The Truth Comes Out

I have to blog about this funny encounter with James before I forget as it is simply too cute not to share.


I picked up James from school yesterday. When we were about to leave his teacher informed me that he had just gotten out of timeout right before I had arrived so it was good timing. Ha! We got home and were carrying on about our evening. When John got home he asked James about his day to which he share the usual, "played with fends (friends) at school". I then elaborated that Miss Joyce had told me that he had a timeout right before I arrived. The following dialogue then took place.


John: "James, did you have a timeout at school?"
James: "Yes...."
John: "What were you in timeout for?"
James: "Xavier." (Xavier is his new BFF at school)
John: "What about Xavier? What happened?"
James: "Fell down."
John: "Oooh, did he fall down because you pushed him?"
James: "Yes....(as he looked away with a sheepish grin)"


Then John goes on to educate him on how we nice touch our friends and that we don't hurt them, etc.




When I went to pick up James on Wednesday I asked his teacher more questions about the event. I asked her if his timeout was related to pushing Xavier and she confirmed. Not good that he pushed his friend, but hey, at least he owned up to his actions and admitted it.


Oh James, life is just never dull with you. :)

Potty Training in Progress

We seem to be in a positive streak of potty training currently in the Leach residence. I hope that this blog post isn't going to jinx us. Back in October, James was super into potty training and then we hit a lull and some resistance. John and I decided we weren't going to push it and let him decide when he was ready. In the past few weeks something triggered and he started using the potty again at school, so we took that as an opportunity to help push him along. We have been using bribery such as stickers and M&Ms and have so far had some luck. We are still very much on "James time" in terms of when he does/doesn't want to potty. He has pooped on the potty a few times which has totally shocked us, but he was SO excited and you could tell he felt so accomplished with our praise afterwards. He has even taken it so far to a few times around 4:00 AM letting us know he needs to potty, so we oblige (and it's quite the process).


I will say, potty training in my opinion has been one of the hardest and frustrating things to date. The patience it requires....so much patience, it is definitely challenging this mama. But, hopefully we can get the job done before this baby makes it's appearance in August.


I will say though, sometimes the funniest and cutest things come out of his mouth during potty time and admittedly his excitement with his accomplishment makes us proud.


Keep it up little buddy! You're doing great!

The Terrible Two's....They Have Arrived!!

Oh, James. I don't even know where to begin with you lately. You are so fun and exhausting in the same sentence and to date, you are truly acting TWO! Some things about you right now....

• You are independent. Man, are you independent. You want to do everything yourself. Pick our your cup, your plate, your clothes, your towel, your food, etc. You name it, YOU want to do it. Or as you say, "Do it big boy!!!" (Do it like a big boy). I guess this will serve you well later in life, right?
• Your language development is seriously booming! You are dropping sentences like no other and putting adjectives with verbs. Seriously blows our minds.
• You are still full of energy. SO full of energy. Your mama cannot keep up with you despite my continued efforts and I try to hard just to be on YOUR program.
• Tantrums....whoa, the tantrums. These have been happening a lot at bedtime and your father and I seriously leave your room at night so baffled at the sequence of events. I don't know if it's just you being overly tired from the day, but you seriously give us a run for our money.

But ultimately, you're still cute, sweet, loving, and the darn sweetest boy around. Even on the hardest of days you are still our sweet little babe and we wouldn't trade being your parents for the world!


So, to soften the blow of the terrible two's, here is a picture of just how charmingly cute you are!


We love you!