READY FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!

We have been ready for quite some time around this household for college football, especially the CLEMSON TIGERS! Will for months now has been going to bed and waking up talking about going to see the TIGERS play football! Unfortunately we had our first loss of the season last night against Alabama and boy was it an awful game! We played terrible and they just wore us out! Will and I were at home watching the game and he was so excited about it - he didn't really care about how we were playing or that we lost - he just wanted to see his TIGERS on the field! :) Wish we all could have that attitude about it all but I doubt he'll remain that way forever, especially in this household - we're a little competitive around here! :) The slide show is of Will yelling "Go Tigers" and "1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, C-L-E-M-S-O-N, T-I-G-E-R-S, Fight Tigers, Fight Tigers, Fight, Fight, Fight!" He loves all of the cheering!

This picture is of Will finishing up some of his birthday cupcakes - I thought it was just too cute and funny not to post:

Will's 3rd Birthday Party

We had Will's 3rd birthday on August 16, 2008 at Rick's parent's house in Rock Hill, South Carolina - another POOL PARTY!!! We had a CARS theme this year - No surprise because it's Will's favorite! He had a wonderful time with all of his family and friends! The food, cake and ice cream was delicious and everyone was so generous in all the wonderful gifts that they gave Will! We appreciate everything and he loved everything! We can't believe that our baby is 3 now - time flies by so quickly!

Will's 3rd Birthday Gift

Rick and I finally decided what we wanted to get Will for his 3rd birthday and we bought it tonight and gave it to him a little early so he could actually begin to enjoy it! It's a Radio Flyer Big Flyer (big wheel)! He loves it as you can tell from the pictures...

POTTY TRAINING

Right before the beach this year (2008) we sort of started working on the potty training with Will. We knew that he was ready and he understood the concept - he just wasn't quite getting it so after we got back we tried another method. He absolutely loves the movie, CARS, so we bought some of the cars from the movie as an incentive to go to the potty and believe it or not....it worked! We showed him the cars and told him that if he went to the potty he would get one so he ran straight to the bathroom, sat on the toilet and went "potty!" It was actually hilarious to watch him because after we gave him one car he wanted to keep going to the bathroom for more and we were worried that he was going to hurt himself after a while! He's gotten quite the collection now and is still working hard at this - he's even moved to underwear and is staying dry through the night a good bit! :) I've changed the method a little and made a potty chart for him to put stickers on it each day so at the end of the week he can see the progress he's made and on Friday's we give him a new car - he likes this and gets so excited by the end of the week about this! It's such a relief knowing that we'll soon (for the most part) be out of pull-ups! :) He also picked out a toilet seat the other day (football) and he was so excited about this also! We are so very proud of Will!

The famous football toilet seat:



The potty chart that I made for Will:



The big boy himself and his Lightning McQueen underwear: