So I was getting Benjamin undressed in the bathroom this morning to put him in the shower and I realized that his diaper was really dry for him being in it all night. Just as I am contemplating the possible reasons for this, he begins to pee. On the floor. In a flash of pure genius, I whisk him up to the toilet and encourage him to complete his business. Which he does! (Side note: it was way cute to see him craning his neck to figure out where his "pee-pee" was going.) Anyway, he finishes up and he toddles off while I clean up the floor. I am lavishing him with praise (positive reinforcement, right?) and smugly thinking to myself, "How awesome that my 18 month old is using the toilet!" when I glance over and see Benjamin peeing all over our bedroom carpet. Apparently, he wasn't actually done. Oops.
We made it. We survived the month of June. This past month was totally insane. Every weekend was filled with birthday parties, graduation ceremonies and celebrations, class reunions, and baby showers. The weekdays were spent preparing for all those events and sometimes even more parties or family dinners were held on the week nights. Of course we wanted to add to the chaos, so we threw in a camping trip up to Hume for a week as well, coming home the night before I hosted a large baby shower and family birthday dinner for Ray & Laura and their boys. Finally, to cap off the month, I attended a week-long Montessori class in SLO, requiring me to find childcare every day and get myself and both boys up and out of the house by 8 each morningYep, total madness. Oh, and did I mention that we decided to redo the front planters and while we were at it, go ahead and finally put some plants in along our driveway? Of course, I wanted it done before the party, so by the time I got my act t...
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