Anthony Hoffman

Anthony is doing well with making peepee in the potty. He went twice at Ikea yesterday. I can’t tell you how much fun this is.

Mommy got out of the car to go look at a yard sale. She returns to the car empty handed.

Anthony: “What happened mommy?”
Mommy: “They didn’t have anything.”
Anthony: “It’s crap?”

I guess this doesn’t sound like a big deal but it is. Anthony finally tried (and succeeded) making peepee in the potty. It was awesome.

So we go to the new house to wait for the Keyspan guy to come turn the gas and lights on. Anthony’s been talking about going to the new house nonstop for a week, so he and my wife came too. He was waiting in the car with my wife and when the lights finally came on (which we weren’t sure they would) my wife said “Oh thank you Jesus.” A couple minutes later the Keyspan guy comes out of the house and goes back to his truck and Anthony says to my wife “Jesus needs something from his truck?”

Anthony now enjoys putting on his own shirt and shorts. He loves it when I tell him he is “independent.” He also makes lots of peepee in the potty, but that’s it. He successfully spelled “apple” and “baby” from memory. Also some other stuff that I can’t remember.

“Daddy, underwear is not good for me. Diaper is better for me. Diaper is perfect for me.”

“I don’t want to go to Long Beach. I want to go to little beach.”

Sumping = Something

Weapon? = What happened?

Today I got a call at work from Anthony, who informed me that he had made peepee in the potty. I told him that I was very proud of him, but then Mommy got on the line to inform me that Anthony had run into the bathroom by himself, closed the door, taken off his diaper, sat down and gone peepee, and then announced that he had made peepee – all by himself!

What a momentous day!

So we were chilling on the potty, waiting for some peepee to happen, when I decided to ask about emotions.

Me: What do you do when you’re happy?

Anthony: Huh?

Me: When you’re happy, you smile! What do you do when you’re sad?

Anthony: Cry.

Me: That’s right. What do you do when you hear something funny?

Anthony: Laugh!

Me: Yes. What do you do when you’re happy?

Anthony: Laugh too, and smile!

Me: Yay! What do you do when you’re angry?

Anthony – looks me dead in the eye: Say “Oh Fuck.”

Me: ……. That’s right.

OYYYYYYY

Sometimes I’ll point at something and ask Anthony, “do you know what that is?” He invariably answers “yes.” Then I’ll ask him what it’s called and without any hesitation he’ll respond with some made-up word. This is a source of great amusement for me.

So we’re in the car yesterday and I pointed at something and asked him what it was called and he said “prom.” I chuckled and pointed out this little quirk to my wife. So later on we’re driving around looking at houses and we stop the car by this small beach. There are two swans by the water and I ask Anthony if he knows what those things are. “Yeah!” I say, “Oh yeah? What are they called?” Without missing a beat he replies, “Bingles.” We had to pull over because we were laughing so hard.

Then just before dinner tonight, I was looking at the circuit breaker. I asked Anthony what it was called and he said “Srom.” I laughed again.

Anthony made peepee in the potty! It was amazing. He sat there for probably a full hour and then we heard the tinkling. He is currently wearing maroon underpants and is very happy. Yay!