"I'm Dorothy the Dinosaur"

Jackson, Buck, Charlie & Ben

"The boys are back in town"

I included this picture because you can see the mommies to the left. Carrie & Rachel. Rachel is holding Ben.

The boys were originally in the chair to fight over a toy :(

Day 4 - I promise to stop counting the potty training days once Buck is firmly established (or I stop noticing).

Yesterday, in reaction to the play date disasters, Buck & I stayed home alone all day. Well, with Max, of course. And a puppy throws a bit of craziness into every thing (ie: Max is constantly sticking his face into the potty after Buck has filled it. I'm afraid Max will try to chomp down some of the poop or slurp up the pee - yuck!) It was a much better day - training wise. As I prepare to write how Buck did with yesterday's training, it occurs to me that he will HATE that his potty habits will be forever immortalized (well - if I ever get around to printing out this blog). Someday, he will be very embarrassed with this log, I'm sure. Won't stop me from doing it, though.

The pooping/constipation issue was taken care of as Buck realized that he gets a handful of M&M's for each poop. This is actually the one thing that Buck has consistently been able to tell us: "I have to go!" He always means poop.

He actually had about 4 accidents where Buck didn't tell me he had to pee. One of the "accidents" he had was actually on the potty, but Buck thought it'd be fun to shoot the pee over the pee guard onto the floor in front of him ("Like Daddy pees"). RKZ does not aim for the floor, by the way. I think it's more the shooting like a hose kind of thing.

I was able to escape to a book club in the evening, which was nice. It also allowed RKZ to have a great moment where Buck told him he had to go and Buck pooped in the potty. It makes it mostly worth it when that happens.

The most interesting (to me) observation is that Buck (and his potty training pals) all seem to be a bit more stressed out these days. Buck has been waking up in the middle of the night with nightmares & whining a bit while 1/2 awake. It's got to be really stressful for these kids to make this transition. A bit like graduating, really.

Buck just told me FOR THE FIRST TIME that he needed to pee! HALLELUJAH! It's a banner day at the Grady household!