Weekend of Potty Fun

We continued our little pre-potty training work this weekend.  Carson had a few dribbles in his pants today, but peed in the potty multiple times.  Granted, most of them were a few dribbles, but he did have a bigger one before dinner and during/before his bath.  He really likes flushing the toliet and washing his hands.  I plan on having those be incentives for him.  He even stayed dry for a diaper-free four hour nap.  I will do a hard-core potty training in three weeks at spring break, but for now, he's at least registering what it feels like.

Potty Time

I was giving Carson his bath tonight.  He said potty--his potty is next to the tub.  I put him on his potty and waited.  He got up to mess around, so he went back to his bath.  A couple of minutes later he asked for the potty again.  I put him on and he pulled the towel up over his legs and just sat.  He looked really serious and then I smelled it.  Carson was really proud of himself.  Hopefully he will continue to ask to go and we can get potty training done by summer.

Ball Pit

Grandpa Hermsen thought that Carson needed a ball pit.  Here is how many balls come with the pit:

 

 Here's how many balls grandpa thought we needed:

Sadly, there could be more....maybe another 150?

Here is the pit in action.  Notice that Carson goes and gets the balls that fall/get thrown out.

Bam Sticks

I discovered these lovelies from the Capital One Bowl game in the sack Grandma Hermsen left today.  Watch for the doggie beat down towards the end.

10 minutes after starting to play with them, one was completely deflated and the other was on its way there.  Oh well, at least it provided some entertainment.

Wanting to Please...

Carson had a silly thought of sitting in his toy box yesterday.  Every once in a while he enjoys this.  The first few times he did it yesterday, he threw the toys all over the living room.  We had just picked up everything right before dinner and he decided that he wanted back in the toy box.  Both Chris and I told him no.  It sounded like he was taking all of the toys out of the box and then putting them back.  This is what he really did....

Yep, that's a nice, neat pile of toys next to the toy box.  He got to sit in the toy box like he wanted and mom and dad still had a neat living room.

Mr. Busy

Carson has been enjoying his time at home with mom.

 He loves his farm.

 Grandpa Strader made the chair he's standing on.

 A delicious lunch of sandwiches, donuts, and pie.  Good job buddy!

 Carson will bring his chair over to the coffee table to eat :)

 Chef Carson

 5 Star Chef!

 Taking Pooh for a ride.

Carson's Kitchen

Carson's kitchen from Grandma and Grandpa Hermsen.