Just a quick post tonight because it's been a very long day. I accomplished a lot of cleaning, plus we took all our recycling in and hit the park, and hit the pool!! It was a nice day, but just very full!! We ended it with Pizza and Lincoln's been sleeping for about an hour and I'm about twenty seconds away from the pillow myself!!
I can't believe all the things Lincoln is saying these days. It's like he's just started putting everything together. I know it didn't happen overnight, but wow, it almost seems like it. Today, we were driving back from doing the recycling and I was telling Lincoln we were going to go home and it would be naptime and his response, clear as a bell was, "Okay Mommy. I had a hard day." I don't have any idea where he got that from!!
So, Lincoln is well on his way to being completely diaper free!! Today, he even took himself to the bathroom four times all by his own self. I was in the living room folding laundry and he went running off down the hall, at first, I thought he was going to his bedroom, but then I heard him singing the ABC's -- a sure sign that he's got soap or cream or something and is washing his hands. So, I went to check on him, before he made too big of a mess. He smiled, told me he had gone pee and was washing his hands. I told him what a good job he did and then asked if he'd flushed the toilet. He had not. So he picked up his two little dinky cars that he had with him and walked over to flush the toilet. Alas, because of his slippery -still soapy hands, as soon as he pushed the flush handle - one of the little cars slipped out, dived into the toilet and went away -- never to be seen again. He was soooo sad. His little lip came out and he just looked at me wondering why I couldn't save his car!! ((I'm just happy it was small enough that it didn't clog the toilet.)) He was pretty sad about the whole thing and I advised him that perhaps a good rule of thumb is no little cars allowed in the bathroom.
One other thing I wanted to mention about today. My little daredevil!! He's fallen in love with the movie "Toy Story" and will now stand on just about anything, put his arms out in front of him superman style and yell, "To infinity and beyond." And then jump. He does this off chairs, steps, baskets, you name it! We went to the pool and he was jumping off the diving board. He will walk right out, stand there for a moment, put his arms out, yell "To infinity and beyond." And then jump in the water and swim to the side of the pool. Today, he was watching other kids and decided that they had pretty neat ideas as well. So, a few times, instead of his typical walk to the end of the board, yell and jump approach, he began running straight down the board and jumping. This works well for the older kids who have decent balance. Lincoln's balance is alright, but not on a springy diving board and a few times I thought he was going to wipe out! He didn't and I finally talked him into walking again, although, he'd walk most of the way and then about two feet from the end of the board, he'll sprint and run like the devil off of it.
The big thing about the diving board, that I wanted to mention is this. My little stunt monkey, was watching other kids flip and spin off the board and decided that he should try that too. Luckily, I was able to stop him, but the little hellion, walked out on the board, bent down and put his hands on the board and was trying to somersault off it!! Crazy little kid.
Oh, and I told him he was a crazy lunatic today in the car and his response was, "I not a crazy lunitack! Mommy." He picks up everything and copies EVERTHING these days. Allen was in the pool watching Lincoln jump off the diving board. Allen had his back against the edge of the pool and his elbows and arms draped along the side. Lincoln jumped in, swam over next to Allen and proceeded to try and take up the same pose. It was very cute! My little copy cat!!
Okay, I'm off to bed, tomorrow I have a bit more cleaning that I want to get done and I also think I'm going to take Lincoln to "Bubba Baloos." ((For those of you that haven't ever heard of it - it's a large indoor playground with tunnels and slides and ball pits and things. Great fun for little monkeys to run around and play on.))
That's all for now & no pictures today either. I'm just toooooo tired!!
Take care & goodnight.
I can't believe all the things Lincoln is saying these days. It's like he's just started putting everything together. I know it didn't happen overnight, but wow, it almost seems like it. Today, we were driving back from doing the recycling and I was telling Lincoln we were going to go home and it would be naptime and his response, clear as a bell was, "Okay Mommy. I had a hard day." I don't have any idea where he got that from!!
So, Lincoln is well on his way to being completely diaper free!! Today, he even took himself to the bathroom four times all by his own self. I was in the living room folding laundry and he went running off down the hall, at first, I thought he was going to his bedroom, but then I heard him singing the ABC's -- a sure sign that he's got soap or cream or something and is washing his hands. So, I went to check on him, before he made too big of a mess. He smiled, told me he had gone pee and was washing his hands. I told him what a good job he did and then asked if he'd flushed the toilet. He had not. So he picked up his two little dinky cars that he had with him and walked over to flush the toilet. Alas, because of his slippery -still soapy hands, as soon as he pushed the flush handle - one of the little cars slipped out, dived into the toilet and went away -- never to be seen again. He was soooo sad. His little lip came out and he just looked at me wondering why I couldn't save his car!! ((I'm just happy it was small enough that it didn't clog the toilet.)) He was pretty sad about the whole thing and I advised him that perhaps a good rule of thumb is no little cars allowed in the bathroom.
One other thing I wanted to mention about today. My little daredevil!! He's fallen in love with the movie "Toy Story" and will now stand on just about anything, put his arms out in front of him superman style and yell, "To infinity and beyond." And then jump. He does this off chairs, steps, baskets, you name it! We went to the pool and he was jumping off the diving board. He will walk right out, stand there for a moment, put his arms out, yell "To infinity and beyond." And then jump in the water and swim to the side of the pool. Today, he was watching other kids and decided that they had pretty neat ideas as well. So, a few times, instead of his typical walk to the end of the board, yell and jump approach, he began running straight down the board and jumping. This works well for the older kids who have decent balance. Lincoln's balance is alright, but not on a springy diving board and a few times I thought he was going to wipe out! He didn't and I finally talked him into walking again, although, he'd walk most of the way and then about two feet from the end of the board, he'll sprint and run like the devil off of it.
The big thing about the diving board, that I wanted to mention is this. My little stunt monkey, was watching other kids flip and spin off the board and decided that he should try that too. Luckily, I was able to stop him, but the little hellion, walked out on the board, bent down and put his hands on the board and was trying to somersault off it!! Crazy little kid.
Oh, and I told him he was a crazy lunatic today in the car and his response was, "I not a crazy lunitack! Mommy." He picks up everything and copies EVERTHING these days. Allen was in the pool watching Lincoln jump off the diving board. Allen had his back against the edge of the pool and his elbows and arms draped along the side. Lincoln jumped in, swam over next to Allen and proceeded to try and take up the same pose. It was very cute! My little copy cat!!
Okay, I'm off to bed, tomorrow I have a bit more cleaning that I want to get done and I also think I'm going to take Lincoln to "Bubba Baloos." ((For those of you that haven't ever heard of it - it's a large indoor playground with tunnels and slides and ball pits and things. Great fun for little monkeys to run around and play on.))
That's all for now & no pictures today either. I'm just toooooo tired!!
Take care & goodnight.
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