Toddler boot camp and a few laughs

Thursday marked the start of toddler boot camp. The first of the tripartite plan was the transition to the bed which I have to say knock wood has gone more smoothly than I could have imagined. Brendan slept much better this weekend than he did last weekend and he doesn't really seem to miss the crib at all.

The second part of boot camp started today, feeding himself. He honestly prefers it if I spoon everything into his mouth for him. Today when we were out I got him a new Blues Clues spoon and fork. He got so excited and wanted to use them right away. I sat him at his little table and chairs (he normally sits wherever when he eats) and he used a fork for most of the meal which was a bowl of chicken, rice and peas. He's so awkward with the utensils from lack of practice, although he supposedly uses a spoon to eat his cereal at school. I had to keep telling him to put the fork in sideways not straight down to scoop up the food, to keep the "round" side down and to put it straight into his mouth since he tends to turn the utensil over and the food falls off. I'd say he ate about half the food with the fork and the rest with his hands. And I also told him no more feeding him at all by next Monday and no more baby food veggies, only big kid veggies.



Then comes the big one - potty training!!!!! Oh dear goddess, I think I'm feeling sick about that one.

And this boy just cracks me up. Yesterday we were at the playground and there are boxes on the ground for box ball and some say BOX and some say BALL. Brendan read BOX with no problem, but the Ls on BALL where overlapping and if you look at it sideways it looks like an F. So he read it as B-A-F. I said it's ball and he said no it's baf. So I asked him what's a baf and he said "where you get all nice and clean".

Then this morning we went to K-Mart. While we're walking through the store Brendan keeps telling me he wants to see the alligators. I couldn't figure out what he was talking about. When we walk outside the store he pulls me to the next store which is National Wholesale Liquidators and says "There it is, National Wholesale Alligators". lol!!!!