"On-Cation House" & What's up

We had to go up north to close my dad's estate on the 9th,so we decided to stay at the cottage for a few days. Halen was excited all week to go. He just loves it up there. The weather was beautiful. It made it nice to be outside. Carl took him down to the lake to walk on the ice, but once they got there he didn't want to do it. We took his new legos and built lots of castles and cars.

I think that he is getting a little stir crazy from being cooped up all winter. The melt-downs the past two weeks have been a lot of fun....lol he is also going through a phase where he likes to climb in bed with us in the middle of the night. Sometimes I don't even realize he does it until the next morning.

He is very into his scooter, trains, legos and cars. I set him up a play area in the basement so he could have a little more room for his toys. If I'm not tripping over them in the living room, I am constantly picking up his room. Out of sight, out of mind I say!

He weighs 30 pounds and is 35 inches tall. He just went through a growth spirt. I swear he asked me for cheese 3 or4 times a day for a week straight.

Hello 2009

Hello again everyone!

Christmas was great this year:) Halen was excited about all of the gift that Santa brought him as well as everything else he got from family, friends and Carl & I. He got the scooter he had been asking Santa for for months! He also got lots of Thomas & Cars stuff. HE LOVES CARS!!
Anyway, I will post pictures and another update soon.

What's new

Not too much is new around the Schmidt house. Halen is happy ,healthy and full of energy. I swear he only knows how to run. He is very into the movie Cars still and loves Thomas almost as much. He also has a thing for fire trucks, rescue vehicles and construction trucks. He knows where just about every fire station and construction site is in the local area. He points them out every time and wants to ride on ALL of them.
He painted his first picture yesterday. Up until now, I only let him have crayons, markers and colored pencils. I forgot that I had tucked away some toddler paints he got as a gift last year. I found them last week and thought I would let him try it. He really liked it.
Once again he is obsessed with Santa. We had to buy him a new Santa hat because we cannot find the one from last year. He is so very excited to see Santa, write him a letter, and show him the Toys R Us sale ads he has been saving up. Each time we get one he calls it his newspaper and pours over it and tells me all the things he wants. I just keep telling him to tell Santa when he sees him. I caught him ripping out a section the other day. He only wanted the one toy, so he thought he would tear out just that corner and put it in his back pack. Too funny!
We are doing the Polar Express train ride again this year. I can't wait!! What a fun time we had last year. The story, the songs and of course SANTA!!
We have watched the movie several times already.
I am so looking forward to watching Halen open gifts this year. He is gonna be a trip !

Poo-Poo Progress!

Well, Halen has successfully pooped on the toilet for four days in a row!!! I also started leaving his potty chair in his room during nap time, due to an accident over the weekend. He has been getting up to go potty like a champ. In fact, yesterday he pooped and peed in his potty all by himself. I was so proud of him.

Trick or Treat!

Halen had so much fun. He loved going to houses and getting candy. (most of which he won't get...lol) Once he realized that he could say trick or treat and people gave him candy for his spider (treat bag), he ran to and from every house!

Potty Update

Well, we are a few weeks into potty training. Halen has been doing so well. He even attempts to do it all on his own. He is very good about telling me when he has to go too.
We have eliminated any pull up or diaper at nap time. He goes potty before and after nap and doesn't have any accidents. He is still going sometimes at night, so we are still using a diaper for that. We tried pull ups at night, but when he has an accident he gets very upset and comes to my room. He does not like to pee on himself. In fact when he uses the potty, he strips off everything from the waist down so as not to pee on anything.
He still does not really like pooping on the potty. He tried to get to his potty chair during nap yesterday because I told him that if he had to go poop or pee to get up and try. I also told him to call for me if he needed help. He made it to the hallway and pooped his pants. What a mess! (no underwear)

Potty Time!

Well, it's that time. Potty training I mean. We started on Saturday (10/11) . Halen had a few accidents right away in the morning. To be expected!
He has went through every nap and most nights with a dry diaper. I had to take him to work on Monday to exchange with Carl. I put him in a diaper to be safe. He peed twice on the toilet while we were there.
He is doing very well with the whole thing I have to say. Other than Saturday, he has had only a couple of accidents.
However, he has not mastered pooping on the potty. I think he's a little afraid to be honest. When he pees, he jumps right off and announces his accomplishment. When he poops, he hides from us.
I have to devise a poop plan I suppose...lol