POTTY TRAINING - THE ATTEMPT

So....it was on my to-do this this weekend to attempt the 'cold turkey' approach to potty training. Ethan hasn't shown interest in the potty at all - it's been a fight ever since we started talking about it. But, he's approaching 2 -1/2 years old, so it's time we get more serious about this. My thought was, just put him in underwear and when he goes in his pants, then he will get it. HA - Ethan continues to outsmart his mom! No, it didn't work - he could have cared less when he wet his underwear AND when he peed on the dining room floor, but I guess you don't know until you try! Mommy's patience is being tested, that's for sure. New goal for the weekend - just get him to go ONCE in the potty! Here is a synopsis of what 'just sitting and not concentrating' looks like in our bathroom...

KLINGE FAMILY VISIT

Our great friends Nate, Kelly, and Miles (and Cooper the dog) made the trip from Chicago to visit the DSM/Ames area last weekend. Miles and Ethan are the same age, so it was fun to get the boys together and have some play time. We also discovered they both just love the camera and popcorn! Our main event was heading out to an I-Cubs baseball game...

AVENUE OF FLAGS

Memorial Day 2011

Favorite Dean family kid pastime - playing in the flag trailers!

Well, I never said I was a professional photographer...I realize now, its a societal norm to take pictures of a group when they are all looking towards you! This is the ONLY picture I got of the 5 Dean grandkids!

Kaleb, Matayah, Ethan, Kendra, Kevin

SUMMER IS HERE!

To celebrate the 'beginning of summer' - we get out and about much more freely than we do in the winter time. This does require some car time - Ethan doesn't mind...he tends to keep himself entertained!

Zonked - a fun and busy Memorial Day weekend has all of us exhausted. He snuggled up with his hippo pillow pet and slept from Dickens (10 minutes out of Spencer) to Ankeny - GOOD NAP!

Pile 'o' Dinos! Ethan's new found toys to expand that big imagination he has! The dinos say "AAARRRR" and Ethan says "AH,Bite! Ouch, it hurts! Kiss it!" (after he has stuck his finger in the dinosaur's mouth).

Getting ready for the Memorial Day parade in Spencer! He is wearing his "Eyes" and blowing on the pinwheel works much better than picking the white dandelions and trying to blow those (he usually ends up eating them - yuck!).

May 2011