Conversations With A Now Three Year Old

With four kids, three of which are three and under, there is most certainly NEVER a dull moment and at times it can be quite entertaining.  Most of the hilariousness comes from No-no, our three year old son.  You may recognize him from previous posts, “Conversations With A Two Year Old”.  He’s three now, and will be four in March.  He’s also the cause for most of the humor in the house.

No-no:  (Crying)  Daddy!  I hurt my head!

Me:  Oh no buddy!  How?

No-no:  Playing under the cabinets…

Me:  Like I told you not to?

No-no:  Yeeeeeess……

Me:  Did you learn anything?

No-no:  Yes…

Me:  Are you going to listen to me now?

No-no:  Nooooooo….

Recently we were on our way to Yai-yai’s (my mom) house.  The kids were watching a movie (thank god for dvd players in cars!) in the backseat and were conspicuously quiet.  Suddenly, No-no belts out, “Quit playing with your vagina!!!”  What makes it funnier is, he was staring out the window when he said it.  The wife and I busted out laughing, but quickly stopped when we thought, “Where did he learn the word vagina?”  Even though we have a daughter, we do not call her lady parts a vagina.  We use terms like, hoo-ha or lucy.  Now, I’ll pick on No-no when he is taking a bath.  I’ll open the door and yell at him to “quit playing with your dingy!”  So to whoever taught my son the word (and proper usage of) vagina, I thank you for the laugh!

Potty Training The Second Time Around…

I guess it’s true what they say about girls being smarter than boys…  Last week, we decided that it was finally time to potty train our two year old daughter.  We waited quite a bit longer than we did with our three year old son.  Mainly because of the 11 month old.  With No-no, we just let him run around naked, which resulted in us almost buying stock in Resolve.  He would just let it go wherever.  One time he actually crawled under his bed and pooped…  The physics of how he managed to do that just blow my mind!  So you can imagine our fears of letting the princess go sans pants with a little guy crawling around that LOVES putting everything in his mouth.

Her majesty has taken to the potty like a fish to water!  Her accidents have been very minimal, and she’s only pooped on the floor once.  Which technically doesn’t count, because she was on her way to the potty when it happened.  I’m actually pretty amazed at how easy it’s been.  I’ve heard people say before, “Oh just wait.  She’ll do it when she’s ready.”  The only drawback is, she drags one of us to the bathroom with her every five minutes….  It’s kind of like that scene in Monsters Inc where Sully takes Boo to the potty.  There’s singing, giggling, and a lot of fidgeting.

All in all, it only took her a day to train herself, whereas No-no took weeks to finally get the hang of it.  I also have a feeling that she will be sleeping in regular panties before we can get him to sleep without wearing a pull-up.  Girl Power!

Welcome Back

Hello internet folks!  Oh how I’ve missed you!  It’s definitely been too long.  Hopefully now I’ve adjusted enough to start this thing back up and post regularly again.  A little update for everyone.  We’ve recently moved from Atlanta to Jacksonville NC to be closer to the grandparents.  The kids are now 8, 3 (almost 4), 2, and 1, and they all stay home with daddy!  It helps that the wife has been able to work from home, but things can get a little crazy sometimes!  There’s definitely NEVER a dull moment with this crazies, that’s for sure…

Three and two started preschool in October, and we’re currently potty training two.  It must be true what they say about girls “maturing” faster than boys, because it’s going WAY smoother than it did with three.  One is now walking, which seems strange because it seems like only last week we were bringing him home from the hospital.  Three and I still have some hilarious conversations which I promise to share with you guys now that I’ve figured out how to manage the chaos that comes with these guys.

Until next time…