Mine!

Calum is still trying to learn the concept of sharing. Unfortunately he's still in the "everything is mine" stage. He's taken to pushing the other kids at daycare away if he feels they are too close to anything he considers his. I see this in the mornings when I go to drop him off and spend some time settling him in. Today, nobody else was allowed to play with the Thomas trains. I consistently tell him that he has to share, that he can't push other kids, that he has to be nice but he's still testing the boundaries. Hopefully he'll learn not to do this soon.

I've decided to start the potty training over Christmas break. He's almost ready now. Last night before our bath he was running around the bathroom naked as I got the tub ready. It was only about 2 minutes and I turned around and caught him peeing! He knew what he was doing and proudly pointed it out to me. Once before he stood up in the bath and happily did the same thing. That little stinker.

The girls are doing well. Desiree is working a lot these days - nothing like retail to take advantage of cheap labour. Dakota is supposed to be going gliding this weekend for Air Cadets - if she manages to get a permission form before the weekend. She's been especially forgetful about things like notices, forms, and letters lately. I think that she had the form she needed last week but lost it and forgot to get a new one this week. Don and I have told her that it is her responsibility to get the form so we'll see if she follows through. I've also told her to get a new form for parent teacher interview requests. She "lost" that one too but I may just pop across the street this morning and get a new one.

Interim reports went out yesterday and happily Dakota is doing much better so far this year. I want to talk to a couple of her teachers about their comments though. Desiree reported she is doing well but I didn't see her report.

Calum has a Halloween party on Monday night. Last year he cried and we had to leave early. This year I think he'll be more excited. They've decorated the daycare and he loves showing it all to me. He also likes pumpkins. They've got a bunch for them to play with and he is always carrying the little ones around.