Shyness be Gone!

Up until recently, Trent has been horribly shy. Like, scream and hide when strangers say hello, shy. I think that his shyness may be a thing of the past!

First, we were at gymnastics last week and because it is summer, there are many more classes going on at the same time as Trent's class than normal. Typically, his toddler class has the entire floor to itself but this summer, we have been having to share a portion of the floor with the older kids. Last week, part of the floor we were on was occupied by teenagers on the balance beam. Every time one of the teen girls jumped on the beam, Trent would run over to them and very dramatically throw his hands in the air and  shout, "On No! Be careful! Don't fall," over and over. It was actually quite funny. I kept wrangling him in but I was just so proud that he approached anyone besides myself, Mark or my parents!

As I said above, up until this week, Trent would screech at the top of his lungs whenever a stranger would say hello to him when we were out running errands. He would then grab my arm and pull my to him so that he could try to hide from the stranger who had the gall to actually look in Trent's direction! Thankfully, Trent seems to be getting over this fear although, I do wish he would have chosen a different way to go about it. You see, whenever we are out running errands and a stranger walks anywhere in our vicinity, Trent yells, "Hey you" until they look at them and then he proudly proclaims, "Hey you...I farted." Yup, he's been announcing to complete and utter strangers that he's farted and half the time, I haven't heard him let one fly so I don't know if he really did pass gas or if he just thinks that it is funny.

Along the same lines, we took the boys out to lunch last week and Mark took Trent to the bathroom. He ran out into the middle of the restaurant screaming, "Mama, I pee pee. I pee. Give me pounds."He was so proud of himself (and I am so proud too...he is doing excellent with his potty training) that he just felt the need to announce it to all and then have people "pound it out" with him.

I have a feeling that he is going to be quite the boisterous boy once the shyness fully dissipates. We are in for a treat!