Big Boy Bed Take 2!!

Leo yells "MAMA WHERE ARE YOU??" or "DADA, WHERE ARE YOU" over and over each morning around 6:00 am.  This would wake Gwen up who is less than stellar when she doesn't sleep.  We decided to reintroduce the "big boy bed" i.e. toddler bed again, knowing full well it lasted less than a week last time.

This time it couldn't have gone better!  He goes right to bed around 7:30-8:00 and has been sleeping until 6:30-7:00!!  He doesn't get up once!!!  There are two issues with this though:

1.  Instead of getting out of bed and coming to get us.  He still yells for us to come get him.

2.  He no longer wants to be rocked.  I rocked him for over 2 years and sang "You Are My Sunshine" while snuggling with him.  That stopped without me being able to enjoy the final rocking session.  It makes me physically ill to think that my baby is no longer a baby anymore. 

Fingers crossed that this trend continues!!

She Just Gets It!

I just had to share this story on how amazing Gwen is and how she just "gets it. I keep this crystal that Maren gave me in 8th grade, in my car. Yesterday Gwen wanted to hold it. Our conversation:


Gwen: "Mommy who gave you this again?"

Me: "My friend Maren"

Gwen: "Oh yeah, I remember her. She's the one that watches over everybody. What is she called again?"

Me: "An angel honey"

Gwen: "Being an angel is the most important job on earth"

She just gets it doesn't she?

Too Sweet

"Mommy, when you get old and die, I will dream about you." 

This is what Gwen said to me last night at dinner.  Took everything to not start sobbing.  Although, I am not sure why she is constantly talking about my demise.

Odd Coincidence

On this very rainy Thursday, Leo got his first bee sting on his cheek.  They say it takes the 2nd sting to see if he is allergic.  Great...........another thing to worry about!!  The weird coincidence is that Gwen got her first bee sting on her toe like 2 weeks ago.  What are the chances it would happen that close together???

Follow Up to Leo Pooped

Today Leo did not poop on the potty at school.  He kept sitting on the potty and telling the teachers he pooped.  My hopes have been crushed (not really, I have little expectations that he will be potty trained by age 3). 

In other news, he did cut up his pants, that he was wearing, with kiddie scissors.  Seriously, why was my son playing, unsupervised, with scissors, at daycare?

Leo Pooped...........

on the potty at school today.  We made a huge deal about it when he got home.  He seemed very excited. 

Applesauce

Along the way I have been trying to keep track of all the funny stuff that the kiddos say.  A friend of mine from college has a day planner where she'll write down anytime her kids say funny stuff.  I am going to attempt to keep track of it on the blog.  I mean, I am connected 99% of the time to the Internet, so it can't be that hard right??

You are probably wondering why I am bringing this up.  Well today in the mail I got the Fisher Price Spring 2013 catalog.  Leo and I looked at it before bed.  He saw all the toys and couldn't get the words out fast enough that he wanted something.  I told him "maybe Santa Claus can bring it for you for Christmas."  As we read it, 3 times, he kept saying "Applesauce get for me!!  Applesauce get for me!!".  I'm like "um, do you mean Santa Clause".  He's all like "YES!  APPLESAUCE!!"