I know I’m a little behind, but we had a
note worthy Wednesday and it’s just taken me a few days to make
note of it :) I took Lex in for his 3yr check up and everything
is fine. I think I’ve mentioned before that I was a bit curious
about his weight and his current eating habits (very limited
menu and doesn’t even eat much of that). He weighed in at 32lbs
(2 1/2 up from his 2yr appointment) and 37″. The doctor said
his height and weight are right where they should be for his
growth curve and there’s nothing to worry about. He’s just
above (weight) and below (height) the 50th percentile. He also
didn’t seem concerned at all about the eating situation. So I’m
no longer concerned either :) Some of Lex’s friends have put on
5-7lbs between 2 and 3yrs, so I was worried the doc would be
worried about Lex’s smaller gain, but I guess since he’s right
on his curve all is well.

After lunch
and an unsuccessful nap attempt we headed out to the
playground, with a quick stop at CVS on the way (Lex has
graduated to chewable floride tablets instead of drops). As I
was checking out at CVS Lex said “mommy, I need to use the
bathroom.” I was psyched and played the toilet-training-toddler
card to get access to the employee only bathrooms (no public
restrooms there). Fortunately it was big and clean so I could
deal with Lex while Eve roamed around. Lex was a little
confused that there was no little potty for him, but sat on the
toilet instead and put lots of pee in there!! Yay Lex! It
hasn’t happened again though, and I’m wondering if he really
knew he needed to pee or if he remembered the last time we were
at CVS when he pooped in his diaper and I didn’t have any clean
diapers so he had to stay in the dirty one until we got home. I
gave him a little speech while changing him, saying that there
are bathrooms everywhere and if we’re out, like at CVS, and he
needs to poop he should tell me so we can use the bathroom
instead of his diaper and risk discomfort and a rash. Blah,
blah, blah. I think he just remembered that, saw were were at
CVS, and made the connection. But whatever, it’s better than
nothing :)

At the playground we met my friend
Diana and her daughters, Sarah and Lauren. The playground had a
really nice sandbox and Eve spent the entire time there. Not
for my lack of trying to move her along. Any time I picked her
up she wailed and tried to dive out of my arms, back into the
sandbox. Lex also managed to get a very big splinter, maybe
from the wood chips all around, I’m not sure. It was probably
1/2″ long and looked huge in his tiny finger. Alan and I had a
gut-wrenching, ear piercing torture session trying to get it
out later that night. I also realized that although I have
several first-aid kits kicking around the car, none had
tweezers.

Other than the splinter
related activities, Wednesday was a lovely day all around
:)