Nolan had a big day at daycare on Friday. After his afternoon nap Jane noticed he still had a dry diaper, so she took him to try and go potty. She sat him down and realized she didn't have the protective "cup", so she told him to stay there and she'd be right back. When she walked back in Nolan's eyes were as wide as saucers - he was spraying all over! He was so shocked he was speechless. Jane praised him for going, and after cleaning up the mess (including Nolan's foot) he got an M&M as a "spesha teet (special treat). A little while later he brought his 4 year old buddy Connor in to the bathroom and tried to explain to him using words and gestures what happened when he went potty. Jane said it was hilarious. I tried the same thing again yesterday after his nap, and it worked. I guess this means we really need to start being consistent with the training. I've tried to sit him down every hour or so today to see if he'll go - no luck yet. I guess I'll just try after nap.

Kale is busy refining his ability to sit. Even over the last week he has improved - but not enough to let him go without pillows behind him! He's starting to wake up super early - just like Nolan started doing at this age. It's been around 4:45 over the last 5 days or so. I can handle it during the week, since I get up at 5 anyway. The weekends are killer, though! It was a phase for Nolan, and we're hoping for the same for Kale.

We spent the day in Mankato yesterday with Christianne, Lola, Lalayna and Paulette. We hadn't seen the Jones' family since Christmas, so it was time. Nolan had a blast playing with his cousins. Both boys were really good, and all the kids were nice enough to nap at the same time for a little while, which gave us girls a chance to relax for about an hour. Lola and Nolan were pretty funny after nap. They both had a snack of teddy grahams and milk, and sat on the floor together, visiting and eating. It was kind of like the movie Look Who's Talking. One of them would say or do something, and the other would respond - but we would have no idea what they were talking about.

Nolan is picking up on some of the slang words that are used frequently at home and at daycare.

M: Nolan, why did you do that?
N: cuz'

M: Nolan, can you please put away your blanket?
N: k

I guess that's our cue to start using the proper form of the word!

My dad worked with Nolan a few weeks ago on the finer points of aiming a baseball at a stack of blocks. Nolan has been practicing and is getting better!