potty training. Apparently, Kelton going in the toilet was just a freak thing. He hasn't done so since! Oh, well!).

And, as some of you may not know, I have also decided to become co-president of my Moms club, which I'll start in July. I'm really looking forward to that, too! That's all for now, the little one is calling.

Let the potty training begin!!!

The potty training has officially started! Kelton knows when he has to pee (he makes that clear every time he gets in the bath). He certainly makes it obvious when he has to poo! So, we decided to give the potty training a try. I took him and Kaiden to Babies R Us today and we bought a little toilet seat for the regular potty (he has no interest in going in the little Baby Bjorn potty we've had in our bathroom for him), pull-ups, big boy underwear, and flushable toddler wipes. I've printed out potty training charts and we're going to go get stickers tonight or tomorrow for those charts. Oh, and can't forget the most important element....a large bag of M & M's!

We're off to a good start! I told Kelton he could have 2 M & M's each time he pees in the toilet and 5 for each poo in does in the toilet. When we were at BRU this morning, he pooped (we hadn't started the training at that time). We came back home and set everything up and he said he wanted to try to go on the potty. I was excited and helped him get situated. I was encouraging him to go pee and he said he was going to go poo. I tried explaining to him that he had already gone just about an hour earlier. He said "But if I go poo, then I get five M & M's." I told him that was correct and if he went pee, he was going to get two M & M's. He told me again that he was going to go poo (going for the big number of M & M's!). So, we're sitting there, and lo and behold, I heard a plop! He jumped up and I asked if he went poo. He said "Yeah! I did. Can I have five M & M's now?" I told him he could. He asked "Right now?" I said we had to get his diaper and pants back on, but then he could have some. A few minutes later he was thorougly enjoying him five M & M's! We talked about trying to go pee in the potty as soon as he wakes up from his nap, and if he does go, that means more M & M's.

We'll see how it goes. We don't plan on pushing too hard for this to happen, but we'll see. I have a feeling, with some M & M's and sticker bribery, this may just work out!