Just When You Thought It Was Safe

Oh where to begin.

Thursday: We're on our way out to run some errands when I decide it is a nice day to have "ladies lunch". I tell Bella we can go anywhere she wants to go for lunch and she says, "The Grocery Store" (which is Whole Foods, where we often sit and have lunch). She says she wants ice cream too and I say OK. We stop at the car wash on the way, and as we pull up she says in a solemn voice, "I can't have ice cream." With dread in my voice, I turn around and ask..."WHY!?".

"I peed."

I got out of the car, put the money in the car wash and as I washed the car, secretly dreamed that all the windows were open so I could just hose down the whole works, car seat, kid, peed-in pants. Ladies lunch was canceled.


Tuesday:
After an hour on the phone with Apple Tech Support trying to fix a computer problem (always fun) I look out into the living room to see my beautiful daughter standing on the coffee table in her underwear, head bent over, looking down between her legs as she pees on the table and LAUGHS her head off. Not knowing if tech support can still hear me while I am on hold, I refrain from saying ANYTHING at all. I march her up to her room silently. Tell her to get cleaned up and head back downstairs to clean up the table . Not happy.

Now at this point you are probably wondering, as I am, what is the bright side to these stories?

Here are just a few (believe me, it took me a while to come up with these)
1. Now that this has been published online, I have written proof and bribery for when she reaches dating age. I am sure her first boyfriend will LOVE to hear about how she peed on the coffee table! Better be home by curfew.
2. Honestly, the coffee table has never looked better.
3. For every upset, the victories are even sweeter. When we DO make it to the potty, the cheers are louder, the smiles bigger and the hugs tighter. What could be better than that?

“A child can go only so far in life without potty training. It is not mere coincidence that six of the last seven presidents were potty trained, not to mention nearly half of the nation's state legislators.” ~ Dave Barry