Bye Bye Arrowhead Court

Saturday and Sunday, Abuelos, Alex and I went to the "old home" to finish packing up and cleaning up. Hard to believe this chapter of life is closing!

Potty Training

What happens when you are potty training a boy? He discovers himself and wants to play while he pees... so after 4 days of exploratory peeing... I came up and we started cleaning up the bathroom. Thankfully, Alex is starting to get into the habit of cleaning up :)

No pictures... but...

a quick update. Since February 13th, I have noticed 2 2 year molars in Alex's mouth. The top right and bottom left (how weird!).

Alex's vocabulary has been exponentially growing. He is a little parrot with a memory like a steel trap. For instance... he caught me saying "shit" when I dropped the phone behind the desk and said it back twice with match ferocity. I am a bad mother....sigh

His other "great" new interests are cleaning and mixing. Everytime I step into the kitchen, Alex demands that we mix something. Plus everytime something spills on the ground, he demands we get the vacuum. (However, he has learned that I will not get the vacuum for 2 Cherrios!). He has even taken to making messes, just to demand the vacuum. His goal is to make his great Magnee proud.

Slave Labor

So while Pat and I were trying to clean this morning, Alex decided he wanted to help. And LOVED running the dirt devil around and then would grab the swiffer to get the wall. He is one well trained little man! However, part of me felt bad that my 21 month old son was cleaning.

Cleaning the Apartment

While Alex was at Tara's, yesterday, Pat and I decided to deep clean the apartment. Pat rented a carpet cleaner from GIANT and spent the morning wet vacuuming the carpet. It was REALLY disgusting but well worth the effort. While Pat was vacuuming, I cleaned Alex's highchair, the cupboards, the oven, and blinds. It was a dirty morning but we are glad we did it. Hopefully it will pay off with less colds and allergies this school year.