LIFE

for the past few weeks every time i tell ryan to do something he doesn't want to do i get the same three responses. the 1st time i tell him, he says "no" and then says he needs to do totally the opposite of what i just said. like when i tell him he needs quiet time he says no i need loud time. when i tell him the second time he says "no, i need to get a life." this cracks me up and i have no idea where he got that. the third time he says "no i need to be sorry." i didn't understand why he said this until today... when he asks to do something i don't want him to i say "i'm sorry we aren't going to do that right now." it's funny how their minds work. i am just getting tired of him being so contrary! ryan is now officially potty trained (except at night). he will run in the bathroom and go potty without me even telling or asking him to. it's so nice not having to change 100 diapers a day! last night at about 3am our house alarm went off. it scared me to death! both of the kids starting crying and darrel went to turn it off. i didn't want to leave the room because i thought someone was trying to break in. come to find out it was ryan trying to get into the garage to get his 3rd lizzy out of the car. he didn't go back to bed forever because he was scared of the "bird monster in the garage that says tweet tweet in an angry voice." their imaginations are amazing. ryan is also into doing arts and crafts. he loves using his "safety scissors" as he calls them because thats what it said on the package, and his "school glue." he has to use his mouth when he cuts and draws just like his uncle john. he has gotten to be such a good little guy and we have so much fun together.