Potty training and two wheelin"

So the newest thing in our life is potty training Charlie and Nicholas learning to ride a two wheeler. Nicholas picked up riding a two-wheeler pretty quickly and now he rides all over the place. He's still having a little trouble starting and stopping but he'll get it. Stopping consists of riding his bike into a grassy section and jumping off. It's amazing how many times I find his bike three feet off the driveway and wonder how in the world it got over there. As most of you know, he has some friends in the neighborhood and I just thought it was the cutest thing when our doorbell rang and three little five year olds were standing asking if Nicholas could come out and ride bikes. I mean...he was just born yesterday wasn't he. How is it that he's riding a bike and going to school already.

School is the other major thing going on in Nicholas' life. So far it's going well and he's coming home with stickers on his behavior chart every day. We went to meet the teacher night and she only had great things to say. That's my boy!!!



And then there is Charlie! My little handful. We're working on potty training but not progressing very far. We're back in diapers again full time and we'll try again in about two weeks! He is doing it but it's just a matter of wanting too. He's great naked but you put underwear on him and forget about it!! I've started taking him to story time at Border's and Barnes and Noble to try and get more structure in his life. He'll be beginning preschool next fall and I'd like him to be able to sit still and listen by that time. Today at story time, Ms. Wendy read a book called "Go Away Monster". Charlie was quite intrigued until she got to the third page. At this point the monster gets teeth. When she showed the picture, Charlie jumped off the bench and ran quickly to my side. He spent the rest of the book sitting in my lap where the big green monster couldn't hurt him! It was really cute and the rest of the parents their couldn't help but laughing!

Otherwise, Charlie is a lot of fun. He loves being outside and likes riding his big boy bike all over the neighborhood trying to keep up with Nicholas. I'll post some video of him with his big hockey helmet on peddaling away!


Anyway, that's about it for my first post. Hope this isn't too boring for you and I'll update again when I can. Thanks for reading!