We’ve been sort of slow at updating Ian’s blog, but that doesn’t mean that nothing’s been happening. We’ve weathered the “blizzard of 2010” with much shoveling. Ian really enjoyed using his red shovel to shovel the snow. We may have a bit of work to do on our shoveling technique – but we’re definitely good at the concept. 
Potty training is continuing. This is definitely a slow process. However, Ian’s good at peeing in the potty (when he wants to). And checking out every public restroom seems to rank up there on any list. It’s kind of hard to reward successes with stickers when we’re out and about (or at school), but we always get them at home. So hopefully someday we’ll want to stop playing for a bit to go to the bathroom. Also, I am not a fan of the marketing “genius” who put different designs on the pull ups. Of course one is more popular than the other. What a headache this makes….
Ian’s also learning that many things have more than one name. So mom, mother (thanks to Winnie the Poo movie), and Carla are the same person in the same way that daddy and Pete are the same person. Ian has also realized that there are some nick names that I’ve used frequently. So Pete sometimes gets called “sweetie” when he doesn’t respond to “daddy”. At times like that I’m glad I haven’t called anyone any other names…