Sandwich?

Guinness and I were wolfing down a mix and match lunch at home today, and he said, "A peanut butter, cheese and hummus sandwich.  That would be good."

I LIKE living in Taiwan

We've had some bedtime discussions this week about our move.  We've been open and clear to the kids, and as gentle as we can, that we are staying in Canada this time, and they've both started talking about this more this week, I think as school is ending and the moving sale, etc.  Guinness says things like;

"I'm Taiwanese." 

"I like living in Taiwan."

"Are we going to Canada?  And we will stay in Canada?  For a long time?"


We've gone through dialogues like this several times.  He will say goodbye to his babysitter today, and his babysitter's son, who is like a brother to him.  I hope we see them one more time.  It's all the 'last time' things coming up that are making my heart heavy.

Awesomeness all around

Well, we had a miracle today: Guinness POOPED ON THE POTTY!!!!

Yes, it finally happened.  He has done amazinginly well with peeing, picked it up quickly and gets to the potty on time.  He's been doing that for over a week.  But the Big Job; well, no luck.  Until today.  We were playing downstairs and he had a 'tummy ache', and since he hadn't gone all day I was feeling optimistic.  Up we went and he made the noise and pushed, but was sure nothing had come out.  Until he stood up and looked in the potty, and Hurray!!!  (He has been sitting on the potty when he think he has to go, but nothing has happened so far.)  He was completely ecstatic, jumping up and down and cheering.  We went back down to get Gemma and her friend and headed off to the stationary store for toys.  We needed to celebrate!  Hopefully now that he has done it once, it will become more natural.

Also, the title of the post is 'awesomeness' because both the kids have used the word 'awesome' in some interesting ways this week.  Before supper Guinness was playing with his ball in the living room, which is a no-no, so we sent him to his room.  He ran off, so excited.  And about 2 minutes later he came out saying, "I did something AMAZING!!!  I hit my cup of water and it spilled ALL OVER MY ROOM.  It's so AWESOME!!!!!!!"  We were like, uh, why is that awesome???  And he so thrilled for some reason, because it was all over the floor and his bed and everywhere.  "Isn't that awesome, mom????"

Uh, right :)

Potty training day #3; not bad.  Two accidents today, one due to a mis-firing, and of course at bed time he had to pee every 5 minutes.  Trying to get one last marshmallow in before bed!!!

I don't think he's pooped on the potty yet.  He has in his night-time diaper.  Wait and see!

Not to be outdone...

Guinness wore underwear ALL DAY today, and only one accident tonight as we came home from church.  I put him on the potty once an hour, and he went most times.  And then when I was napping he went all by himself.  Amazing!

Still need to figure out what to do about number 2.   It's hard to practice because you only get one or two chances a day!  And he doesn't really think he can poop sitting down, cause he's always in his dia[er standing.

We'll see.

And we'll see what the babysitter says after tomorrow!

The Giving Tree

So Guinness loved this book. And Gemma didn't get past past the apples going to the city before she was a puddle. She can be so sensitive :)

This book is as equally moving, if not more so, than "Love you Forever", so read with a box of tissue.

ice cream?

So this week I was waiting at Gemma's school with a friend whose daughter also goes to Gemma's school. It was a field trip day, so the classroom was closed and we were waiting on the main floor lobby for the buses to roll up. Guinness announces, "I'm going outside." And he does. I wait about 30 seconds, and then go after him. Look left; can't see him. Look right; can't see him. Oh great, right, he's lost in Taipei city, he's trying to walk home or to the park or into traffic. My friend looks right, I look left... and remember the 7-11 right there. Sure enough, I get to the door of the 7-11, and see Guinness head first in the freezer, the clerk holding him by the coat to keep from diving in completely. Guinness is mad, because he doesn't like to be grabbed and held away from his prize. He wanted an ice cream cone, you see. What a kid.

Also this week, he hid from me during a praise and worship session I was doing with the kids. The teachers found him in a storage room, where he had manipulated a key and locked himself in on purpose.

I know exactly what my Mother in Law will comment: "Chris was just like this :)"