Lib: Mommy! Mommy! I did it! I did it!
The Mom: [inspects Shorty's port-o-can] Uh, no you didn't. Not even a drop.
Lib: Oh.....[thinks about things] I try again.
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(While handily courting the fruit snack bribe from Mom)
Lib: I'll take my fruit snack now.
Mom: When you've gone potty you can.
Lib: You can get it ready for me. ('get it ready' for her?)
Mom: Libby, when your done, I'll give you a fruit snack.
Lib: You can give it to me now. I'll just hold it. Trust me.
( "you'll just hold it"? "Trust me"?? Uh...no.)
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On two separate occassions from her Aunt Kate and her mom, it's been asked what kind of underpants she wants.
So Lib, what kind of underpants to you want? You want Princess? Dora?...
Lib: RED.
Yeah, I can't wait to see how this one grows up.
Only during potty training is it even remotely okay to hold snacks while using the toilet. Heh.
We always went with stickers as motivators. Somehow they've stuck around past the potty training stage. They're such nominal little pleasures. My son basically gets "good day" stickers now.
Posted by: 3carnations | July 14, 2008 at 03:31 PM
I'm way behind... pretty new layout!
Posted by: allthewine | July 14, 2008 at 04:14 PM
I'm jealous as I can't get my 3 yr old to do number 2 on the potty! "it's dangerous, mommy" he states!
Posted by: kate | July 14, 2008 at 09:18 PM
tell your 3yr old the longer he waits the more dangerous it will become....
Posted by: Emily | July 15, 2008 at 08:57 AM
I once dated a girl who had a little brother who was...I'm going to guess...10? Anyway, he would call from the bathroom and they would have to perform wiping duties. I wondered how that worked at school.
Posted by: Tim | July 15, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Kids, you just gotta love 'em either that or hate them with a passion. Me I love kids, just can't eat a whole one..
Now as to how I got here that is a story in itself.
My blog will have that in full..
Posted by: Gordon | July 22, 2008 at 06:57 PM
Hee, "trust me." I love it when kids try to trick adults.
Posted by: Fraulein N | July 23, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Those comments sound just like Sweetie when she was two. At age four, she has become a regular lawyer/philosopher. It keeps things interesting around here that is for sure.
Posted by: Corina the Down to Earth Mama | August 10, 2008 at 06:47 PM