Ethan has had a few problems being potty-trained. Anyone who has tended him will agree. Well, I talked to his pediatrician a few weeks ago about it and he is convinced that Ethan needs more fiber in his diet. Anyway...he said to give him 3 plums/prunes everyday to see if it will help him. Ethan is having a really had time wanting to eat them. Tonight I put 1 on his dinner plate and he cried and cried. I put one also on Maddie and Ellie's plates too so he wouldn't feel like I was trying to be mean just to him. Ellie popped hers in and chewed, faking that she loved it. Maddie cried and cried also. I told Maddie and Ethan that they couldn't get down from the table until they had at least tried them. They both didn't want anything to do with it. Finally they had both eaten everything else on their plates and Maddie broke down and put it in her mouth, bit it once and spit it out on her plate. "Ew!! That tastes like RAISINS!!" You'd think raisins were toxic. She then got down and I told her to head to bed. It was 8:30 by this time.
This is when the battle of will began!!
Ethan started yelling at me and telling me he wasn't going to eat it. I would then tell him he was and he would say he wouldn't...you get my drift. Finally he said "I just want to go to bed." I told him "no, you need to try that plum" I went out of the room for a minute to put Annie to bed and when I came back this is how I found him.
OK, you win! You can go to bed without the plum!!
from the people over India. We are going, but they had another offer...they want him to do a different position. Instead of being a coach, he would oversee all of the coaches over there. (from what I understand) The only thing is that it is a 2 year job instead of a 1 year one. He has another meeting this week to get all of the plans worked out and all of his questions answered and then maybe we'll (Alan and I) be off to find housing and get our kids into schools over there. So, for now I'm gathering birth certificates and passports for all of us. HERE WE GO!! I think I've been in denial that we really are going to go. I started thinking about everything that can happen in 2 years...Annie will be almost 3 years old by the time we came home, Ellie would be going into 6th grade, Maddie will get baptized over there, and Ethan...well...hopefully he'll be potty-trained by the time we come home. :) (Just kidding he's been really good lately. I need to quit joking about it and maybe we'll get past it.) I guess it's good news for all of you who want to visit us...you'll have one more year to save up your $$$ and come over!!
