-first kid off of training wheels. Didn’t think it would happen so soon (and with no blood!), but Oliver has a weirdly great sense of balance. In saying that, i will mention that, independently, he’s been practicing headstands for months now– i mean, he stands on his head on the couch watching tv, even! So that may have helped prepare him for it.
-first time in nearly six years we are diaper free! (Daytime, that is. Although Asher is hellbent on night-training himself, evidenced by his waking up at least once each night to “go potty!” I had no intention of going ‘all the way’ with it yet, but he is actually staying dry, so, well, good for him.) It is amazing how quickly I have grown accustomed to not changing diapers. Perhaps some of the glory is offset by the fact that taking a newly-diaperless kid to the bathroom eighteen times a day takes far more time than diaper changing did… and ends in my getting sprayed by pee probably twice a day (it’s a boy thing), but wow, we always imagined it would happen someday, and here we are!
-First kids’ birthday– ok, we’re not there yet. But my party planner asks me at least daily whether I’m getting all the plans together for her big sixth-birthday shindig. Which i am not, exactly, since there is nearly a month left until the big day. In true form, if we run to the store for, say, bananas and bread, she’ll mention, “Don’t you think we should at least pick up the gummy bears and icing for my cake? Why not today? How do you know you won’t forget?” Ahh, she knows me too well, that one. And i can’t write about it yet, but the impending “first” of her ear-piercing will happen along with the birthday too.
Sometimes everyone just gets so big around here. And i find myself feeling like there is just too much going on to stop and take note of it all, which is really just an unacceptable condition to be in, as far as i’m concerned. They’re speeding up, so i got to slow on down.
we’re gonna have to put bricks on their head they’re growin’ so fast!