The Life of Bishop

Here's a little update on The Life of Bishop.

Bishop moved up to Preschool about a month ago and he's doing really well in the class! He is a better listener and we've seen a huge improvement in his behavior, especially in public. He can still be a regular 2 year old boy at home (who doesn't like to listen), but overall we've seen some positive changes!

He is doing great with the potty training. He rarely has potty accidents, but he's still not wanting to poop on the toilet, which means he's still pooping in his pants!! We've decided to put a pull up on him when he's home for most of the time, as it's less stressful and easier to clean up and he's still good about going potty on the toilet with the pull up on. At school he's in underwear all the time, except for naptime. He has started trying to go potty standing up, as he's seen some of the older boys do that, so that's fun for him! :)

His imagination has taken off--he builds things, talks about monsters all the time and "pretend plays", which is very fun! This morning he was playing in his kitchen, making food for Nora and I and he kept telling us what it was and feeding us.....some items on the menu this morning were coffee, gum, and candy!

He likes to tell me that I have to wait on the bottom step of the stairs and I can't come up until he tells me it's ok (I'm not really sure where he got this one from, because we haven't done this, but he must have heard it from someone)! So, I play along and I'll wait on the bottom step. He always tells me he has to do something....but once he gets to the top of the stairs it is ok for me to come up! :)

Every morning when we go to daycare he comes with to drop Nora off. He loves to bring her toys and/or hold her. Then we make a stop to say hi to Miss Courtney and give her a hug...and then it's finally on to his classroom, where he jumps right in to play with some of the older boys. This morning Courtney told me she was changing a diaper in the preschool bathroom yesterday when Bishop came up to ask him for a hug. She bent down gave me a hug and he said "thank you". I love how much he loves her (and how much she loves him back)!

He has gotten quite good at helping himself in the pantry. He'll pull his chair over to the pantry and get whatever he wants off the shelf and he'll start helping himself. I've started putting most things on the highest shelf and working on telling him he has to ask before he helps himself!

We've recently learned (the hard way) about how difficult it is when Bishop is over-tired. He consistently needs 11 hours of sleep and when he gets to bed late, we all pay for it, usually in the middle of the night into the next day. For example, Monday night a friend was over until 9pm, so Bishop was up until 9pm. He went to bed fine, but woke up at 12:30 and was screaming and throwing a tantrum.  We finally got him to fall asleep in bed with us (I'll do whatever it takes to sleep these nights), but he was up at 5:30am!! He threw a fit downstairs, so was put in his room. He kept yelling "Mommy, I NEED you". I was feeding Nora and I told him I would be in after I was done feeding her...thankfully he fell asleep in the meantime and slept til 8. It would have been a disaster of a day if he wouldn't have gone back to sleep.

So, that is a little update on The Life of Bishop! He kisses me (on the lips) every time I ask for one and that's something I know won't last forever, so I'll keep asking for them as long as I can! :) He has such a tender heart, but he is ALL boy! Which reminds me of one last story.....the other night we were eating dinner outside and he was literally eating dirt off his shovel! BOY BOY BOY!!!! He's the best and I chuckle at him everyday, but he also pushes my buttons! :)