Our New Baby and Tokens

No, we weren't crazy enough to conceive a third child in less than three years; but, we did buy a Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit with money from selling one of Rick's three surf boards. It's been a real hit around this house. Not only am I able to be active when Will's napping, in the evenings, when we are sick (as we are now), etc., I'm also able to spend time with Rick and the kids, having fun and getting exercise at the same time. Hurray! Nate's a real riot. He's a punching, running, skiing machine. I'm sure boxing games would be considered inappropriate for most two year old's. In my opinion, if it wears my busy bugger out, then Mr. Wii's getting the knock down. It's great for the abs and I'm hoping if I punch hard enough my stretch marks will evaporate.

So, because I believe in the Super Nannies and Nanny 911ers, I've installed a "Nate's Very Good Boy Token Jar" in our home. I bought a ridiculous amount of Chuck E. Cheese tokens and am letting Nate add one to his jar whenever he follows directions, shows good behavior, helps me, the dogs, Will, etc. If Nate misbehaves, like telling us he doesn't have to go to the bathroom, then peeing across the living room floor half a minute later, like he did tonight, then a token is removed from his "Nate's Very Good Boy Token Jar" and placed back in the plastic token holder from the big Cheese himself (not good). I have to say, Nate's been "on track and on time" (shout out to other moms and dads in Thomas' world) with the potty issue. Well, beside peeing in his shorts in the yard this afternoon and the cross-living-room adventure tonight.

Hopefully, we're not in for another weird toilet-issue run. As long as the boys don't smear poop, I can cope. That reminds me, Nate, Will and I have not been feeling well the last couple of days. Mostly nose stuff, some fevery-issues, aches, sleepiness, etc. But it was a little strange when Nate did a small spit up on the hall carpet this afternoon. He said it hurt. I didn't see it happen, so I wiped it up and smelled it. Yep, smelled like bile and had chunks. No worries, though. It didn't take more than a moment for him to get back "on track and on time".

I got a nice break this afternoon. I had my hair done (I've got to cover the grays these hoodlums give me) and ran to Toys R Us and the place where you stuff bears. I really want to get Nate the Walle interactive toy for his birthday (almost two months away, I'm really planning) and I know it's going to be hard to find once the movie comes out. However, it seems to be popular already because it's already sold out at Toys R Us. Instead, I picked up some fun bits for our flight to Washington and cruise to Alaska in a couple weeks. A little Walle that dances, some hot wheels, and three Pirates of the Caribbean action figures - score! The flight should be quite exciting.

At Build-A-Bear (I remembered the name!) I had a black lab stuffed for Will. The Binky Ba Ba Fairy's coming this weekend to take his bottles to new babies and is going to leave him a lovely little dog named Gog (how Will pronounces dog). Will adores dogs, so I'm hoping his new lovey will ease the pain of losing his beloved bottles. I had to kiss and wish on a little heart that was sewn into Gog, and I am such a dork, I almost cried while making my wish. I was planning on having the fairy come tomorrow, but we have swim lessons in the morning, so he'll probably fall asleep in the car on the 20 minute drive home and Rick and I are going on a date tomorrow night (!?!), so he'll be with the sitter. Looks like the big night's Saturday. Wish us well.

I'm trying to postpone sleep because of the whole post-nasal-drip-thing; however, the Vick's nighttime cold medicine I took a while back is starting to take affect. If I don't get to my bed quickly, I might end up like Nate who fell asleep on his bedroom floor today naked with his blankie wrapped around his waist.