Who you callin’ poopyhead?
Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle
Here’s a pretty good one, in the ‘kids say funny things’ vein:
The three of us were getting ready for dinner, to include Maggie climbing up into her height chair. On her way up, she told Erin she was a ‘poopyhead.’ Erin responded by asking her what she was. Maggie said, “I an angel!”
We have only one idea where Maggie might have picked up the poopyhead thing–it is Erin’s term of endearment for me. The problem is, she hasn’t called me that for a while, at least as best as we can remember. Then again, Maggie has been displaying a seemingly superhuman memory lately, so maybe we don’t remember Erin saying it but Maggie did. Anyway, ‘Angel’ is Erin’s nickname for Maggie, so it’s pretty funny how the little one put it all together.
And, yes, we told Maggie not to say ‘poopyhead’ at school because it would get her in trouble. It might not be all that bad though–kids at Maggie’s age are beginning to name-call, so Maggie will be out front of the trend and be the pacesetter. That’s a good character trait, no?
Going to the Potty
Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle
We have ventured into our second phase of potty training. One of Maggie’s teachers at school said she should be ready in a couple weeks to stop wearing diapers/pull-ups and start wearing underwear. Sherry said she goes to the bathroom regularly at school and stays dry most of the day. Of course, she should still wear pull-ups at nap time and nighttime. To be honest, I am not ready to start potty training. I guess I was expecting her to become interested in going potty on the toilet at 2.5 years old. It’s not that I want to keep her in diapers (a baby), I just don’t think I am ready to deal with public toilets. Maggie is still not consistent with using the potty, however she always tells us when she has to go poop and when she has already gone pee. Strange, but she would rather poop in the toilet and pee in her diaper. I always thought it would be the other way around? We haven’t really been pushing her to use the toilet, but we do the congratulatory ‘hurray!’ when she does use it. I finally bought her a couple pairs of the Gerber training pants. I must admit, it has been quite amazing to watch Maggie evolve from a 9lb infant to a running, tricycle peddling, 7 word sentence speaking toddler. And now potty training? It’s all happening way to fast -
Beauty is simple, simplisticity is beautiful
Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim, Parenting
Last night, I was reading Maggie to sleep. When I finished her last book, I looked at her to say goodnight. She was doing something very uncharacteristic for her—laying there, wide-eyed, silent, and not fidgeting. This caught my attention because, as I said, that is just not her, so I continued watching for the next 2 or 3 minutes. I thought she may be thinking about something but I didn’t want to ask her because she was being so good and quiet. She began to close her eyes on and off and then finally, kept them closed. The remarkable thing about this is, except for watching her do so in the rear view mirror while driving, I have never seen her actually go from fully awake to completely asleep. In fact, as I later told
So, why are you going to vote Republician?
Posted on June 11, 2008 - Filed Under Political
Rock me…softly
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Adult swim
A couple weeks ago, my snowmobiling partner invited me to go with her to a free concert offered by a local Boise radio station, 1007.1 K-Hits. I agreed, though I did not know any of the musicians on the ticket. The reason for this probably had something to do with the band being comprised of 6 lead singers from some once popular 1960’s and 1970’s soft rock bands. Needless to say, I was one of the youngest at this concert. Sitting and waiting for the show to start, I joking said that although all these bands were popular before I was born, I would probably know every song! All joking aside, I DID know all the songs and could actually sing some of the words! (I credit the knowledge of these songs to my mother who introduced me to ’soft rock’ at a young age!) Some of the songs performed were:
” Dance with Me” “How much I feel” “Biggest part of me” and “Dancing in the moonlight”
It was pretty ridiculous I could actually sing the words to these songs. After the concert, Denise, myself and two other women from work went to IHOP with some of their friends. I didn’t make it home until 2:00am. Maggie, of course, did her nightly ritual of waking up 2-3 times that night. I was pretty much a zombie on Saturday due to the fact I only got about 3 hours of sleep.
It’s a video revolution
Posted on June 1, 2008 - Filed Under Videos, This site
Flickr began offering its customers the ability to upload video a couple months back. We’ve decided to try it out and are thinking of switching from posting the videos here to putting them up there. One reason is that putting them directly on the site itself requires a somewhat significant amount of effort (file conversion, etc.) and results in a greatly decreased level of quality. Anyway, PLEASE let us know what you think by viewing the video of Maggie talking to the lamb. For purposes of comparison, here is a link to one of the previously posted videos.
Nothing feels quite like taking a good poop
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Parenting
We’ve had a breakthrough of astounding proportions: MAGGIE WENT POOP ON THE POTTY–TWICE!!! Her modus operandi is to go into the bathroom where her potty seat is, strip down, put her diaper in the trash, position her stool in front of the toilet, climb up, and pooped. She did this twice today, after we had all come home. The second time, she even said, “Go potty” and marched right and did her thing. Now, we face the daunting challenge of accidents and attempting to discern when and where she is ready to go without a net. Are there any secret holders out there who might be inclined to share their hard-won wisdom?
The first of many questions
Posted on May 26, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Parenting
Maggie has entered another phase, that of relentlessly presenting the same question despite being given the answer early on in the series. The most frequent questions are, “Where going?” (translation–”Where are we going?”) and “Doing?” (translation–”What are you doing?”). Seriously, she will ask ten times in one minute and there’s no getting her to stop. Oh well, hazards of the parent gig.
This questioning came in the cute form the other day. She and I spent a daddy and daughter day in Boise on Friday because Erin had to work and Maggie’s daycare was closed. Since we have been contemplating buying bike and a tow-behind trailer, she and I went to Target to see what they have to offer. I found one I liked, got it down off the shelf, and began pedaling down one of the aisles. From her perch in the cart, Maggie said, “Going, daddy?” She actually thought I was going somewhere, that I might leave her there. Like I said–cute.
Important life lessons
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under And your point is?, Travel
1. When Aunt Jessica was little, her parents got her to eat cauliflower by telling her they were CareBear Clouds. So each time she ate a cloud, a CareBear lost its home and fell to it’s death. So sad.
2. While visiting Maggie’s great-grandparents in the nursing home, Jason and his two cousins, Chuck and Nicholas, decided to have a throwdown wrestling match in the courtyard. During one of the wrestling matches, Chuck, the older brother, put Nicholas in a mercy hold and Nicholas screamed, “I’m too young to die, I don’t want to die”–in a nursing home, of all places.
3. We went out to dinner with Jason’s Dad and Marty. As we left the restaurant, Jason chose to back out of the parking spot when he could have just pulled forward. I said, “why didn’t you just pull forward?” Jason said, “I don’t know.” Marty said, “Men just have a way of doing things their own way.” Maggie answers from the backseat with all of her 2 year old wisdom, “Backwards!”
4. Walter the farting dog provides an excellent response to silly jokes!
5. People in Washington DC CANNOT drive!
6. We were turning left onto a two lane street; we could not see what or who was occupying those lanes until we turned. It’s a good thing we turned into the left lane because walking down the center of the right lane was a male ‘little person’ (that’s ‘midget’ for those of you not inclined toward political correctness) with some mighty big hair and wearing a purple Wal-Mart style sweat suit. The moral of the story: When visiting large cities–like D.C.–be prepared to have some very surreal experiences.
7. Well water and detergent cause grease spots.
8. While at a restaurant, never put your dentures on a napkin. They disappear!
10. It is so sexy, It’s Dirty!
Another spring time visit
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Travel, Parenting
We are on the downslope of our trip back east. It has been a very long 10 days thus far. We drove well over 1000 miles (which cost about $160 in gas, in case you’re wondering); slept in 3 different hotels (including tonight) and 3 different homes of family/friends; eaten exactly 1 home-cooked meal (not that we don’t like eating out–we really do, actually); visited with 22 individual family members and friends; have had to deal with a sick Maggie (she ran a fever for 3 days or so); and will finish up tomorrow on the 2000 mile return flight home. I don’t care what anyone says–traveling, to whatever destination, is a stressful event. We are definitely bruised, battered, and more than a little worse for the wear. It might sound a bit wimp-ish to say that, but I don’t have a problem admitting that we are two people who started the trip each loaded down with work stress and inexperienced at doing this kind of thing with a two year old in tow. Speaking of Maggie, she too seems to have been impacted by the stress and out-of-routineness of this. On this trip, she began taking on the typical ‘terrible twos’ traits more so than ever before. Yeah, it’s been a long week and a half but satisfying in a lot of different ways. We are very thankful to all of those who took their time to hang out with us, feed us, and put up with whichever of the three of us wasn’t feeling especially gracious at any given moment.
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