Why I haven't had time to blog

The things Daddy's teach their little Boys!!!

Trust me, I would never teach him how to do this.

He doesn't like to wear pants

Brenner has never liked to wear pants. When he was younger, you would always see him running around the house in diapers. Now that he doesn't wear diapers any more, I try to keep pants on him more. The other day he was dressed up like a power ranger. He had to take his costume off to go potty. He didn't want to take his shoes off and it was so cute when he came out of the bathroom with his shirt tucked into his underwear and shoes and socks on. I missed the perfect picture, but this one is pretty good!

Grandpa

We were driving down the street today and Joren kept saying, "grandpa, grandpa." I kept saying, "You'll see grandpa tomorrow." But he kept on insisting. Finally I saw the diesel truck up ahead and realized what he was talking about. He loves grandpa.

The Panda Store

Whenever I ask Brenner what he wants to eat, he will say one of a few things. Peanut Butter sandwich, mini corndogs, macaroni and cheese and the Panda Store (Panda Express). He loves fried rice. So, we went to the library this morning. We didn't have much time before Brenner had to go to preschool. I didn't want to take them home and throw together a sandwich and make my house a mess, so he chose the Panda Store. They both love it and the mess is left for someone else to clean up. However, I think they are starting to recognize us too much there, so we might have to try different Panda stores. The lady came to our table and offered us spoons. Maybe she thought Joren would make less of a mess with a spoon. I think he made more of a mess by eating off bites of his styrofoam cup and spitting them out on the floor.

Refusing to Potty Train

I'm not putting another pic of Joren on the potty, yet again, but this kid is driving me crazy... except, he actually goes poo and pee in the potty sometimes now. He went yesterday morning, this morning and tonight before he got in the tub. I actually think I could potty train this kid if I could get up the energy to want to go through that again so soon.

Brenner is going to have surgery

As you can see from this photo (and most all of Brenner's photos), he has a Dermoid Cyst above his right eyebrow. He's had this since he was a baby and it keeps growing and it will keep growing. Years ago we asked Brenner's pediatrician about having it removed and he said to wait because baby skin scars more than older skin. So, now that Brenner is 3 1/2 and it is driving me crazy every time I see it in his pictures, we are getting it removed. We met with a plastic surgeon at Primary Children's Hospital yesterday. He said that the size of the bump on the outside is the same size as on the inside. So, he will have to fill in the bone as well. Surgery is scheduled for Dec. 28th. It will be a quick surgery... about an hour. Brenner is kind of understanding the idea, but I think it will freak him out a little when we actually get there. I hope he will be a big boy!

Keep your pants on Please!!!

About 5 times a day, Joren will start trying to take his pants off to go pee pee. He just starts shoving his pants and diaper down with shoes on or not. Sometimes it's when Brenner needs to go potty and sometimes it's not. It's really annoying because I have to help him take his diaper off. Then we go in the bathroom and he sits on the little potty. Then he climbs up on the big potty. He can't get off the big potty without putting one of his feet in the middle of the bowl, but he does not want any help. He has not yet gone potty. Oh boy!!!

Hypothetical ?

So, here's a question for you all. If I were to have another baby, would it survive Joren???

Okay, so he is really cute too!

Joren can open child proof locks on cabinets. Isn't that great. So, tonight he got into my cabinet in the bathroom and got into a basket of old hair things that I don't use any more. He kept putting the headbands on and saying, "Bobot." I'm not sure where he got the idea that he was a robot, but it was really cute!!!