It has been a very full weekend for the little dude. Friday night we went to Bellefonte to ride the Halloween Train with my dad and his girlfriend. They had replaced the lights inside with colored ones, decorated the windows and filled the cars with volunteers who walked around telling jokes and handing out candy to the kids. For as excited as Johnny was about the train ride, he wasn't able to keep his eyes open for more than the first 20 minutes of the hour long event. By the time we returned to town, he had enjoyed a decent nap and was wired again.
After driving back to State College, we went to catch the tail end of Steve's sister Sue's wedding rehearsal dinner. There were a lot of people there, and somewhere along the line Johnny found some toys to play with. He had a blast, but was excited to go home... because he had a prize waiting for him! Johnny went the entire day (from the night before, actually) in the same diaper! We fussed over him a lot and he won a cool new book and temporary pirate-themed tattoos.
The next day was the wedding. We had a lot of errands to run, but Johnny used the potty at Kohl's when he said he needed to go. I bought him the cutest little "formal" outfit to wear for the evening. When we got home from shopping he napped for a while, then we got ready to go. For having been at the wedding from about 4:45 until almost 9:00, I was impressed with the little dude!!! He didn't talk during the ceremony, he didn't throw a fit at any point, he used the potty twice, and he ate his dinner. We brought noise-canceling headphones (like you wear at the shooting range) with us because I knew that the DJ's equipment in the smaller ballroom was going to be quite loud. Johnny did ask for them and ended up wearing them the majority of the time we were in there. Boy, did he dance! He asked the DJ to play "What Does the Fox Say?" for him, but the DJ had no idea what he was talking about. (For someone working in the music business, I'm kind of ashamed for him...) Anyway, the evening came to a close and he was, yet again, in a dry diaper all day. With another new book and a small jar of "slime" to play with, he went to bed happy.
We ended our weekend today with both a brunch at Grandma Dotty's and then a birthday party this evening at the neighbor's house. Unfortunately, mid-party Johnny informed me that he hadn't made it a third day in a row in a dry diaper. I was bummed. But really, two and a half days without an accident is actually by far the most impressive toilet-training experience in his life so far, so I can't complain. Add in the other day earlier this week that he went without needing changed and I think he has made some serious advancements in the world of potty-ness. (I can make that a word, right?) I am hoping that in the next few days I'll be able to talk him into trying at least a few hours in underwear. As I reminded him, I wasn't kidding when I said I would throw him a party when he is completely potty-trained!
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