Daddy says he hasn't seen Mommy this happy since the day I was born! And Mommy certainly has a new "glow" about her. Grandma and John Daddy are sooooo excited, and we've called ALL of the relatives to tell them our big news!... Can you guess?... Yep, that's right! I'm finally PT! (that stands for "potty- trained") Finally, all of the "big boy" underpants with airplanes and Diego on them have paid off! The many potty seats purchased, some with cartoon characters, another with handles on the side for added security, with the fancy step stools to reach the dreaded toilet, and the congratulatory stickers are all worth it!
Mommy's been pulling her hair out for months trying to entice me to get out of my diapers, but I was stubborn. I enjoyed my diaper freedom! She bought all of the books, searched the internet for the potty training secrets, and promised me great toys if I'd just use the bathroom. I was wearing the poor woman down. All of her friends and co-workers told her to quit worrying, that I'd do it when I was good and ready. Well folks, I'M READY!
It certainly was a celebratory weekend! The folks took me on a special trip to Toys R Us on Saturday, then on Sunday we rode the train into Dallas for lunch, all because I'm now "P.T." It was a fun weekend! I spent a lot of time in the bathroom, reading my airplane books! It was a very busy weekend for all of us! (Someday I'll let the folks know how embarrassing the potty photos are, but for now they are so excited that I hate to bring them down!)
Other news on the home front...we just returned from a few fun weekends! First was our Easter Weekend at Uncle Johns's lakehouse. Daddy took Friday off and we headed west to Possum Kingdom Lake to meet Grandma and John Daddy and cousins JD and Carley with Aunt Sandy and Uncle John. What a great time we had. Uncle John let me drive his boat!! Can you believe it? You'll have to see the photos, click on our
Photo Album link for these pictures and more.
Best of all, the Easter Bunny made a special trip to the lake! He scattered eggs for us and even left me gifts! Remember that Little Einstein Rocket set that I told you about in my last letter...well the big fuzzy rabbit left it for me after all! I was so surprised, I found it and started yelling for everyone to come look! We also had a big Bunny Pinata that we beat with a stick until candy fell out!
I decorated Easter cookies with Aunt Sandy and Carley, we had a big cookout with lots and lots of food. Grandma had brought books to read us and new toys and puzzles to play with. Aunt Sandy taught me how to row a boat! I had a wonderful time!
Second was our trip to the airshow in Kingsville, Texas to see my beloved Blue Angels fly! This was a bit of a last minute road trip for us, and we pulled out of Mckinney early Friday morning for the long...did I say long?...drive to south Texas. We got in and settled into the hotel before we went looking for the Kingsville night life. There wasn't any! But we had dinner and went to bed early to get a good spot the following morning at the show.
Surprisingly enough we pulled onto the Navy base early as the show was just opening. Daddy was excited about being early for once...usually if Mommy is with us we don't get anywhere early! But to his disappointment the first cars in had to park out the farthest. This did not start his day off well.... It was a smaller show than we expected, so I had a chance to talk to pilots and sit in cockpits of the airplanes and helicopters on display. We even scored the best spectator seats we've ever had for a Blue Angels show, and at the bargain price of $5 for adults, kids free. Daddy's day was picking up...he always likes to save money!
We sat through the Leap Frogs show (that's the Navy parachute team) and all of the stunt plane shows. The day was heating up and I was getting tired and cranky. Then unexpectedly the F-4 and F-16 airplanes took off right over our heads and scared me! I'm sensitive to noise anyway, but this was gut shaking vibrations. I cried...and cried...cried some more all the way to the medic tent with Mommy to get me some earplugs. The ear plugs didn't help. The planes were still zooming directly overhead and I just couldn't calm down. The paramedics came over to ask if they could help, and other kid's parents were stopping to offer Mommy their ear plugs for me. I just kept crying and saying that I wanted to go home. And this was all less than 30 minutes before the Blue Angels show was to begin.
Since we still had a hike back to the car and soon the 6 F-18 jets would going to be taking off for the Blue Angels show, they decided we'd better leave. We had checked out of the hotel because we had planned on spending the night and next day in San Antonio on the Riverwalk. My parents aren't exactly sports fans so they didn't know the final four college basketball playoffs were on that weekend in San Antonio! There were no hotel rooms to be had...so Daddy just kept driving. After a brief stop for some shopping in San Marcos, we pulled back into the driveway in McKinney before midnight that same night! On the 36 hour trip, 16 hours were spent in the car, 6 at the airshow, 2 hours at 2 different McDonalds play areas for me to stretch my legs, and 2 hours at the outlet mall! Not one of our better family vacations!
While Mommy may not be big into impromptu trip planning, she's taking my summer vacation quite seriously! I'm already signed up for soccer which I start next week, swimming lessons begin the week after school is out, and I'm registered for Zoo School at the Fort Worth Zoo in July. She's still debating what to do in August...there's museum school, Spanish camp, martial arts and basketball! But, I may just take a breather and chill by the neighborhood pool in August! I've got to save a little time to just hang-out with my friends! My Tia Lusan and Tio Nelson and cousins Perla and Isabelle are coming to visit in August too.
Speaking of friends...my friend Rebecca and I had a movie and lunch date today. We saw Horton Hears A Woo. It was funny, I'd recommend it. My Mommy and Rebecca's mommy, Patzy were so proud of us for sitting through the entire movie!
I only have 6 weeks left until my first year of preschool is behind me. I've had an exciting year at the Spanish Schoolhouse and I have learned a lot! I understand more Spanish than I can speak at this point, but my repertoire of Spanish words has increased tremendously since last Fall. You'll want to put May 22nd on your calendar to come to my "End of the Year" Show at school. We are practicing our songs and dances at school now for the big show. I just know that you will want to come!
We're planning a big Mother's Day weekend at Lake Texoma with the family. Aunt Mary and Uncle Vic are throwing a big shindig to christen their big boat and celebrate retirement. They're roasting a pig! We're going to stay at the Lodge at the lake and have Mother's Day brunch on Sunday with everyone. I'm looking forward to catching up with Cousin Grace! That's about all I have to report at this time...the folks are staying busy. Daddy's working very hard at his new position at Alcatel-Lucent. Mommy's still working a few days a week at Allen Community Outreach during the time that I'm in preschool. She recently returned from ANOTHER Bon Jovi concert, you know she just loves those guys- she says Jon Bon Jovi is her boyfriend! Her other boyfriend is coming in town next month, but she hasn't told Daddy yet about that concert...she also loves Tim McGraw!!
Happy Spring! Love ya~
MARTY a.k.a. Jean-Martin G. Vaneskahian
