19 November 2007

potty training a girly girl

Lib is FINALLY trying to potty train...on a regular basis, not just a day & then back to pullups (or diapers). Her inspiration is the promise of a new PINK carseat. She's all about the pink these days. Geez, everyone knows pink is for girls. Other colors are for boys. And boys are yucky. If you ask Lib, only pink & purple are appropriate girl colors. Every other color? Well, let's look at this example: Fi was drawing the other day & Lib wanted her to use ONLY pink. Every crayon Fi picked up (& not being deterred, proceeded to color with) was met with one comment from Lib: "ugly". e.g. Fi picks up red, "ugly" says Lib. Fi picks up blue, "ugly". Black, "ugly". Green, "ugly" and on & on it went until the picture was complete.

Anyway, potty training. It's exciting. Yay! No more diapers. No more wipes. That's a significant savings in $ and time. So far only a few "accidents". Wish us luck!!

Oh, I had to remind Feefer that her reward for potty training was being able to go to school. She promptly informed me that she doesn't want to go to school anymore. She wants a pink carseat. Lib said she would go to school instead. And she would too, if only it were that easy. Every day the highlight of the afternoon is her chance to say "hi!" to Miss Cathy, Fi's ECE teacher.

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