A New Era

I think I can safely say, though with a LITTLE hesitation, that we have a fully potty-trained 3 year old. NO MORE DIAPERS! What an amazing stage to be at! For the most part, Brendan gets himself to the potty and surprisingly, cleans up his own messes when he has an accident. Every once in a while, he comes downstairs wearing a new outfit, and we can figure out what has happened. Jason was completely bewildered though, when Brendan came down the other day in this:

In case you are as confused as Jason was by this fashion-forward creation, Brendan is wearing a sweatshirt with his waist through the neck hole, one leg through an arm hole and the other leg through the body of the shirt. He was SO proud of himself! He told Jason, "See, this side is a shirt and this side is some pants!"

Above we have Brendan illustrating his new invention -- the ballerina hug. Note the gracefully raised leg and the large happy smile on his face. Yesterday, the boy wrapped his little arms around my neck, balanced that leg up in the air and told me, "This is a ballerina hug, Mom. Its a happy hug."

A certain brother of mine will appreciate the the fact that that my boy shares his childhood appreciation of ballerinas... and I appreciate the fact that that said brother grew up to be a normal guy.

Cast offs

Yesterday was a very full day and I was trying to hurry and get put together so I could take the girls to school and head out to get to work on my to-do list for the day. Evan showed up in my bathroom as I was drying my hair and the following took place:

Evan: My tummy really hurts.
Me: (knowing that he's been trying to fake sick for the last several days to get out of school) Have you had breakfast yet?
Evan: No
Me: Well, that's probably why you're stomach hurts. Go get some cereal and your belly will feel better. If you don't like what's down there, I'll come down in a minute and make you something.
Evan leaves and returns.
Evan: Mom, I looked and there's only a kind of cereal that NO ONE WOULD EVER EAT!

It was Rice Krispies. I made him cocoa and toast instead :)