The Letter R

Reading: I don’t often have time for any real reading but I was given multiple books for Christmas. I have only started to read one of the books. I am about half way through The Fireman’s Wife. I so far have been able to relate very well to the book. It talks about how families feel when their fireman goes out to work each day and what fireman go through to even get their jobs in the first place. This is not how little monkey’s dad got his job but I do understand the points. I also got 99 Ways to Cut, Sew and Deck out Your Denim and Generation T. I’ve managed to flip through both of those books and mark the pages that I want to try out.

Rearrange: Today we rearranged almost every piece of furniture in little monkey’s room. His Grandma bought him a toy organizer for his birthday. It was one I had picked out to get but was waiting for it to get marked down more. We went through all his toys and got rid of a couple more and then grouped the remaining items. I actually think it seems like there is more space in his room now, even though we are still covering the same, if not more, floor space. I used to love rearranging my furniture when I was in college. I think it was mainly a reason to not be studying or actually doing my homework. With the past month, we also rearrange the furniture in our master bedroom and I like it much better now.

Reading Rainbow: Is this a bonus….I’ve got TWO R’s! When we were growing up we watched Reading Rainbow. Go ahead, sing the song, you know that you still know it too. “Take a look, it’s in a book, Reading Rainbow. Reading Rainbow” Okay so there is more to the song but right now I can’t think to make sure I have all the correct lyrics (I better not audition for Don’t Forget the Lyrics)! Anyhow back to the point, while recently going through items in my parent’s storage unit we can across a TON of books. I went through a small portion of them and boxed them to save for little monkey when he is able to not tear the paper pages. One of the books I found was A Chair for My Mother. This book was a Reading Rainbow book and I remembered it. I pulled it aside to save for little monkey. Maybe one day he will like it too. I wonder if they will have Reading Rainbow when he’s able to read that book. Maybe it is available on DVD?? The book is good, but I remember it most from also seeing and hearing the story on the show.

Pah ee? Pah ee?

Now why this couldn’t have happened before I wrote for The Letter P or closer to when I’ll be at The Letter T. Disclaimer: If  you have no interest in reading about a potty-training toddler—you should just stop now!

Little monkey has taken an extreme interest in the Potty (sounds more like Pah ee from him but he’s getting closer to Potty). Figuring we might as well take advantage of his interest, we let him sit on the potty when he says he needs to go. Little monkey’s Grandma came out for the weekend and decided because of this behavior, he needed a potty seat. So off we went to Target and she bought him an Elmo potty seat. After going in and sitting on the potty about five times, he actually went pee in the potty on Saturday! We made a BIG deal about it and clapped and he seemed to think it was great! He is also very interested in the water to wash his hands. Now while I do think that little monkey is a bit young to actually get potty-trained, I do think we should put him on the potty when he says he needs to go.  Since the time on Saturday of actually going in the potty, he has told us “pah ee pah ee” and sometimes will grab at his diaper or even try and pull his pants down (I think that means we’ll have to work on that…can’t just pull your pants down in the middle of a store.). Off we run to the bathroom and get him up on the potty. So far all these times, he hasn’t gone in the potty but had JUST gone in his diaper. So the good news I guess is that he is learning that he needs to go /has just gone. I am trying not to be too excited about all of this because he is still young and I know it will be a LONG process. Hopefully not as long as the kid I babysit though. I’m kinda hoping that little monkey will get potty-trained and in a much shorter time than his buddy ( who is 2 years older than him and still not potty-trained).