An Emotional Morning

I took Philip to Alma's today for daycare. He always cries when I leave him there. He's getting better but he still cries. He always says, "I want to stay with you all day."

Today I dropped him off and Alma tried to distract him by telling him he could paint a picture for me today while he was there.

So when I was leaving, he said, "Wait! I have to tell you *voice breaks* something."

"I'm going to paint you a picture today."

He's such a sweet boy. He was fine right after I left.

And Another Thing

He also says, "Togezer."

I guess it's the th's in the middle of a word that trip him up.

I Will Miss. . .

the way he calls Hayden his "Bruzer."

My Country Boy

We got into the van today and I was strapping Phil in his carseat.

He said, "If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band."

I've Been Waiting for This Day!

Guess who got himself a "big present" today? He just may be fully housebroken by the end of this month after all! Thank God!

It has been 11 years and 3 months since Hayden was born and I started changing diapers. And with the exception of the 4.5 months between him being potty-trained and Meredith being born, I have been changing diapers ever since. And sometimes I had 2 kids in diapers at once! Oh, I'm so ready to not have to change diapers ever again!

On a side note, this is the first kid that Pull-Ups have ever worked on. Hayden and Meredith both just thought they were regular diapers. Stephanie basically trained herself so she didn't need them. But Phil figured it out. Guess that just proves you really do have to play to each kid's individual strengths.

Alice Cooper

So I said, "Philip, what is this a picture of?"

He said, "Alice Cooper."

So there you go ~ a picture of Alice Cooper as drawn by a 3-year-old.

Can't Take Him Anywhere

Today we were walking thru Kohl's. We ended up in the 'intimate apparel' section. Philip said, "Oh, look at the boob mittens!"