
So preschool started yesterday for the kiddos. Bunny was signed up for Mon-Thurs, Dab Dab was signed up for Tues and Thurs and Sugars is supposed to go Mon and Wed. I go to drop off Bunny and Dab Dab yesterday and, because my pill of a stubborn son Bunny refuses to go on the potty, he can only go two days a week this month. If he isn't potty trained by the end of this month, he will not be able to go to school there. No pressure, right?
We started trying to train him when he was 2. We bought him a potty chair that played songs when you made a "deposit" in it. He was terrified of the little cup that they put on there for boys to help keep the bathroom from being painted in pee pee. We took that off and then he was scared to sit on the big boy potty even with a training seat on it. I guess in his mind something is going to come up and grab him or something. Anyway, we got "Potty Time Elmo" and he loves the songs and will watch it with such intensity that you would think that something is getting through to him......Nope! He will now sit on the potty with no problem. He will sit for hours. He will watch 5 movies, read war and peace and balance our checkbook but HE WILL NOT GO ON THE POTTY!!!!!! As soon as you let him get off and put underwear on him, THEN he goes. I don't want to push him too hard but gee whiz!(pardon the pun)
Dab dab had no trouble in his class. The only time he pitched a fit was when they were out on the playground and the teachers said that it was time to go in. That was when he did his "throw himself down on the ground and sob hysterically Scarlet O'Hara and the oscar goes to" fit that he (and his sister) like to perform. When they came back inside it was time for snack so he was all good.
Sugars' first day was today. She had a great first day but I swear, after I picked her up, she had a little bit of an attitude. It was almost like she was the popular girl and I was the nobody geek who she "allowed" me to be near her and carry her books. She just through she was the shizzle!
Of course, with Sugars being at school, that left the boys at home with me. I believe that the last time I counted, we watched "Blue's Clues" 6 times. No, not different episodes. I am talking about the SAME episode! Needless to say, I set my TIVO to record some different episodes tomorrow. We got along pretty good. They got along better than I expected. Of course, even though our house looks like a toy drive exploded, the boys always manage to try to covet the exact same toy.
Then it was off to pick up Sugars from school. When we got back home, the kids decided that it was now three against one (actually five against one if you count the two puppies). I looked at them. They looked at me. It was on like popcorn! The endless stack of laundry that I folded obviously looked too neat because Dab Dab toppled it over. The toys I picked up and put in the toy box? Why would we do that when Bunny is the best about relocating them all over the place. Sugars posed the age old question...."Why can't I dance on the dining room table?".
Listen, don't get me wrong. I love these kids with all of my heart but being a SAHM is hard! I never realized how easy I had it working full time. This may be the toughest job I have ever had but I am determined to master it. Now, excuse me. I need to go and pass out now.
TTFN
1 comment:
Welcome to a "day in the life of a SAHM". Riley's in Kindergarten, Cole's in MDO 2 days a week and somehow, I'm busier now than when they were both home full time. Someone explain to me how the hell that happened.
Anyhow, your blog is funny - I love reading your adventures.!! Take care!
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