I hope I'm not jinxing the progress by posting this, but you are finally seeming to get the hang of potty training! We've been trying off an on for quite a while now with no consistent success...until now :) A few days back, you went #2 on the potty for daddy, most likely by chance, as you had only said that you needed to go pee. We celebrated it a lot, congratulating you often and making a big deal of it. We gave you Hershey's kisses as reward, which is what we had been trying before (and you remember).
Today has gone very well--you only used one diaper (training pants, actually) at your request in the afternoon. We've gone with the "naked method" because it seems to be the one that works. Just hope we can get you to make the connection when it comes time for regular underwear.
Again, I have to apologize for a lack of entries. This time, the excuses are multiple--main culprit is the combination of coordinating the two groups of exchange students, taking two courses at once for my masters, and doing tutoring as well, all summer long. The exchange groups were a miserable experience, the girl we hosted in the middle of the summer (no group) was nice but too quiet--I will not be coordinating ever again as a result of all of it. I was especially disappointed that none of the kids we hosted this summer really interacted with you much. You were going through the "tantrum when I don't get my way" stage, but that wasn't a constant thing, so I don't excuse them. Most of the time, you are still a very happy boy, love to play and have a good time.
One of the most amazing things that I haven't been able to report is how many words you know how to spell! Here is a list of the words you know how to spell currently:
Avery, go, on, off, in, shhhh, exit, stop, jump, fire, free, mom, dad, dig , no, yes
You can read several road signs, you sort of know our address (you always get the digits in the wrong order), and you know your full name. Yeah, we're pretty proud of you!
Gotta stop for now, time to get back to homework :/ I shall write more again as soon as I can! ~love, mommy
