Burping and Farting and Other Smelly Boy Behavior

Well, if there was ever a doubt in my mind that I have a boy that is ALL BOY, those feelings are now gone. For one, I have the BURP-iest (is that a word?) kid. He burps, like BIG burps, all of the time. I laugh even though I shouldn't, but I think it's hilarious mostly because I can't burp. Like, literally, I can't burp. Trust me, I have tried for years. After we both have a good laugh at his burp, I have taught him to say "excuse me, I burped", so I guess it's not all that bad that I laugh my ass off if I'm teaching him manners at the same time? He is also obsessed with farting and everything smelly. He pretends to fart, yells "PEEEW" and then busts up laughing. Where did he learn this!?! ha!!! He also always wants me to smell his feet. All of this makes me laugh so hard now, but I won't be laughing when he's a smelly teenager.

One thing that I am very proud of are Austin's manners. He is getting so good at his please, thank yous and I'm sorry's! I love it. We also clean up together at night before he goes to bed. It takes about 5 minutes longer when he's helping me, but I know it'll save me time and energy in the future so it's worth it! I even made of a silly little song that we sing and now I have it in my head all the time.

And one more thought.. bribery. It works. I never thought communicating would be so hard with a 2 year old, but when you use bribery, it makes it so much easier and my sanity has slowly started putting itself back together- yay! We use bribery for everything now including potty training, to eating (finally figured out a way to get him to eat!), to cleaning, to calming down. I love it and anyone who says that bribery is no good is a damn liar or has never raised a 2 year old.

I mean... is he 10 years old in this pic!??! what the heck?

First time at the movies

He loves to steal my phone and take pictures of himself, so this is what I get! how fun is that?!?! ha! I love these picture surprises he leaves me now!

In N Out Milk shake.. yum.

Goofing around with Popi. Love him!

At Pretend City:

And this is the monster I share my bed with:

Stickers on his eyes. Creepy

Fun with Uncle Charlie and Popi!