Accomplishments
MyTurn: Having small kids causes you to get excited about odd things, such as what goes on in the bathroom. Most people don’t normally go around discussing the finer points of their pees and poops. But pee-pee is big news around our house this weekend.
Eli make a giant leap for preschoolerkind yesterday by staying dry ALL DAY! He’d never gone on the potty more than twice in one day, but yesterday he went at least six times. He even wore his “big boy underwear” all day except for during his nap and our lunch at McDonald’s when he wore a pull-up. There was much applause, celebration, and doling out of stickers and M&M’s as reward. He was a pretty proud guy.
So I’m sorry if this is “too much information,” but we’ve just gotta shout about it.
YourTurn: Describe an accomplishment that you or a loved one has achieved lately.
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In Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, the central character dies an early death. Emily is given the chance to revisit a day of her life and is advised by those in the afterlife to pick an ordinary day, warning her that she might be overcome otherwise. Still, Emily is overwhelmed with emotion as she recognizes how wonderful the everyday details of her existence were. Her daily routine takes on new significance now that it is gone. Through her tears, she asks:
Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it– every, every minute?
With this blog, I am trying to fully “realize” my life by documenting the things that I love. I want to appreciate and examine my past and present, as well as plan actively for the future.
I hope to accentuate the positive in my life and in the world around me, with the hope that by focusing on the positive, I will draw more positive elements into my life. Or, at least, realize all of the blessings that I do have.
Bob, the author of this blog, is a 33 year old husband, father, son, teacher, Christian, and liberal.
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Oh it was such a big event when Miss Sam decided she was not wearing pull ups anymore. My husband was in Korea and I was a ’single parent’ and had decided I was not going to tackle the ‘potty training’ phase. I had enough stress to deal with at the time. But no worries. Miss Sam came up to me one day and said, “I’m not wearing these (pullups) anymore”. On went the big girl pants during the day only (after all she was sleeping with me with Daddy gone)…and she never had any accidents! About a week later she declared she was not wearing pullups to bed anymore. Once she made that decision it was big girl pants all the way with..believe it or not….zero accidents ever since!!
It is definitely something worth shouting about!!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family! You have brought me much joy through your blogging!!
They’re great moments. I think because the more the child can take responsibility for their own … movements, the more freedom the parent has from them.
Hey, Merry Christmas my friend! Hope it’s magical for you all!
Yay, Eli!! And Yay, for you two, as well. That’s always exciting when they finally “get” it.