Who's Potty Trained?!?!

Colin almost is!  We've had a few dry nights and short trips out.  About  95% of the time he'll let us know he has to go and does so.  We have had a few 'lazy moments'.

"Colin why didn't you want to go on the potty?"
"Um, I didn't want to go on the potty"
"Oh.  Well we like it when you go on the potty like a big boy."
"I like it when I go potty like a big boy"
"Will you tell us when you need to go on the potty next time?"

He still yells loudly after going.  I'm sure if our neighbors weren't at work they'd be aware of his bathroom visits.  He's been pretty good about using the potty this whole month.  It was just a sudden switch one weekend when he informed us he needed to go.  Before that he needed to have nothing on to go.  If he had a diaper or underwear he would choose the easier option.  The first time he told us he needed to go was, of course, on a busy weekend.  We were picking strawberries, quite a walk to the nearest building, when he announced he needed to go.  Surprisingly he made it to bathroom.  The next day we were all on a 10K walk when he announced he needed to go....no luck that time.  Diapers are getting phased out...bed wetting, here we come.

We can't have the whole blog post about Colin peeing.  He had a pretty busy month.
His first time going to a soccer match, which got it's own post.
Colin's first trip to the zoo.  We went on a very rainy day, which worked out well.  He didn't care about getting wet and there was only a couple of school groups so the zoo was pretty empty.  Unfortunately some of the animals were not out yet because of the long winter.  We'll just have to go again some time.
Chief Will's Day is Middleton's 4th of July celebration.  They do a little fair which is the perfect size for Colin.  He was able to try out some kiddie rides, see a parade and get plenty of exercise.

Colin is getting excited about about some upcoming things.  There has been talk of his birthday.  He knows that he wants balloons, presents and cake.  It may be tricky to get him to choose a cake but we'll give it a shot.  His favorite color is green so there may be green frosting.  Camping in August is also talked about quite a bit.  He knows that both are in August so we'll see how confused he gets when finds out its August and he isn't camping or having a birthday that day.

Mr chatterbox playing with trains

First Soccer Match

At Gillette Stadium

Mommy and Colin time

Colin's view

 

 

 

Colin went to watch the New England Revolution play for the first time this past weekend. Being overwhelmed was expected but it didn't happen. We don't plan on a return trip any time soon but it was good that he came. His interview below does a good job of showing what he thought. He was pretty indifferent about the actual game but he was very well behaved and enjoyed taking it all in even though it was a very hot and sunny day.

It's Naked Time...Bing!

   Summer seems to be close, finally and we've taken advantage of the warmer weather to have some naked time.  Colin spends a lot of time with just a shirt and socks on.  The most common phrase this past month has been "Leave your penis alone".  Its a hand magnet for him.  He'll test us too.  His hands will be on his thighs slowly working their way inward and when he is asked to leave his penis alone he is quick to reply, "I am leaving my penis alone.  I'm touching my legs"  He's a tricky one.  The potty propaganda is now being used.  Mommy being impressed is usually a good motivator.  Going on mommy and daddy's potty is pretty cool.  If he is naked then he needs no reminding to go but if any diaper or pants are on then he needs frequent reminders to try and go.  "Colin, do you need to go potty?".  The reply is normally something like "Uuummm, no thanks, I'm okay"  After a bit of discussion and saying how awesome going potty is he'll go.  He is very excited after he goes and has to shout so every room in the house can hear what he did, and maybe the neighbors.  Going potty is a big deal here so there is apparently a lot to write about it.  You write what you know I guess...

  Colin did very well at his preschool screening.  They did a good job redirecting parents to go fill out a form while they did their screening.  We met some other future classmates and parents and got to see the room and meet the teachers.  We didn't get much feedback from Colin on what the screening entailed.  There was a book with a yellow square apparently.  All we were told from the teachers was that Colin was very well spoken.  He did great going with the teachers and doing whatever he needed to do.  It doesn't seem like the first day of school is going to be too difficult for him.

It's been nice to get outside and play regularly now.  Summer is on it's way and some trips to the beach as well.

Here is May's album: