Frank Family Adventures: Yellow one belt, Graduation and Potty Training......

It has been a busy week in the Frank household. It was Ethan's last week of Preschool and he couldn't have been excited. He really wants to be in Kindergarten and ride the yellow school bus. So he has been counting down the days to Preschool graduation. ABK had a really cute ceremony this morning. All the Preschool graduates wore cap and gowns. When they received their "diploma" they were asked to spell their name into the microphone and then smile for the Kodak moment. A few of the kids were nervous and not willing to speak. Of course that was not a problem for Ethan. He spelled his name and then gave the biggest grin! After the diplomas were given to each graduate they sang two songs. It was very cute.

Ethan got a little bit of a surprise yesterday with Karate. He missed a week of class due to our Arizona vacation so he was not quite ready for testing last week with the rest of the students. But his awesome instructors could see that he was working hard and had he been in class then he probably would have been ready. So yesterday he had a private lesson with one of the instructors and proved that he new the curriculum. Then after his regular scheduled class they gave him a make up test and he received his yellow one belt. Ethan was beyond excited. This means he gets to move into a new class and will also need new gear as he will begin sparring. It is great to see Ethan passionate about Karate and his focus and discipline gets better every day. Since his out of school for the summer(and with a new baby on the way), I think it is great that he will be challenged with the new karate class. He needs something to release all that energy!

Hudson has had a busy week as well. As many of you will remember he has been entertaining the idea of potty training for months now. He has been wearing pull ups since Thanksgiving but thought of the potty more as a toy rather than something he should use all the time. Well, this week he showed a lot of interest. I should also mention that he has been refusing to take a nap. So my thoughts were if he is not going to take a nap then I am going to nag him to use the potty. Well it is working. Hudson made the switch from pull ups to underoos this week! The accidents have been few and he is doing much better than Ethan ever did. The first two days were really tough. But by day three he was telling me when he needed to go. Only problem is we let him run naked the first few days because I was tired of washing all the wet clothes and I think he enjoyed the nakedness a little too much. LOL! But now we are back to wearing clothes. This morning he woke up and I was shocked that he didn't even have an accident in the middle of the night. He spent a couple of afternoons with his Aunt Summer and even then he went to the potty at her house. I think in another week we will be pull up free! Which means he will be out of pull ups by the time the new baby arrives. Woo Hoo!

Speaking of baby, I had another check up with the doctor yesterday. Everything looks fine. I am dilated to 1. Nothing too exciting but the doctor did warn that things could happen quickly since this is my third. We still have three weeks until the due date but I am wondering if we will make until then. With Ethan and Hudson I was not dilated at 36 weeks so already this baby is ahead of them. I was on fire last week with all the organization. This week I have been more tired and not quite as motivated. I will keep the blog updated with each appointment now that I am going on a weekly basis.

Below are a few pictures from Ethan's graduation.