A Fear Come True!

Okay, so it's not as bad as the title makes it out to be, but I suppose it could be.

Most of you know that the twins have only been potty trained for less than a year. While I am still rejoicing in that fact there are still some hard things about it. One of them being their lack of a need for privacy. They just go in the bathroom and don't even bother with the door. I know most kids are this way but they do this at other people's houses and in public restrooms. I am usually with them and make sure they know they have to shut the door. The other issue is that they feel like they can just come out of any bathroom without putting their pants back on. Again, they do this at my parents house and have done it at other people's houses too. We are usually quick to catch them. I am usually with them in a public restroom so I am quick to make sure they don't leave the stall without pulling up their pants. Matthew has done pretty well with this but Jonathan just doesn't care. He is constantly walking around the house with his undies and short wrapped around his ankles. He thinks he needs help getting them back up but he CAN do it.
I am sure you know where this is going. Today my mom and I decided to take the boys to a local pizza place called Peter Piper Pizza (a smaller scale chuck e cheese). My mom and I were helping Matthew and Luke play some games while Jonathan was busy climbing in the tunnels and going down the slide. Somewhere along the way he must have decided to go potty. I am not sure which restroom he used, Men's or Women's, but he went in and went potty. Neither, my mom nor I was aware of this until, one of the young men working there came walking around the corner with Jonathan who, you guessed it, was walking around with his undies and shorts around his ankles. We explained to the worker that he was Autistic and he said he understood, but some people might not. I was mortified. I did get his pants up and tried to explain to him how he couldn't do that. I try and tell him this at home every time he does it. Thankfully, the restaurant wasn't crowded because we were there after lunch and thankfully no one complained. I am not sure if anyone else saw him. I just don't want this happening again and I am not sure what I can do about it.

Life

Well, it took a few weeks but life has slowly returned to normal since our trip. Life was pretty quiet and peaceful for a few weeks and now things are back to the way they were before our trip. The twins are all over the place, all 3 of the boys are fighting again. Luke has been sick twice and I feel the need for another vacation.
There are less than 3 weeks of school left and then the real fun begins. The only thing I am looking forward to this summer is the fact that I will not have to get up at 6:00 every morning. I take that back. I will probably be up at 6:00 but I won't need to get out of bed to get the boys ready for school. Have I ever mentioned that the boys, all of them, wake up with the sun? This is such a lovely time of year when you hear your kids at 5:30 in the morning.
My goal for the summer is to potty train Luke. Didn't I just get finished potty training the twins???? I did attempt to get things started a couple weeks ago but Luke is a pretty strong willed child and he pretty much refused to go in the toilet. He went in his room a couple of times and even in my closet. Most days he would just wait until it was nap time and I would put him in a pull-up and then that pull-up would be soaked through in a matter of a couple of minutes. I know he can do it because this past Fall he was going in the toilet a couple of times or more a week. I guess I just missed my opportunity, but I was in the middle of getting the twins potty trained. Oh well, he definitely knows he has the control in this area. This week he has been sick and I haven't pushed him. I am hoping this summer we can get it done so he can start preschool in August.

On a side note... Jonathan has begun to eat hot dogs. I know it is not the most nutritious food out there, but let me tell you I am so thrilled we have added another main food to his meal menu. It is a great thing for him to eat at lunch. He also likes corn dogs, but I have to take the corn part off, so it really is just a hot dog. He has been eating both of these at school for months now and I was so excited when he finally said "Yes" he would eat one at home a couple of weeks ago. This past week he ate fish nuggets at school so I am hoping I can add this to his diet in a little bit.

Well, I think that is about all I have for tonight. I will try and post a few pics of the boys soon.