Joshua Toddler Stuff

I have decided that toddlers are made to keep you on your toes and they can be just plain funny.

Joshua has become obsessed with the bathroom lately. Every time I have to go (which is all the freaking time, I am pregnant), he runs to the door and goes "bathroom, bathroom". Once I held him on the toilet for about 1 minute until I got tired, and he thought that was great. So I decided to buy him a potty, we will need it sometime anyway. I bought the potty and he has sat on it like twice and for like 10 seconds before freaking out. But he loves the fact it will act as a stool. He can now reach the sink and will play in it for as long as I will let him. Sometimes I bring a book in there while he splashes.

The other day we went to the grocery store and they were giving out tons of samples for Super Bowl weekend. I got as many as I could for him because it gives him something to do. Well I guess I fed him a little too much because when it was lunch time he threw a fit and didn't want to come to eat. I told him he had to at least sit at the table. He settled down, asked for a cup of water and drank some. I gave him a bean mixture and cornbread to eat. He proceeded to spoon the bean mixture into the cup, and then break the cornbread up into the cup too. He just spooned away happy as punch while I ate. He didn't even make a huge mess, so I couldn't complain. Whatever, I can't make him eat.

We have been working on teaching him to clean up. I will sing the clean up song from Barney (I remember the song from when Emily watched it, I haven't seen it in years) and Joshua will run around saying "clean-up, clean-up". He will even clean something up if he has very specific instructions, and we say "Yay!" after everything he does. Well one day we were cleaning up, and he started taking books off the living room book shelf and stacking them in our room one at a time. After each book he would cheer for himself and run back for another book. Silly kid.

Like I said toddlers are fun and I never know what to expect next.