H invited some pals over to celebrate his achievement (although I truly feel it was mostly my achievement...) and we feasted on an All-Star themed lunch of hot dogs, chips, sodas and sports-themed cupcakes. 
These were actually really fun to make. Today I ate both a baseball and a tennis ball.
H chose his favorite, the soccer ball.
He had a great time, ate a lot, opened some really generous gifts and is really looking forward to what being a 2 year old will bring :)
Here's the tentative preview of the big changes coming his way:
1. He's transitioning to a big boy bed. The current thought is to go the cheap Montessori route and have a twin mattress on the ground. The mattress is there now; we've rested, read and bounced on it today. Step 2 is to take part of the crib off to "release" him from the pen at night, and step 3 is to take the crib away and tuck it in the basement. How long will this take? Stay tuned...
2. Potty training. Whoa. I'm not even thinking about this until school is out and I have 6 weeks of trial and error. The current thought is to let the baby run naked in the backyard all summer.....clearly I need to do a little research before we start this one. How long will that one take? Who knows.
Stay tuned for the big things to come!
3 comments:
Happy Birthday to Harrison! The cupcakes are so cute. :D
Good luck on potty training. Fun stuff. :P
:) Hehe. Glad to hear #2 is letting you move around a bit more. Its so great your Mom was around to help out.
The summer potty-train is my plan, too. I'm going to try the 3-day method...have you heard of it? You basically remove the diaper and ask them if they need to pee in the potty every half hour. If they're ready, by day 3 there are few or no "accidents", and they start wearing underwear. The constant reminders continue for weeks, I assume. I will let you know how it goes once I work up the desire to clean pee out of my carpet, and once Alexandra shows any interest at all in toileting. Happy birthday! It looks like a fun weekend. :)
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