E’s first trip to the dentist

E did well except he did not want x-rays and he cried when the dentist looked at his teeth. The dentist recommended we floss his back teeth. I have yet to attempt that. It does not sound like something that will be easy.

I asked the dentist about fluoride since we drink filtered water and he wrote me a prescription for fluoride tablets. I need to do a little more research before I give them to E. Do any of you give your kids fluoride tablets?

We see the dentist again in a year. Maybe then E will let them take x-rays.

Harmon’s Grocery Stores have the coolest shopping carts. E had such a fun time and didn’t try to get out of the shopping cart once. He said “beep beep” almost the entire time. It was great.

Until….we needed to leave and he saw the entire row of car shopping carts

The other downside about these carts are they are kind of a pain to steer. Especially through the checkout. But still totally worth it. I love Harmon’s!

E has had a lot of fun at swimming lessons. On our first day the teacher said the goal was for the kids to become more comfortable in the water. The kids practiced jumping into the pool and floating on their stomachs. It was a lot of fun. We played games and tried to get the kids to blow bubbles in the water. I think E drank more water than is healthy. Opps.

By the end of the first day, E was walking independently in the zero entry area of the pool and definitely more comfortable in the water. I, however, was more nervous. Good thing they Joey is there to keep telling me “he’s fine”

Here are some pictures from week 3

and videos

We have one more lesson to go. Then I’ll have to find a pool (and time and money) for E to practice his new skills

We had a fun evening out at Draper Days

Here’s a video of Joey and E riding the train

and here’s a video of E sitting in a garbage truck

This garbage truck can clean your garbage can. How cool is that?

When we came home last night there was a front-end loader by the side of our house. We of course had to check it out

He first started putting rocks in the bucket of the front-end loader

Then he wanted to put dirt in the bucket with his hands

Then he used his toy front-end loader to fill the bucket

Then we went in the house and had to take a bath.

I am pretty sure he enjoyed himself and we just might be doing this again tonight.

E has fun playing in Opa’s backyard. He recently discovered he can swing on the bars Opa has in his used-to-be garden

and a video of all the fun (of course)

Gracie enjoys eating Root Beer Popsicles with E

He’s really good at sharing. E takes a bite then Gracie takes a bite. By the end they both need a bath

Here’s a video of the action

E’s new bike was delivered to Opa’s house in a box so Opa and Daddy helped E put it together.

He enjoys riding his bike and is really good at steering.

I bought E a potty seat and when we took it out of the box he wanted to stand in it.

Joey was nice enough to read him the instructions with E and then show him how to sit on it.

I went to the library and got some books for E and some for me.

E can almost read “Potty” all by himself. We let him sit on his potty without a diaper and sometimes he will quote “Tinkle. Tinkle. Toot” from the book. It makes me laugh every time.

E sat on his potty for 30 minutes the other day while we read books and eventually ended up peeing in the potty. Yay. He was excited too.

Let the potty training (sort of) begin!

The other day I was looking for something in E’s diaper bag and he kept saying “Farties. Farties. Farties” and I was clueless as to what he was talking about but then I figured it out

He makes me laugh!