Me plus 3 and a cup of tea: October 2010

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Pooping for Zurg!

Most of you are asking what is a Zurg?!?

You know the bad guy from the original Toy Story movie, yeah him. Zachary is in love with Toy Story characters right now (even though he says the movies are too scary for him to watch). He has a Buzz and a Woody doll but has been obsessed about getting a 'Zurg' for Buzz and Woody to fight. We told him he could buy a Zurg if he poops on the potty. Yes, we are desperate that we resorted to bribery.

Then we made this chart

Every time Zach poops in the potty he gets to put a sticker on his chart to work towards getting a Zurg. You can see he has chosen two other characters as well. He aslo gets an immediate reward,a package of fun fruit treats, we call them "Potty Treats".

Well this system works so well that he started pooping on the potty daily sometimes twice a day. 3 days in and I was scrambling to find a Zurg because how disappointing would it be if he actually had enough stickers and we didn't have one to give him? The problem was Zurg was only in the first two movies and everything Toy Story right now is the third movie. The only Zurg I found was a small action figure (we are talking very small). But Zachary loves him and even better he earned him. By day 6 Zachary was close to earning a slinky dog(which I also didn't have). So I called our neighbour and her son graciously gave up his slinky dog and Bullseye for Zachary to have (he has moved onto Lego). So now Zachary has Slinky Dog too on his way to getting a Bullseye.

Moral: Don't promise toys you don't actually have to give because bribery may work and you will be scrambling to find them!

Its been 11 days now and Zachary has only had 2 pee accidents and every poop has gone it the potty. Yeah us! Murray says I should patient the chart but really its just a piece of paper with stickers. Who knew?

Zurg to scale next to the other Toy Story characters

Buzz himself playing with all his characters.

Happy Saturday!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Elliott @ 2 Months

Okay I know Elliott is a bigger baby. Being 10lbs when he was born means he was 30% larger than most other babies but he has never felt big to me because he's MY baby. Today I had him weighed at the hospital and well he's 14lbs and 12ozs and 25 inches long!! He's a big baby!!!

That said he is also one of the happiest and easiest babies. Nothing really bothers him and if he is fussy usually there is something wrong and its pretty easy to fix. Even this week being sick he has not been too bad I must say! Hard to believe 2 months have gone by already. Before he was born it was difficult to imagine how our family would be with another member no its difficult to imagine how we ever got along without him. He is truly a big beautiful blessing.

Elliott at 2 months

Sleeping like...well...like a baby

holding his head up!

Happy Friday!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sick, sicker, and sickest.

Over the last few weeks it seemed like everywhere we went someone was battling some kind of illness. It was almost inevitable that our family would get sick as well. It started with Murray (who had to miss two half days of work) then Zachary (with a trip to emerg) and now it seems its mine and Elliott's turn. Even though so far mine and Elliott's sickness doesn't seem to be as bad as Murray and Zachary (yeah breast milk)!

The worst part about the whole thing so far is having to cancel all of our activities. Getting out a little everyday is what keeps Zachary (and I) happy. Right now we are feeling a little couped up, trying not to infect anyone else but we are starting to get on each others nerves a bit. Digging deep and praying for patience with a whinny toddler.

Hope this finds you and your family healthy.

Happy Thursday!