Why Stay with One When You Can Do Two?

I think I have somehow managed to completely out-do myself and come up with what is perhaps the cheesiest title for a blog post ever. Especially when you consider the double-meanings which I assume you’ll catch on to in just a couple paragraphs.

So, you saw the other day the good news about Kyle and his progress in his potty-training. Well, that apparently just wasn’t quite good enough for him. On Monday, he decided that peeing in the potty was only the beginning. So, yes, I’m actually taking the time to write a post about the fact that my almost-three-year-old son pooped in the potty for the first time yesterday….twice!

Just In Time

For some time, now, we’ve been talking amongst ourselves about hoping the Kyle is potty-trained by the time Kaitlyn is born so that we don’t have two kids in diapers at the same time. As Kaitlyn’s due-date draws nearer and nearer, we were starting to get a bit worried.

Then, Kyle would start saying things that would seem to indicate that he was ready to try potty-training. But then, he would sit on the potty for almost three whole seconds and then declare that he was done. We would try distracting him to keep him on the potty a little longer…reading books, giving him a toy to play with, etc.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game…

Last night (yes, I’m actually that caught up) Kyle got to go to his very first professional baseball game. For his very first game, he got to see the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 to 1. (Sorry, Pepere. That’s just the way the ball bounces…so to speak.)

We were able to get tickets through Mommy’s work and we sat in the Picnic Pavilion where they had all-you-can-eat hot dogs (which was probably a good thing since they were kinda small), popcorn, peanuts, chips, bottled water and a soda fountain.

In the Studio

It’s not all that often…in fact, it’s never happened to me until this week…that you get to record in a professional music studio. Man, was that a lot of fun. I’m so glad someone I knew decided to go to school for music production.

Last October, I had the opportunity to get together with some friends from my old church and play at a fund raiser where we opened the evening by playing a set of old jazz standards. After that, was a nice dinner, followed by a somewhat more grooving set of blues/rock.

Taking Precautions

We just had something happen to us a few days ago (see...I'm almost caught up) that hasn't happened in quite some time. It was one of those things that hit you all of a sudden and really freak you out.

The other night, just after some friends had left, Kyle was walking toward the kitchen and stopped. As he's looking down at the floor, he tells Mommy, "Look, Mommy. There's a bug on the floor." As Mommy comes over and starts looking at the floor, she doesn't see anything at first.

The Wiggles....Again

Yes, it has now gotten to the point where we have now gotten to see some live shows more than once. That would be, The Wiggles! They were just in a couple weeks ago and Mommy and Grandma took Kyle and his cousin Nathan to see them live. The boys had a great time.

So, now we've seen the Wiggles, Elmo, Ringling Bros., Disney on Ice, Playhouse Disney and the Wiggles again (though I didn't get the middle ones in the right order). Here are some of the pictures that they got at the show just to help you better understand what the boys were seeing. (That's my subtle way of saying that there are no pictures of the boys themselves.)

Dinos!

What do you know! We're almost all caught up. Here we are up to a few weeks ago when Mommy, Kyle, Jessica and A. J. went to the Dinosaur museum. I'm not sure how interested A. J was in dinos, but Kyle has been getting really into them lately. So, he was quite excited to see dinosaurs...especially T-Rex!

Another nice thing about this trip is that there are actually a couple shots of Mommy for a change. Let's face it, she's entirely too pretty to keep hiding from the camera all the time and people just need to see her more often so they can be jealous of me. :-)

Look What I Found!

Technically, this picture is from a group taken when Kyle went to the Dinosaur museum. But, for no better reason than the content of the picture, I decided to post this one separately. When you scroll down and see the picture, it will likely be quite obvious why that is.

Needless to say, this caused a great deal of laughter for all parties present at the time. The gross part was where this was found....in the door of the van. Who knows how long it was there!

Little Monkey

A few weeks ago (yes, I’m still that far behind) we had gone over to hang out at with some friends. Their son, Adam, seems to be one of Kyle’s favorite people and just loves playing with him.

I wish we had gotten some decent pictures of when Kyle and Adam were actually sitting in the dog kennels with the doors closed, but then maybe it’s just as well that there is no photographic evidence of that so that nobody can take it the wrong way and call CPS. But, we did get a couple pictures of Kyle giving Adam the spider-monkey treatment!

Bowling

Another thing we did on our trip to Prescott was…we went bowling! This is always an exciting thing to do with a toddler. Especially one who doesn’t get that certain bowling balls are heavier than others, that you’re not supposed to put your hands by the ball return and that at this age, you really should use the little ramp that they have so your ball doesn’t stop halfway down the alley.

That said, Kyle did manage to have a pretty good time, over all. It started getting a bit less fun at the end as he had not napped, so he was getting a bit tired and grumpy. We did manage to have some fun, though.

Kyle Digs Chicks

While up in Prescott, we decided to stop by one of the indoor swap meets. As we were making our way in, there was a lady outside with some tables set up. It looked like she had cleaned out the attic after 30 or 40 years and put everything from 8-tracks to ancient transistor radios out for sale.

She also had a small cage with some baby chicks. If we got nothing else out of anything there was to offer, at least Kyle got to hold one of the baby chicks. He thought it was fun.