JAGster's Thoughts...: My little boy is growing up!

March 24... taken me way too long to post this! I downloaded the pictures but didn't get around to finishing.

It's hard to believe that Eric will be three soon! After school's Easter break, he will be starting pre-school. He was accepted on March 12. There are two pre-school classes at the elementary school, 12 kids in the class with 8 of them in the "special needs" category. Eric is able attend because of his speech and language. And we like this because... it's free! I get to have a couple of hours, four days a week to myself. Maybe I can get some much needed projects done.

Eric still has good days and bad days when it come to going to the potty. He's very good about going "poo." Still have to take him to the potty frequently to prevent wet pants. Two weeks ago when the stomach virus hit me and Paul, Eric decided that he wasn't going to bother us when he needed to go potty. He was going to do it all. I was downstairs trying to rest. Eric and Paul were upstairs, where Eric was supposed to be napping. Paul fell asleep, the bug having just hit him. Eric needed to "poo" and did it all on his own, including dumping his deposit in the big potty. I will give him a "A" for effort, "D" for execution. Believe me, I was not really in any condition to clean up what he left for me, but at the time, Paul was even worse off and it was a nasty job that had to done. But, it was funny and God love him, he tried!

At the start of the year, Eric had a very small vocabulary. Then he started to add a word every three to four days. Starting a few weeks ago he has started to repeat a lot of words, so he has a lot more to say. I've given up on keeping up on the number of words he uses now. I asked him two weeks ago what he wanted for breakfast, the usual cereal or toast. "Pa-cake-a!" Where did that come from? I had made them a few weeks earlier, but hadn't mentioned them since. It was just so cute to hear him say that I had to make them for him. I wasn't going to because I only had one egg, but I did make half a batch. A few days later I figured out where he got the pancake idea. He loves "Peanuts." In the "You're Not Elected Charlie Brown," Charlie Brown and Sally are having cereal when Snoopy comes in and makes himself a big breakfast that included pancakes. So, I must have told Eric that Snoopy was making pancakes.

Last week, the three of us went outside to see the space station go over. Eric was more interested in the moon, no surprise. I told him that it was going to be a full moon on his birthday. He repeated back "foo moon on my bir-day." So, now he goes around and saying it's going to be a full moon on his birthday. It's so cute to hear! I hope it's a clear night!!!!

Here's about two weeks worth of, at least one picture a day, I did miss one day...

March 3

Playing with an antique train at Nana and Baba's. The train is pushing 50 years old!

March 4

Yeah! "Phineas and Ferb"!

March 5
We've got him hooked on Disney's "Phineas and Ferb." Which is good for us, since we love it, but more importantly, we don't have to watch another "Peanuts" show for the two hundredth time.

March 6
Cute little man just before bedtime.

March 7
Helping Uncle David plant seeds. OK, dump potting soil on Uncle David.

March 9
Running around in his Buzz Lightyear undies. Helping to make the bed.

March 10

Enjoying a salad at lunch on the "ba de." (back deck) He loves salad!

March 11

Eric at his "pooter."

March 12

Eric's feet can finally reach the peddles of his Radio Flyer tricycle he got for Christmas 2008 from Nana and Baba. The foot rests and handle that Paul put on were taken off. Yeah!

March 13

Eric helped me put sprinkles on the cupcakes for the APOP chili cook off. He thought it was neat because one of his favorite books is "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake..." It goes on with the cat asking for some sprinkles. And, the second picture are the four cupcakes he sprinkled. Starting with the lower left and going clockwise, you can how the sprinkles become more numerous.

March 14
APOP chili cook off... David Fulcher, former Cincinnati Bengal, has been judge for us three years. I've taken a picture of Eric with him every year. Almost missed this year, caught him as he was leaving. Eric was playing in Uncle David's car. Mr. Fulcher was wondering where Eric was. Oh, and my chili took third place!