Doughnut

Micah is walking around saying "doughnut, doughnut, doughnut." And I (Michael) am like, what are you saying? And he is like, I am that shark that says doughnut doughnut doughnut. And then he pretends to bite my ass.

Love Potion

Micah is very into making "potions." He is constantly making concoctions in the shower using empty shampoo bottles, vitamin bottles, anything he can get his hands on, and then mixing different shampoos, conditioners, shaving cream, and water. He'll spend 30 minutes in the shower doing this if we let him. He also makes recipes for potions. He diagrams all the ingredients that need to be added, shows a knife chopping something up, shows arrows to indicate the sequence of instructions, and then insists that we make his recipes (which will be disgusting and I generally refuse to do). 

His latest thing is "love potions." The other day, he commandeered an empty spice container, used our mortar and pestle to grind some coriander from a cilantro plant that went to seed in the back yard, clover leaves, and watermelon. He added salt and water and put it all in the shaker. Then he insisted that I put it in his cereal the next morning. I suggested he taste it first. He was so disgusted that he ran to the bathroom to spit it out and then had to chase it with some juice to get rid of the flavor. Now he has made another love potion, we're out of watermelon so he substituted apple, added green food coloring, put it in a spray bottle, and he's using it to scare monsters away because it's so disgusting they won't want to be sprayed with it! ❤

July 4, 2016 - Potty Time

We had a wonderful weekend together in Erie, at the beach, at the amusement park, lots of junk food, sleeping in a hotel room together with Micah in the king size bed and Penelope's pack n play right up against the side of the bed.

However, I think it is worth noting that on Friday, I put Penelope on the potty seat after she watched me use the toilet and started pulling on her diaper, and she just peed in it, no problem. We cheered for her and gave her lots of high fives. Today, I put her on it again when she was hanging around in the bathroom, and again she peed right in it. She still squats in the middle of the room to fill her diaper with poop, but we'll work on that one another day!