More Adventures with Zach

I promised my dad that I would not post on facebook about potty training, but I made no promises about blogger, plus this won't make you want to smack yourself in your head.

I had Zach sitting on the toilet trying to go to the bathroom. He said he was getting uncomfortable, but I was not going to put a diaper on him because I knew he had to go. He was on and off the toilet and getting really whiny. Sommer was getting fussy too and I had to go upstairs and lay her down for a nap. Zach said he didn't want to pee in the toilet and I was dead set on not putting a diaper on him, so out of frustration I told him to pee in a cup. He walked around for a while holding a cup up very close to his boy parts. I went up stairs to tuck Sommer in and I heard him rustling around in the bathroom. I was swaying with Sommer to get her settled down and was thinking the whole time of all the messes he was making. Then I heard the toilet flush and said sorry to Sommer. She was just going to have to fuss it out because I was afraid Zach was playing in the toilet water. When I came down stairs to check on things Zach came running up to me saying, "PEE IN CUP!!! PEE IN CUP!!"

I said, "Let me see that cup," and Zach proudly handed me the cup. It definitely smelled of pee. While I was up stairs, Zach had peed in the cup, poured the pee in the toilet, and flushed it down. No messes at all. I couldn't have been happier than if he had actually peed in the toilet. But we are not making it a habit.

Other than potty training, Zach and Jacob have been on some fun outings lately.

I went to Minnesota with Sommer to visit my grandma and Zach and Jacob stayed home for the weekend. Jacob wanted to take Zach to a hot air balloon festival, but it was cancelled due to bad weather. Zach got a red balloon instead and Jacob searched for something else to do.

 They ended up in Downtown Boise after unsuccessfully looking for Donuts. Zach wanted to go into the state capital building because he thought it was church. Jacob took him and and they took a little tour.

This weekend Jacob took Zach to the Warhawk Air Museum just down the road from us, just for fun.

Earlier this summer we took Zach to a football scrimage. It was free and we thought he would like it. We probably we're close enough to all the action and he got pretty fidgety. A few kids behind us had some soda and he had to have "juice" too.

 Zach wouldn't keep his tongue in for a picture.

We love this little boy so much. I am going to miss when this fun age is over, but I am also looking forward to seeing who he will become.

Summer Adventures With Zach

We planned a big camping adventure for Zach. I was REALLY not looking forward to it since we had to take Sommer with us. I got lucky and the weather turned out to be awful in the mountains, but perfect in Jacob's parents backyard. :) We set up the tent, roasted Marshmallows, Jacob and Zach slept outside, and Sommer and I slept inside. Win!

Zach was not excited to have his picture taken.

A few weeks later Jacob and Zach went on a father and sons camp out with our church. Zach was doing great in the evening, but during the night he came down with a really bad fever and came home first thing in the morning.

When he got home he was shaking, breathing heavy, his heart was pounding, and he was sweating all over. I gave him some pain and fever medicine and gave him a warm bath. After that he cooled off a bit. He fell asleep with Jacob watching the Muppets. Poor boy.

Zach is such an adventurous boy. He loves to go fishing with Jacob and is game for any adventure we're going on. He's a good sport and a fun buddy to bring along.

Hawaii

I am going to rewind to May and finally post about our trip to Hawaii. In short, we loved it. How could you not? I told Jacob though, next time, we are not taking kids. The best part was watching Zach. Everything was a wonder and so much fun to him. Zach was on Idaho time most of the week. He would wake up pretty early so Jacob would take him on walks. They saw slugs, and cock roaches. They would poke the slugs with sticks and leave the cock roaches alone. (Shudder.)  He loved swimming and was so comfortable in the water. He wanted to swim all by himself, with his vest on.

 Sommer caught on to being a beach bum pretty quickly. I was proud of her.

We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center and had a pretty good time walking around and listening to the funny Polynesian performers. I always wonder if they come up with the jokes by themselves or if they are given a script.

We took Zach to the Dole Plantation where he road the train. I have never seen a boy so excited to ride a train in my life! As soon as we got off he asked to go again. He STILL asks to ride the train in Hawaii.

We went to the USS Arizona Memorial. That was pretty sobering. Oil spills out still of the sunken ship. They say it is the tears of the fallen crew members.

We had a great time and I wish we could go back! No kids. Or when they are old enough to not throw tantrums on the airplane.