Poops the word

Ok - so as everyone knows, we have not been successful in potty training Ryan. Thankfully, we've seen that Emma cries a lot when she's poopy, so maybe she'll be easier. So here is a wonderful story about today. Emma is on medicine for her ear infection which is making everything a little watery and leaky. So when we got home from the gym today, I had to change all her clothes. But since I was taking her upstairs after I nursed her to put her down for a nap, I just left her in a diaper while I nursed her. I made the mistake of making funny comments about her being naked. When will I learn?? Ryan is at a point where if I say anything about Emma, he feels the need to do it for attention.

Anyway. After I put Emma down, I took a shower while Ryan was watching Curious George. I told him to come up and find me when the show ended - in hopes of avoiding the shouting he does from the bottom of the stairs. When he came up he had only a shirt on. No pants, socks or pullup! And he thought it was hilarious. I must admit, I thought it was funny too. And I told him, that I didn't care as long as he went in the potty. He ran around like that for about 10 minutes while I finished getting ready. Then I got him dressed again so he could help me clean all his bath toys as part of my spring cleaning. This cleaning also included his potty chair.

After we put them both down for naps, I left for the grocery store. When I called later, this is the story that Kris relayed to me. Ryan evidently thought to take his pants and pullup off again. But this time, he pooped right on the floor in his room! Then he proceeded to play with it and spread it all over his room. I asked Ryan why he didn't use the potty or call for Daddy and he said he did (Kris wouldn't have heard him though because he was outside). So when Kris found him, needless to say he was livid! He is now hoarse from yelling so much. Ryan was put into the bathtub (toy free since they were still in the garage) and then put on his bed in a pseudo timeout while Kris cleaned up. Of course, Emma woke up from her nap part way through this and Kris couldn't let her out of her crib because he was cleaning, so she screamed for a half hour. She was pretty happy to see me when I got home. But wow - was I glad I wasn't home for this!

Other things that have happened. We went to the zoo yesterday. We were supposed to go with a friend, but her son came down with a fever. So I bundled the kids up and we went anyway. Ryan had a great time and he walked the whole thing. We were sitting in one of the resturants for our snack when a male peacock outside put his feathers into bloom! Ryan watched for a while and then I had him go out near the peacock for a picture. He also played in the childrens area. Emma wouldn't take a nap in the stroller and ended up falling asleep 5 minutes before we got home.

Ryan's teachers visited yesterday for our second home visit. Ryan seemed embarrassed to be here with them and didn't really want to interact, but I know they were anxious to here him talk at home because he is very quiet at school. Eventually, he opened up and played kitchen with Miss Chris. After that, I put them both down for naps, which Ryan didn't want. So he trashed his room instead. I had told him that I would leave the light on if he would play quietly for an house. Well he was pretty quiet - but pretty messy. And he eventually fell asleep by the door for a half hour. Here is what the room looked like.