Potty ... Shower...

Hello Logan,


Your brother's potty-training hasn't been going very well. Yesterday, he wet 3 underwears and 2 pairs of pants. Arrghh... He was doing fine in the morning when we told him to go, and he actually poopy in the potty! Yay, right? But then, it all went downhill. We set a timer to remind us to tell him to go potty every hour, and every 30 mins after he drank a lot of fluid. That's a bad idea. He seemed to think that he only had to go when the timer went off! So, I took the timer away and just tried to remind him every so often. The only progress that I have seen yesterday, was he is more willing to sit in the potty than before. But we are very, very, very far away from being potty-trained. It's especially hard when he's interested in an activity, and he would totally forget to go pee pee. Hopefully, today we have a little more luck. Your brother is currently sitting on the couch watching "Cars" (for the 1,000,000,000th time). I showed him that if he needs to go pee pee, he can press the PAUSE button, then press PLAY when he's done. I know he understands that, but whether he will do it, that's another question. I'll just have to check-on him periodically.

Yesterday was such a hot, hot day. At least it's not humid, so Mommy wasn't sweating like a pig. The shower was fun. I was glad that the guests seemed to have fun with the games that we played. Mommy was in charge of a few games. The first one was, Guess the Baby Food. Pretty straightforward, Mommy got 6 jars of baby food, ripped the label off, numbered them, and had the guests guess what flavors the baby food were. I intentionally got a couple colors that looked similar like, carrots + squash + sweet potato, and peas + green beans. I think the toughest one was the last one, pears. Many thought it was either applesauce or banana. I intentionally didn't get them, and got pears! Ha! But guess what, Auntie Beverly guessed them all correct, and she's the only one!

The second game was Baby Bag Mystery. I put 5 different items in separate brown bags and had the guests tried to guess by feeling the bag. The items were, a pacifier, a pacifier holder, a pair of booties, a baby bottle and a baby nail clipper. The toughest ones were the pacifier holder and the pair of booties. One participant guessed 4 out of 5 (except the booties), which was pretty good!

The third game was Delectably Dirty Diapers. I selected 4 different chocolates, and melted them in 4 different diapers, thus making it seemed like they were poopy diapers. Guests would have to guess what kinds of chocolates were there. They could smell, or taste if they wanted, from the diaper. To make it a little easier, I told him which four chocolates were selected. We had two guests that got them correct! This game was the last one we played, and I guess some guests were a little shy with the dirty diapers and didn't want to participate. hehe....

We actually had two more games, but I felt that people were all gamed out, esp. when we announced the next game to guess the size of the Hostess' tummy. It was getting late, people were having food coma, and it was getting really warm in the house. Your big brother was sugar high and was starting to act out, so we decided to leave.

It was funny to see that the most popular activities for the kids at the party were: The Wii and Playdough. Guess which one your brother liked most? Of course, the Wii. I think he was getting a little out of control. At least he was willing to share when I asked him to, and to wait for his turn. Unfortunately, while he was bowling, he accidentally whacked a toddler in his face. Poor little guy was in shock at first, and then started to cry. I felt so bad about it. Well, your brother did play some playdough when we first arrived. We rolled it into a bowling ball and three bowling pins for him to play on the floor. I think he's into bowling these days, esp. when he finally figured out how to play bowling on the Wii. I think we gotta take him bowling one day to see the real deal. Daddy likes to bowl, and maybe we could hang out with Uncle John and Auntie Katie, and maybe Uncle Brian one day and do some bowling. I just wonder if they have a small bowling ball for your brother. I don't want him to break any bones quite yet.

We'll be having lunch with Uncle Brian and his girlfriend in San Francisco later today. It's going to be another warm day, plus traffic jam, since it's Gay Pride Weekend. Luckily, we'll be in the West Portal area, and wouldn't be in the heart of all the traffic.

Let's hope your brother's potty training produces some good progress today.


Love you,
Mommy