Dance - Week 3

Another fun week at dance class...in reality, Owen does struggle a little bit...but he has his "favorite" activities. He seems to really enjoy dancing with the scarves, they wave them up and down, and side to side...we twirl around and he even is very good at putting them back in the drawer.

Owen also seems to like the "hand holding" activities...we march across the room, we play ring-around-the-rosy, and other similar circle games.

Overall, we are happy that we have chosen to enroll him in the class and we will continue to bring him. It is my opinion that he might struggle a bit because we rush around after work/daycare to eat dinner and get to class (hey, we are getting better only 5 minutes late to class this week).

# 2

You guessed it...and I'm writing about it!
Let me just back up for a moment to this morning...it was time to change a diaper, so I asked Owen if he would like to sit on the toilet...and he promptly said, "uh-huh" and headed for the bathroom. So exciting! He actually peed [quite a bit] more than last night...he must already be comfortable with this deed and he was very pleased with his results (as am I, if you can't already tell).

On to the "#2 story"...it was time to change a diaper again so I repeated the situation from earlier and asked about using the toilet and again we went to the bathroom. Owen was saying he had to "poo-poo" but I wasn't quite sure...until I actually saw the, well, you know...poop falling into the toilet.
Woo Hoo!
For those of you that have toilet-trained children I am sure you can relate to this feeling of celebration I have. And for those that have yet to experience such a situation, you might just think back to my story someday and understand why I felt the need to blog about this. :) Today marks another great day in the story of Owen's life!
Let's keep this toilet-using momentum going!!!

# 1

Yes, I really am going to write about this miraculous event! :)
Today marks, not only Owen turning 25 months old...but today he went potty on the toilet for the first time! YAY! I know we still have a long road ahead of us, but this gets us one step closer to abandoning diapers. Anyways...please humor me as I go into play-by-play.
Whenever Owen feels like sitting on either the actual toilet or his potty chair (he refers to both as the "pot") we gladly let him. Tonight he sat on the toilet, then his potty chair...then we basically thought he was playing a game delaying the inevitable diaper/jammies/bed, so we told him it was time for his diaper. To which he responded, "No...pot." He sat back down on his potty chair and suddenly started to let it happen! How exciting for us...we cheered and praised him and let him flush it down the toilet!
Cheers to more potty training success!

Dance - Week 2

Owen attended his 2nd week of dance class and it went very well. He is already getting more comfortable with the other children in class. During a "march" across the room, Owen gladly held hands with the little girl standing next to him (last week he wouldn't). The activites for week two were very similar to week one...some stretching (accomplished by asking the kids to tickle down their legs...pretty cute), dancing with scarves, ring around the rosie, and marching across the room. All of the children seem to really enjoy the class.

First night of dance

Owen started his "dance class" tonight for the fall/winter season. The class is just for 2 year olds and right now there are just four children in the group (the class is held on various other days and times as well). The class is called "Jump Starts"...the children will be getting a jump start on their gross motor skills. Parents are encouraged to join in until their child feels comfortable participating alone (Jake and I got to take turns tonight). The teacher said it was a successful first night! There wasn't a whole lot of structure...but there were no tears and no misbehaving children. Below are a couple pictures we were able to get.

MN State Fair

We visited the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" on Friday, September 3rd. The weather was a bit chilly...both windy and overcast, but at least it didn't rain! We ate lots of food and wandered around for almost 8 hours! Here are a few pictures from the day.

Just us!

Here we are...