You had music class today, didn't you?

Normally when I pick up Rai from school he is in a good mood, but today was not one of those days. I could tell right away that he was tired because normally when I say "it's time to go", he will come immediately. Today he kept telling me "I want to play nore. (Nore=more) I want to play nore." I said, "No Rai, it's time to go. All your friends are leaving too." I could tell right away that Rai had had music class today. I don't know what Mr. Joe, the music teacher, does to them, but he is always exhausted after school on music days.  Odette(one of his teachers) told me that he needed a diaper change before we left. So I grabbed his two bags from the porch and we went to the bathroom. 

Rai did not want to go potty or change into a new pull up at all. I could tell that he was really tired. I finally got him to go potty. Then, it was the battle of will. (I won) I told him to put on his pull up by himself since I knew he was plenty capable. He spent more time demanding I put it on him and fake crying then actually attempting to put on the pull up and his pants. We were in the bathroom for a good 15-20 minutes before he finally got himself dressed.

Then on the way home he was demanding my phone so he could do his "work" which is just playing games on my phone. I told him no. He kept yelling from behind me "please! Please!" But, I wouldn't give him my phone. I knew he was in desperate need of a nap. So finally, when we were two minutes from his house, he falls asleep!!! Thank the lord!! A crabby child is no fun! 

Later, we went to target and I let him pick out some big boy underwear because I think that we just need to get rid of all the pull ups so he doesn't have another option. I let him pick out the kind he wanted so that maybe he would get excited and be determined. The biggest problem is that he doesn't know or understand how to voice that he has to go potty. 

So after I gave him a bath, we put on his new avengers underwear and we made it all the way downstairs. And then he peed on himself and all over the floor. And it scared him! I was turning on the kitchen lights and I hear him yell! I run over and notice a HUGE pile of water(which turned out to be pee). I was shocked. We were literally feet away from the potty and that was our destination. I had him pull off his wet pants and underwear and go sit on the potty. After he got a new pair of underwear on, I set a timer on my phone and told him, when he hears it go off, it means it's time to go potty. We did this three more times before mom and dad got home and then dad started a timer. Hopefully on Friday he will be I'm underwear. I'm not opposed to cleaning up pee. I have been peed on before by a camper. There are worse things In the world. 

T-minus 18 days to be potty trained. Yikes! I believe in you Rai! 

This is rai after he finally decided to stop fighting it. 

I love you all!

-Jessica