No doubt my friends who are parents will read this next part with, hopefully, as much excitement as I am writing it with. My friends without kids will think I’m a little off my rocker. Which is also possible.
We are on our way to a diaper-free house!
Not that we weren’t always on the way eventually, but we’ve hit a mini-milestone. For a couple consecutive days Lukas went pee-pee in the potty and has graduated to pull-ups for the daytime!
Virtual High Fives all around!
We haven’t been pushing the potty training too much at home, but they have been taking him to the bathroom at school for the past few months, and then suddenly the light bulb must have gone one, and he got it…kind of. As anyone who has potty trained a kid before knows, it’s frequently going into the bathroom and nothing happening, but he stayed dry for two straight days. No doubt there is plenty of work to be done, but this mini-milestone puts the idea of not having to buy any more diapers in the ballpark.
And as long as we are discussing bodily functions, Lukas thinks the word “fart” is hilarious. I have no idea why. But when he does it, he’ll get a devilish grin, announce it, and then laugh. Clearly a kid who can amuse himself.
Now, what’s my beef with Honest Abe? Well, I’ll tell you. Gettysburg Address, awesome. Reuniting America, incredible. But putting Thanksgiving on last Thursday of November, not the best timing. Now granted, Abe probably wasn’t putting a lot of consideration into the fact that he was making the window for Christmas shopping and decorating a bit tight. And in cases like this year, after the Thanksgiving weekend we are literally in December.
What does this mean? It means Christmas music a little earlier then needed. It means Cyber Monday is now in December (How did Abe not see that coming?). And it means less time to work off the turkey and all the leftovers before the Christmas parties, cookies and candy start showing up at every turn.
My guess is that Abe just needed a solid day of football before the wife started harping on getting the lights put up around the White House, and that’s why he put it on the last Thursday of November.
So while being the dude on both the penny and the $5 bill is cool, an extra week could have really helped me out man!
In other tidbits, Ellie finished her soccer season, and had a great time. She could have played a level lower because her September birthday was past the deadline, but playing up allowed her to play with some of her friends and she held her own just fine. In a stunning bit of irony her team was the Blue Jays. My first soccer team? The Blue Jays.
Steph and I were invited to a Sharks game by Expert Quote, a company Steph works with at School Health Clinics. We were able to watch the Sharks take on the Canucks, and in the middle of the 2nd period had an unexpected guest drop by, former Sharks Captain, and super-cool-dude, Owen Nolan.
Late last week, Lukas said he was thirsty. Then disappeared. After a couple minutes of things being too quiet I went into the kitchen to see this. Glad he’s working on doing things himself, but this might be a little much right now.
We also got a chance to have dinner with Herbie and Flo.
We also got a chance to have dinner with Steph’s medical director at Manresa in Los Gatos. I only knew about 1 out of every 4 things that was listed on the menu, so you know it must be good when that happens. And while the food was GREAT (including the pigeon) , the highlight was getting a tour of the kitchen after we ate. Steph, half-jokingly, mentioned to the waiter that she’d love to see the kitchen and how everything operated in the back. Then soon after our last course the General Manager came over to our table and said he’d be happy to take us in the back. Needless to say it was very Top Chef.
We are on our way to a diaper-free house!
Not that we weren’t always on the way eventually, but we’ve hit a mini-milestone. For a couple consecutive days Lukas went pee-pee in the potty and has graduated to pull-ups for the daytime!
Virtual High Fives all around!
We haven’t been pushing the potty training too much at home, but they have been taking him to the bathroom at school for the past few months, and then suddenly the light bulb must have gone one, and he got it…kind of. As anyone who has potty trained a kid before knows, it’s frequently going into the bathroom and nothing happening, but he stayed dry for two straight days. No doubt there is plenty of work to be done, but this mini-milestone puts the idea of not having to buy any more diapers in the ballpark.Now, what’s my beef with Honest Abe? Well, I’ll tell you. Gettysburg Address, awesome. Reuniting America, incredible. But putting Thanksgiving on last Thursday of November, not the best timing. Now granted, Abe probably wasn’t putting a lot of consideration into the fact that he was making the window for Christmas shopping and decorating a bit tight. And in cases like this year, after the Thanksgiving weekend we are literally in December.
What does this mean? It means Christmas music a little earlier then needed. It means Cyber Monday is now in December (How did Abe not see that coming?). And it means less time to work off the turkey and all the leftovers before the Christmas parties, cookies and candy start showing up at every turn.
My guess is that Abe just needed a solid day of football before the wife started harping on getting the lights put up around the White House, and that’s why he put it on the last Thursday of November.
So while being the dude on both the penny and the $5 bill is cool, an extra week could have really helped me out man!
In other tidbits, Ellie finished her soccer season, and had a great time. She could have played a level lower because her September birthday was past the deadline, but playing up allowed her to play with some of her friends and she held her own just fine. In a stunning bit of irony her team was the Blue Jays. My first soccer team? The Blue Jays.
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| The Former Captain, Owen Nolan |
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| "I'll get it myself" |
Late last week, Lukas said he was thirsty. Then disappeared. After a couple minutes of things being too quiet I went into the kitchen to see this. Glad he’s working on doing things himself, but this might be a little much right now.
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| Lukas and Ellie with Great Grandma Flo |
We also got a chance to have dinner with Herbie and Flo.
We also got a chance to have dinner with Steph’s medical director at Manresa in Los Gatos. I only knew about 1 out of every 4 things that was listed on the menu, so you know it must be good when that happens. And while the food was GREAT (including the pigeon) , the highlight was getting a tour of the kitchen after we ate. Steph, half-jokingly, mentioned to the waiter that she’d love to see the kitchen and how everything operated in the back. Then soon after our last course the General Manager came over to our table and said he’d be happy to take us in the back. Needless to say it was very Top Chef.
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