The Milestone

Instead of Quote Book Saturday, your post today comes from Alex Elliot from Formula Fed and Flexible Parenting. She tries not to spend too much time with her head up in the clouds. I'm not going to rain on her parade and tell her how we are doing potty training.
Next year I will attain one of my biggest parenting goals. I'm so excited about it that I'm almost ready to count down the days. Perhaps I will even send out invitations. When my younger son (YS) graduates, my husband and I will be, dare I say it, carefree. No longer will we need to contemplate renting a minivan for vacations. No longer will we need a larger room when we stay in hotels. No longer will we need to pay for an extra seat on the airplane. Alright so maybe I'm exaggerating about the second to the last point and flat out lying about the last point.
The big event for my family will be that we will finally be diaper free! That's right, if all goes according to plan, next summer YS will be three and out of diapers. Don't spoil the dream for me! I know plenty of kids are 3, particularly boys, and not potty trained. I can pretend, right? I mean my older son (OS) was 3 when he was potty trained. It only took a couple days and was very easy…yeah that pretty much guarantees that it will be more challenging the time around. I'll just readjust my rose tinted glasses. Seriously, I hate packing diapers to go on vacations. It's not even just the diapers, it's the wipes, the spare outfits just in case, the swimming diapers and last year the booster seat and Pack N Play. This year YS can sit at a regular table for a week (if we need to, we will put a phone book with a towel over it on the chair) so we won't need to pack it. We'll still need to bring all the diapers, overnight diapers and swim diapers. Our older son (OS), who's been potty trained for a couple years now, just needs a few pairs of underwear that can be scrunched into a ball and shoved into a suitcase or quite frankly the pocket of the passenger seat if we really wanted. Yes, I know in terms of big deals in parenting, this doesn't even register and no, I'm not really upset. However, I am looking forward to that glorious day when I can dig out my purse from the closet, dust it off, and give my diaper bag away.