Here is Christian in a rare solo performance! Typically he only sings with Taylor or myself, but he decided to give us a real treat and sing for us his rendition of both “Twinkle, Twinkle” and “Jesus Loves Me”. You can see little Luke comes in and accompanies Christian with the triangle instrument for some added flavor! At the end I told him to ”take a bow” and he promptly started singing “take a bow” not understanding what I meant…so cute! Hope you enjoy!
Well, we have started the potty training process with Christian this last week. He is doing really well with it this time around. I had attempted to potty train him shortly after he turned 2, but quickly realized he was not ready for this big step. So, fast forward 8 months and Christian is doing much better. We have spent a great deal of time in the bathroom though in the past week, all 4 of us. Potty training is really a group effort in our family. The cast of characters are as follows: the main boy, Christian on the potty; the supervisor, mommy on the floor reading books; the cheerleader, Taylor, shouting hooray when Christian does his thing; and finally Luke the baby milling about just exploring all the wonderful things in the bathroom. In case you are wondering, Daddy is at work when we are doing all of this. Of course, Taylor and Christian make sure he is filled in on the days activities when he gets home. Spending all this time on the potty has sparked some interesting conversations and curiosity about the opposite sex for Taylor and Christian in that they have noticed they are different (I don’t know why this particular event has sparked such curiosity as all 3 kids take a bath together every single day). Scott and I have decided to teach our kids the correct anatomical terms for their private parts. Taylor at first was calling her private area and Christians private areas their “front butts”. So, once again I corrected her and told her she (and all girls) have a vagina (or as Christian calls it a “ba-gina”) and that boys have a penis. Picture it, Christian on the potty, me and Taylor sitting on the floor, Luke milling about and they start a chorus of “I have a penis” and ”I have a vagina” all very enthusiastically. Later on that day while we are eating lunch, out of the blue while eating, Christian blurts out “I have penis” just in case any of us forgot I guess. Anyway, the fun and excitement of potty training. One perk is that we have read a ton of books and are on Chapter 12 already in our Pinnochio book while encouraging Christian to do his thing. Also, the conversations and funny stories that happen each and every time we lock ourselves in our bathroom patiently waiting for Christian to “pee-pee” on the potty like the story above of us listening to Christian sing “I have a penis”!
