Michael & April

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

30 months

I just want to take a moment to praise April for being a SELF-POTTY TRAINING little girl! That's what it feels like right now, anyway. This is going MUCH smoother and with MUCH less effort than it did with the first child.

With April we tried the "elimination communication" thing, but it fell through on my end. I'm not a very consistent parent, and elimination communication only works with die-hard, consistent parents & caregivers. But we did make some strides. The first time she went potty in the toilet was before she could even hold her head up, hehe. Then when she was walking, she went potty a few times in the toilet. But mostly in her diaper.

Over the past several months we've been showing her the glories and wonders of the toilet on a more consistent basis. John has been really great about it when he's with her. Now increasingly, over the past couple days she's refused to wear a diaper, (she makes it very clear that she does NOT want to wear one, I imagine she's getting tired of that icky feeling of having waste in her pants), and she tells us when she has to go potty. She says, "Potty," or, "Go toilet." She holds it until she gets to the toilet. I love, love, LOVE it! So I'll be looking online for some super-duper, tiny panties...

Monday, May 4, 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009

29 months and 8 days old

April's talking more and more. I love it!

When I went to pick her up from the playroom at the gym, I was all sweaty. She said, "Mommy! You head wet!"
This evening going to bed between John & me, she was doing all sorts of talking, including, "I tired." And, "I love you Mama. I love you Dada." She found my face in the dark and kissed my forehead.
When I'm almost done wiping food messes off her face, wiping to perfection, she'll say, "Enough." She says it for diaper changes too, if I've been wiping a bit longer than she feels is necessary. "Enough."

She's mastered all the basic vocabulary and sentences and ideas that help her function in her little world. But I noticed today that she might not know what "grass" is. So we'll work on that concept tomorrow :)

Friday, March 20, 2009

Michael gave a great Sunday School lesson to our family today:

He gathered some church board books, some materials from our FHE/Primary files, and he gave a most wonderful lesson.

He conducted himself just like a grown-up Primary teacher. At the end of his lesson and reading, he distributed paper to us and asked us to write "speeches" on the lesson we just had. So we did.

Then in conclusion, he wrote his own review:

"My students were great today. I hope they get along with each other. They are on Star Status." (Star Status is a reward system that his kindergarten teacher uses, and it's quite a privilege to anyone who earns that status!)

Also, over the past few days little April has been spontaneously singing, "I feel my Savior's Love." What could be cuter/sweeter/more heart-melting than that?