Bug Killer

Tonight, when Collin and I were cleaning up the train tracks on the living room floor, he stopped me because he noticed a "baby bug".  He lifted the train track to get a better look and noticed it was wiggling and still alive.  He told me that he would get it and then took off toward the kitchen.

Mommy:  "What are you doing?"
Collin:  "I am getting a tissue for the baby bug"
Mommy:  "Why?"
Collin:  "To put it in the potty"

....which is what he did after looking in the tissue and declaring "I got it for you Mommy".  He called out for me to come look in the water because the bug was "spinning around and around and around in the water".  He then flushed it after I looked at it. 

Later when I was tucking him into bed, I thanked him for getting to bug for me....because he knows I don't like live bugs in the house.  He said, "You are welcome Mommy.  Next time, you get the Daddy bugs and I will help you with the baby bugs."  Does that mean he won't be my go-to guy for the large, flying roaches the next time I see one?  Yuck!!!  Thanks at least for helping me with the little ones.

Snoring

Collin regularly snores heavily when he first falls asleep every night.  I finally was able to record what he sounds like...but only for a short period of time because I did not want to wake him.  Like most nights, it was a struggle to get him to stay in bed so I did not want both of us to have to go through that again.  :)

A few people said I should be concerned that he is snoring like this.  I called the doctor and she had me check out a few things.  Based on what she said, he is fine but we will talk about it during his 4 year old check up.  Yep, I cannot believe the little guy will be 4 in August.

Friends and Family

Today was another full day of family and friends.  I knew by the time I wrote this blog post that I would be exhausted from the weekend.  Collin, however, did not seem more tired because he went to bed at the usual 9ish time. 

This morning, I swam 500 meters at the club pool while Collin watched Dora the Explorer.  My next race is 2 weeks away so I needed to get more swim training in.  Collin loves to go to the gym anyway.  This morning, the kid's area was full of kids which made me feel better.

After the gym, we left there to meet Matthew, Jacob and their mommy, Ms Maria.  Both boys have been talking about seeing each other so the mommies thought it would be good to get together at least for lunch.  We met at a place that was supposed to have a sand pit for the kids to play it.  When we arrived, we found out that this location does not.  Fortunately, the waitress put us in a corner so the boys could run around if they needed to.  They actually did really well and sat in their chairs the entire time we were there.  Collin was not hungry and only at chips and queso.  He is like his Mommy there...because I love chips and queso and can make a meal out of it.  Collin was more interested in Jacob, "the baby", instead of talking to Matthew much which I was a little surprised by.  Matthew was too funny using sanitizer wipes to wipe down the side of his drink, his straw, his mommy's straw....and even his teeth!  I had to laugh at that.  Here are a few pictures of what a mommy looks like with a 3 year old and 1 year old ready to go:

We got the boys together outside before we loaded them up to hopefully take naps on the way home (which Collin was not interested in doing).

After getting gas and getting the car washed, we headed home to rest for about 15 minutes before the next set of friends arrive.  Madison, Kyana, Jess and their mommy plus Timmy, Leah and their parents arrived to swim in the pool and then play in the playroom.  We all were in the pool so long that we left little time for the kids to play in the playroom.  Madison and Kyana swam while Timmy and Collin sat in floats.  Leah did not say a peep and looked like she enjoyed sitting in her boat with her hat and glasses.  Jess, who is 2 months old, fell asleep in her mommy's arms.  After two hours, we got out for the girls to leave.  Timmy and Collin had a snack...which turned out to be Collin's dinner because he was not hungry later.  He had sliced cheese, crackers and strawberries.

We had to get ready to attend Ryan and Yoko's baby shower.  They had a surprise yesterday when Aka decided he wanted to be born 3 weeks early.  Collin did fall asleep on the way to the shower...figures.  He wanted me to carry him for the first 10 minutes until he figured out there were other little boys there that he could play with.  Then, Melia arrived and Collin was REALLY happy she was there.  Those two played together the rest of the time we were there.  He did get upset when the gifts were brought into the living room to be opened.  He told the dad that the gift he brought in was his.  Collin did not understand that it was a gift from us and we were leaving it for Ryan and Yoko.  Melia fortunately distracted him because she was eating cake.  He wanted "banilla" (white cake) which I knew he would only eat one bit of.

Huh? What is he doing?

This is how Collin likes to watch TV.  He is on the edge of our couch.  You cannot tell in this picture, but most of the pillows are also off the back of the couch or on the floor.  It's no use to fix the couch because it gets "fixed" this way every time Collin has something to say about it.

Here is what I helped him build last week.  He left it this way most of the week and finally asked me to tear it down yesterday afternoon.  That was good timing because I knew I was going to mess it up this morning because of the friends and family we were going to have over at the house later that day.

Birthday Parties = NOT Tired Kid

We had two birthday parties to go to Saturday.  Not only where these birthday parties but these were very active parties.  One was for Mila (one of his favorite girl friends at school) at an indoor jumping/sliding place called Monkey Joe's and the other was for Jacob and Charlotte at a gymnastics place.  Collin did sleep for less than 2 hours between the two and STILL did not go to bed until closer to 10pm.  I started to write this blog last night .... but chose to rest instead. 

I actually started the morning but getting up early to work for 2 hours before going to the gym to swim 12 laps and then to the UPS Store to overnight what I was working on for a client.  When I got home, I had 20 minutes before we had to head to the first birthday party.  It was only 9:15am!

The first place was one of Collin's favorites and where he wants to have his birthday party....Monkey Joe's. However, when we got there, he was the shy child hugging on my leg. I tried shaking him off like you would if animal was on your leg. I know, I know, my son is not an animal but 1) I cannot walk with him on my leg like that and 2) we were standing in the middle of the gym with kids running around us. After 15 minutes, he did start playing. After that, all I had to do was either look for Mila or Jacob and Collin was either not too far behind or they were chasing him. After an hour of play, it was time to go to one of the rooms for the birthday celebration. Collin saved a seat for Jacob. As usual, Collin wanted two drinks and would rather pass on the pizza to get another drink if he could. He did eat the pizza but did pass on the cake. He does eat cake but probably every 8th party we go to.

Jacob and Collin in the party room

Best Buds Collin and Birthday Girl, Mila

After the party, we stayed another 30 minutes. Collin was not ready to go and one of my coworkers was there. I was not expecting to see her and stayed so we could get to know each other a little more. We came home to rest before the next party.


I don't know if Collin had more fun at Jacob/Charlotte's party but I did enjoy it more because I could see him. We were at the place where Jacob does gymnastics so Collin was VERY excited about going there. He jumped on the trampoline, swung on the rings, played on the parallel bars and then mainly jumped and played in the foam pit before all of the kids played on what they call the Gym Mountain in the corner of the building.

He only did the rings once

Stretching on the parallel bars

He loves the trampoline

Can't you see the happiness on his face when he is about to jump into the pit?

I love him.....about to throw a sponge at me....which he did do several times

Gym Mountain

Waiting for his stamp.  They all get one of these because they completed gym class for the day.

Here he is jumping into the foam pit on Gym Mountain.  He did this several times before one of the parents thought he should not do it...not knowing that I was right there watching him. 

 
We went grocery shopping on the way home and then stayed home the rest of the evening.  Before bed, Daddy, Collin and I played Sock War in Collin's room.  I know it's not the best bedtime activity but we had a great time laughing and playing with each other.  If you don't know, Sock War is where you through balled up socks at each other.  Since these were Collin's socks, you barely felt when they hit you...even in the face.  Making great memories......and hoping that he will sleep in late tomorrow......which he did not do.

"I Promise"

If you hear the phrase, "I promise I will" or "I promise I won't" from Collin, just assume that he will do the opposite of what he is promising.  Every day now, he is promising (or not) to do something.  Tonight, he told me that he promised he would not lick me (yes, he still regularly pretends to be Puppy) when I leaned over near his mouth.  He did exactly what he said he would not do....lick me on my cheek.  He started to laugh when I said "I thought you promised!"  I have explained that keeping promises is important but he still thinks its funny.  This must be part of a game at school with his buddies. 

"Let me tell you a secret"

Collin regularly wants to tell secrets.  What he says are not really secrets thought.  I think he enjoys the act of telling you that he needs to tell you a secret, having you lean towards him with your ear and then whispering in your ear. 

Lately, he is not whispering at all.....you cannot hear what he is saying so you have to ask him to speak up.  I love it when the secret is "I guess I love you Mommy".  Sometimes, "Puppy" is the one telling me the secret and I get my ear licked.  At least he knows that puppies don't talk.

Happy Father's Day Daddy!!

Collin hand painted this picture for Daddy's Day.  He picked out the colors and did the blending himself.  Yes, I did write "Daddy" on the picture but explained what I was spelling when I did it.  We also gave Daddy a picture of Mommy and Collin for him to put in his office so he can look at it when he is missing us.

Zoo? On Such a Hot Day?

This was written yesterday but I could not get to the internet:

If it was not for a work event, Collin and I would not have gone to the zoo today. It was supposed to be 100 degrees at the time we planned to go (and it was). Now that Collin's older, we don't take the stroller with us when we go to places like the zoo so it takes much longer to walk around. Before we drove up, he told me he wanted to see the seals. These are one of his favorite animals to visit while at the zoo. They are right up front so it's easy to see them every time. While watching them swim around, Collin was giving me a play-by-play of what they were doing in the water. "Mommy, the seal stuck his head out of water." "Mommy, they are swimming over each other. They are going around in circles".


Because we were there for a work event, we headed to the tent first so we could "check in" and to introduce Collin to my colleagues. When we got there, he turned shy on me and grabbed my leg. Then, he did what he has been doing lately when he is shy. He got behind me and stuck his face in my butt. I have told him many times that I don't like it when he does that but he still does. I especially did not want my work colleagues to see it. I walked away so he would stop and so I could talk to him about it. When got a snow cone and sat down at a table with other people. He wanted to sit at an empty table and was mad at me for not moving. He eventually "warmed up" and started talking. Then Kara walked by. This is the little girl he recently met when we watched a colleague race in the Ironman. Her and Collin got along great when they first met. When he saw her, he smiled really big and said "hi" and was not shy after that. It figures, he does like older women. :)

We walked around the zoo together with Kara's family. Collin wanted to see the elephants and the giraffes first. The kids then rode the carousel. Collin wanted to ride on the giraffe even though I told him it did not move up and down. He did not mind and had a great time. After the carousel, we went to the reptile house...mainly because it was in A/C and because Collin wanted to see baby dinosaurs. I knew there was an alligator in the and some other reptiles that he might think where dinosaurs. He loved it in there and pointed out all of the animals he really liked to Kara. We then went to the fish house....again because of the A/C. I did not think I was going to get him out of there. He wanted to see the fish and other exhibits more than once.

Collin and Kara, the older woman

This alligator scared him when he opened his mouth!

The kids really liked crawling through the tunnel in the fish tank

Pointing out the turtle.  He said he sees these out of the zoo.

We did finally leave. I was really hot and getting tired. It had already been a long day and I knew that Saige and Linden would be at our house when we got home. Their mommy had surgery yesterday so we were helping their daddy entertain them and wear them out for him.

Pirates and Princess Birthday Party

After I swam laps at the club (700 meters), we went to Melia's birthday party.  When we arrived, some of the kids had already started coloring a picture.  Collin was not interested because there were characters in the room entertaining the kids.  There was Snow White, a mermaid and a Pirate.  Collin did NOT want to be in the same room as the characters so we when outside to play on the small playground.  I was hoping he change his mind and want to go back inside because it was hot....getting close to 97 already.  There were other boys out there playing for the same reason.  Is there a theme here?  Collin did eventually change his mind after 20 minutes and we went back inside.

Now the kids were painting a treasure chest.  At first, he did not want to paint until I sat beside him.  He even waved at the mermaid when she walked by and commented on his painting techniques.  He did have a good time mixing the colors on his box.  One mother commented that he paints with precision.....another way to say that he does concentrate hard while he is painting which results in really even paint lines for an almost 4 year old. 

After painting, the kids got to pick whether they wanted to be a pirate or a princess.  Collin did not want to be either.  At least he did not want to be a princess!  He saw the other boys put on their vests and hats so he did put his on......for less than 10 minutes.  He did not want to go with the other pirates and chose to watch the princesses sing a song and learn the moves to the song. 

Definitely looks like he is not interested

After all of the kids finished playing as princess or a pirate, it was time to hit the pinata.  Collin did not want to stand in line or hit the pinata (hmmmm....maybe we should have stayed home.  It would have been a lot easier on me).  He did want to hit after about 12 kids took their turn.  He knew what to do because he just hit a pinata last weekend at the family reunion and watched the other kids do it.  He missed the first time and hit it the next three swings. ....but did not put a dent in it.  Eventually, the pinata was broken open.  He raced into the middle of the candy pile with the other kids and came away with some candy.  Of course, he wanted to eat it right away.

It was then time to eat lunch.  He had a HUGE sandwich, some grapes and then birthday cake.  He did not want to leave when it was time to go.  Really?  He acted like he did not want to be there and was not having fun most of the time we were there.  I mentioned to him that people were starting to leave so let's race them to the front door.  That worked!  He loves to race

Here is his treasure box after we brought it home to dry

We are resting now before we head to the zoo for my company's family outing today.

Good Morning Puppy

Collin still loves to pretend that he is a puppy.  This morning, I woke up early so I could be at work a little earlier today.  It's packed with meetings and calls so I wanted to get a head start.  I was leaving the bathroom to get ready to leave the house and I noticed that a cute, awake little boy was laying on my side of the bed holding Monkey. 

Mommy:  "Good morning, Collin, I was not expecting to see you there." 
Collin (aka Puppy):  "I am not Collin.  I am Puppy." 
Mommy:  "Well, in that case, can I get a kiss from Puppy?" 
Puppy:  "Yes" and then Puppy started to pant

I leaned in for a kiss and got a lick on my face.  I was somewhat expecting this and prepared to have some of my makeup licked off.  Puppy got out of my bed and then crawled behind me while I walked to the living room.  Puppy must have still been partly asleep because he collapsed twice while crawling.  When I was getting ready to leave, he was still Puppy so I got another lick on the face.

Baseball Game = Food and Friends

Collin has been to many baseball games before. Most of the time, he is more interested in the food and visiting with the people around him. Tonight was no exception. Before we sat in our seats, Daddy asked what he wanted to eat. Collin announced "cheese pizza and a diet coke Daddy". Daddy got two cheese pizzas and one diet coke. I knew Collin would end up drinking most of the coke, which he did do.

We arrived in our seats and he got busy eating his pizza. He did watch a little of the game asking questions about the ball went. There was not more game watching after that. He was busy moving all around his seat until he discovered the little girl, Deanna, sitting behind us with her older brother and friend. He saw that she got a tub of cotton candy and so he wanted some. We asked him if he knew what cotton candy was and he did not know but still wanted some. Deanna shared a bite of hers and then he really knew he wanted some. We made him call out to the man selling it when he walked passed our row. He did end up eating a few bites of both the pink and the blue colored cotton candy. He then crawled in my lap to watch the rest of the game until we left at the bottom of the 6th inning.

When we got home, the tub of cotton candy became like the "wash-the-clothes". He spun it round and round and said it was like the clothes being washed. He then rolled it on the floor to "spin it". Can you guess that it was going to be a challenge to greet him in bed? It was because he was not ready to get in bed. Daddy had to help me tonight. Thanks Daddy!!!!

Dinner and Playing Ball

Tonight, Daddy had a great idea of having dinner outside at a local restaurant that overlooked a play area so Collin could play after dinner. He ate very little before he asked I'd he could play. Instead of playing right away, he sat at the corner of the okay area to watch the other kids play. I guess he was trying to figure out who he wanted to play with. A little girl about his age walked up to him while he was sitting down and started tslksimg to him. They then played with the ball that he brought with him. They threw it some and then played keep-away. They played for about 20 minutes until her food arrived. He wanted to sit with her but we said she had to eat first. Instead of getting upset, he walked back to the play area to ask other kids if they wanted to play with him. They were several years older and just ignored him. I was glad to see that he did not cry about this but, instead started throwing the ball up into the air by himself. He did not have to wait long before another little boy about his age wanted to play. They played some before Collin said, "I need to rest" and then sat down ro have a drink. The little girl finished eating by now and was ready to play again. He did not initially want to play with the boy now that the girl was ready to play. I did interfer and said he could p,ay with both of his new friends. They played until she had to go home. We left shortly after that.

Collin was read for a bath when we got home. He bathed for a short time and was ready to read books. Instead of much discussion about goong to sleep, he feel asleep in 10 minutes.....and has been snoring loudly ever since.

Day at the Beach

Collin has not been to the beach since he was 15 months old. At that time, he had a cast on his broken leg so he was not able to enjoy the sand and waves like I would have liked for him to. Therefore, today, we joined one of his friends from school, Jacob, his mom and other friends at the beach. Collin LOVED to play in the sand. At first, he played with the trucks in the sand but then quickly joined Jacob, Simon and Katie burying Jacob in the sand. The kids thought it was so much fun that they ALL wanted to be buried in the sand. The mommies helped dig out a large hole for all of the kids to fit into and then started to bury the kids under the sand. They sat there for the longest time, other than Katie, before "breaking free" by wriggling a finger out, then an arm and then jumping out. Collin did not like his hands buried and kept them out the next several times that we buried them.

To "clean off", we all walked to the water to play in the waves.  Collin was not interested in doing this the first time we walked over but really wanted to get into the water the next time.  He really liked it when I held him up to jump over the waves but did not want to go out as far as the other mommies went.  I was OK with this anyway because salt water is not really my thing.  What we do for our kids, right?  We took a break for lunch and then later for a snack.  Most of the time, the kids played in the sand and had a blast.  We stayed for over 5 hours before cleaning up and heading back.

Our set up for the day on the dune side of the beach

Annual Family Reunion

Early this morning, cousin Dustin, Collin and I got in the car for a two hour road trip to participate in the annual family reunion.  Neither Collin nor Dustin slept on the way there.  Collin was excited about seeing his cousins and thought, at first, that he was seeing his other cousins Ben, Will and Hollis until I told him these were other cousins. 

For the first time that I can remember, the reunion had a theme.  This year, it was Mexican themed so that all of the food and activities were generally focused on that theme.  The first thing Collin and some of his cousins did was to make and/or pop bubbles in the front yard.  I brought several different colored bubble wands that made gigantic bubbles.  On the way to the reunion, Collin pretended one of the wands was a "shooter gun" and was shooting the road or the cows as we drove by.  Here are the kids enjoying the bubbles:

Collin, Brycen, Evan and Kendall playing with the bubbles.

It was then time to test the salsa and guacamole for the taste contest.  I started doing it with the others and Collin said "I want to do the same as you" which meant he wanted to use the chips to test the salsa with me.  I tried one of salsas and was not interested after that because he saw one of the younger cousins eating a snow cone.  "What's that Mommy?"  We walked over so he could make his own.  He loved scooping the chopped ice into his cup and then choosing the different syrup flavors.  For his first snow cone, yes, he ended up having three of them (all partially eaten) was a mixture of watermelon and grape.  He took his first bite and then looked at me..."this is really, really yummy to my tummy!"  We did not have lunch yet, so he only ate one before lunch. 

While waiting for lunch to be ready, he wanted me to hold him up over and over again so he could see the baby birds that were living on one of the shelves on the patio.  He said, "Mommy, the birds are tiny" and "they are so cute".  At first, I did not mind holding him up but I did get tired of his after the 15th or so time of doing it.  Luckily, cousin Brad stepped in and held Collin so he could look at them.  Twice, one of the birdies jumped out of the nest and someone put the birdie back.  After seeing that, Collin still wanted to look at the birds but not as close as before.



Collin probably had the most fun when it came time for the water gun fight.  Most of the bigger kids got in the pool for the fight but Collin and Evan were happy to use their guns outside of the pool.  I was happy about this because I did not bring my bathing suit for me to help Collin in the pool.  He stood on the outside and shot his water gun towards the people in the pool or if they were walking around it.

I know Collin was having fun at the reunion because several different times throughout the day, he said, "Mommy, I am having fun".  He did not have to tell me this though because it was really obvious that he was.  The next activity was the pinata.  Collin was the first one to swing at it because the order when youngest to oldest.  There were three pinatas so he did get to try it several times.  Each time, he swung the stick hard and hit the pinata each time.  At first, he did not understand what the purpose of it was.  Once the first one was broken, he quickly figured out that there were candy and prizes in there.  He got right in there and chose gum, whistles and Smarties.  I LOVE Smarties so I was really happy with his choice.  While waiting for his next turn, he sat in a wagon close by checking out his loot.  He wanted me to help him make sure that no one else was going to eat it. 

When he was not playing, he was following some of his female cousins around.  He really liked Kendall the best but also spent time with Madison and Kristin.  Even him and Evan had a pillow fight that was hilarious to watch.  They were mainly focused on the winner of each round and laughed the entire time doing it.

He really had a great time today playing with his cousins so much so that he did not want to go home. Since he did not take a nap (not that I thought he would), I changed him into his PJs before going home. As expected, he was not ready to go and put up a fight. However, within 10 minutes of leaving, he looked like this:

Wednesday Nights = Training and Social Night

For the past 6+ weeks, Wednesday nights have turned out to be very social nights.  First, Daddy picks up Collin from school to head gymnastics for an hour.  As you have already read, Collin really likes going to gymnastics.  After that, the meet me and other bike shop tri club members at the park.  The bike shop sets up a tent, water cooler and bike racks for club members to ride and run for 3 hours while someone from the bike shop watches the equipment.  After riding, running or one or the other, people typically hang out at the tent instead of leaving right after they finish. This is the social hour that we all have started to look forward to.  While I am riding and running guilt-free, Collin and Daddy are either:

• riding the bike
• running
• playing with friends
• Daddy pulling Collin along in the bike trailer

Collin has met several new friends doing this.  I think his favorite is Madison who is a bike shop employee's granddaughter.  Then there is Korbin, Kyana and McKenna that have been fairly regular. 

I said guilt-free above because, when I am riding and running, I know that Collin and Daddy are close-by.  I also know that Collin is having a great time being outside and playing with his friends or Daddy.  Plus, when I am finally finished, which is typically within an hour to an hour and 20 minutes, Collin is not ready to go.  He usually has a big grin on his face and is sweaty from running around and playing so much. 

Collin having fun in a race the kids did last weekend after I finished running.  Collin LOVES to run.

Persistant Toddler

I don't know if all toddlers go through what I am going to call the "Can you hear me now?" phase.  Collin can sometimes drive me nuts with this.  For example, I came home and he wanted cereal for dinner. 

Mommy:  "I would like to change from my work clothes first and then we can talk about dinner"
Collin:  "I want cereal"
Mommy:  "I heard you"
Collin:  "I want cereal"
Mommy:  "I know, please quit asking me"
Collin:  "I want cereal"
Mommy:  [ugh] "Collin, I will make you dinner when I get in the kitchen".  By now, I am trying to use the bathroom.  He walks near the door and says that he wants cereal...AGAIN.  I knew that a smartaleck response would not help him but I was really getting frustrated right about then....and it might have made me feel better. 

Guess what?  He did NOT get cereal.  He had cheese pizza squares.  Mommy wins again!

Splash Day at School

Now that the school summer program has started, Collin gets to participate in Splash Day on Tuesday mornings.  This means that he arrives at school wearing his water shoes, swim suit, swim shirt and sunscreen.  They play on the splash pad in the back of the school for about an hour and then come back inside to dry off and change for the rest of the day.

Today was the first day of Splash Day.  We had to buy Collin new water shoes this past weekend because his shoes from last year are a little tight.  He initially wanted to buy the pink ones (he said, "Mommy, my favorite color is pink and purple"....which I knew but there was NO WAY he was going to school with pink water shoes).  His next choice was the red ones.  I am glad because there were red ones in his size (10). 

When he arrived at school this morning, he was so excited about getting in the water.  The other boys were comparing their swim suits among other clothing.  This is what Daddy saw.....guess the other boys liked red too! 

Collin is in the white shirt (third from the left)

Potty Training - Last Night

When Collin got home from school, he went to his room and told Daddy that he was "going to get comfortable".  He came out of his room in his "soft PJs" and underwear....not a pull up.  He was resting on the futon couch in his playroom watching a movie when I came home.  I asked if he felt OK and he said "Yes.  Go put your house clothes on" which meant get out of my work clothes and get comfortable.  I did not need a toddler to tell me that.  I was happy to change out of my work clothes which is one of the first things I do when I get home after greeting my family and giving them kisses.

Later that night, I said he needed to put a pull up on because we were going to bed.  He did not need a bath because they did not play outside (it was 103 yesterday and 105 the day before).  He said he wanted to leave his underwear on "because I will not pee in my bed.  I will get up to use the potty".  I told him that was fine with me but he had to go potty first and he needed to sleep on a towel.  Usually when I mention sleeping on a towel, he freaks out.  Tonight, it was not too bad but he did not like the idea of a towel.  After talking about it a few more times, he did go potty and then picked out the shark towel to lay on. 

He got in bed and said that Monkey also needed to sleep on a towel.  He then told Monkey "don't pee in the bed Monkey.  You have to get up and use the potty."  Well, I knew from that he knew what he needed to do if he had to go potty.  I really think that he sleeps so hard at night, that he does not even feel when he need to go potty.  However, I was willing to let him try again because he did not put up that much of a fight to do it.  I gave him and Monkey kisses and then told him that he could even wake me up if he needed help to go potty later that night.

He did not wake me up but, around 4:15am started to cry.  I knew that he must have peed in his bed and woke up from being wet.  I went into his room and that's what happened.  I started to pull the sheets off and asked him to get up because he needed to be changed.  He did not want to and fell back asleep. 

We will try again.  I know he will get it one day.

Potty Training at Night Update

Collin is getting out of bed more during the night to go potty.  He has woken me up a few times to help him (meaning watch him but he can do it himself) and then tuck him back in bed.  While at Mimi's house Saturday night, he did the same thing to her.  She says:

Collin spent the night and had a dry pullup on for the first time at my house. He snored in the beginning so I watched some TV and came back.  For my first time, he woke up in middle of night and went to potty.

When he took a nap with me Saturday, he woke up after an hour and said he had to go potty.  He did get up and go potty but was not tired anymore and did not go back to sleep.  I was really happy about him getting up but could have used an extra 20 minutes of sleep.  I was really tired for some reason.  ;)

Dogs, Cousin Graduation, Time with Mimi and Swimming - Just another weekend

Saturday, Daddy let me sleep in. That was WONDERFUL!!  He and Collin got up, had breakfast and were watching TV when I woke up an hour later.  I needed my rest because I had a sprint triathlon in the morning.  After Daddy left for work, Collin and I swam in the pool for about an hour.  It was going to be 100 for the day so I thought I would start it off with some fun in the pool.  Plus, I was hoping it would wear Collin out so he would take a nap later.

Check out those abs.  Is that a six pack starting?

After we cleaned up from playing in the pool, we bought a friend a birthday present and then went to the bike shop to give it to her.  She was there because the bike shop was hosting cocker spaniel puppy adoptions that day.  My friend, Steph, is part of this organization.  Daddy thought it would be different to have the puppies in the bike shop and Steph was grateful for a new location to host the adoptions.  I was not sure if Collin would pet the dogs or not.  As I figured, it took him about 30 minutes to warm up to the dogs before he would pet any of them.  At first, he wanted me to pick him up and hold onto him.  I really did not want to because he is getting heavy at 40 pounds and my shoulder rotator cuff was hurting because of all the swimming.  Thank goodness he did want me to put him down so he could pet the dogs.  With Daddy, we walked across the street to get some lunch.  Collin was not hungry....until he remembered this place had ice cream.  Daddy let him have some after he and I were finished eating.  What a nice Daddy!!!

After lunch we Daddy, we went next door to buy a birthday present for Melia, one of Collin's friends.  Her birthday is coming up and we needed to get her a gift since we were right there.  Then, we went home for Collin to take an hour nap before heading to see cousin Dustin graduate from high school.  The graduation was taking place downtown in the basketball area.  There were 600+ kids in Dustin's graduating class so they needed a place big enough to hold all of the graduates and their family.  Collin did AWESOME waiting for Dustin to walk across the stage.  Of course, snacks and a drink helped. Mommy came prepared.  

Aunt Lisa, Cousin Dustin, and Todd, Dustin's Dad

After graduation, Collin went home with Mimi because Daddy and I were leaving the house in the morning at 4:15am for my triathlon.  We left so early because the bike shop is a bike sponsor of the race so Daddy had to be there early.  I napped in the car until it was time for me to set up my transition area for the race.  I was prepared as I could be but still VERY nervous about the open water swim. The distances of the race were 600 meter swim, 11 mile bike and 3 mile run.  I knew the bike and the run would not be a problem....it was the swim.  When it was my time in the water, I knew the swim was going to be a killer.  People were swimming all over me.  I just could not seem to advance.  I also swam much more than 600 meters because I don't swim in a straight line. I kept getting off course and had to stop and correct myself.  After finally getting out of the water and probably last at this point, I knew I needed the bike portion of the race to catch up some and feel better.  Catch up I did.  I passed at least 4 people in my age group on the bike and then another 3 on the run.  I finished the race at 1:20.38 which was 5 minutes faster than my goal.  Both the bike and the run were faster than my last race but the swim was MUCH slower.  I came in 9th in my age group and am very happy with the results.

Me after the race with Collin's Daddy

Me with a new racing friend.  It was her first time too.

Running in and so thankful the race was almost over

After coming home for a shower, we headed to meet the family for a graduation celebration lunch for Dustin.  We met at a sushi place.  I did not care where we ate...I was hungry because of the race.  Collin did not eat much yesterday but he made up for it at lunch.  He ate all of his chicken and at least a third of a lot of french fries.  He and Timmy played together on the bench side of the table before we left.

We came home to take a nap.  Collin was not tired so he sat on the couch to watch a movie.  I slept for about 45 minutes before getting up to make sure he was OK.  He was sitting on the couch and had gotten himself some water from the refrigerator.  He told me he was not tired.  I stayed up with him and working on his scrapbook.  Within 10 minutes, he passed out on the couch.  I thought he was not tired.

After his nap, I made dinner and then the boys went swimming while I worked in the back yard so I could watch them have fun.  After being in the lake today, I was not interested in swimming.

What a fantastic weekend!  However, I am ready for work so I can sit for more than 15 minutes.  ;)