I don’t know whether to laugh or cry when the swimming teacher talks about my daughter and says, “That Navy….she’s a pistol.” Most of the time, I want to laugh. Today — not so much. The story goes a little like this. Navy could have been potty trained a year ago. She definitely has the capacity, has known how to use the facilities forever, and is plenty smart enough to get it all down. I had some urging from others to get it done before Hawaii, and more urging to get it done before baby #3. But I always knew that when she wanted to potty train, she would instigate it and be a success immediately. (Plus, Scout potty trained himself in a day, and it was a cinch….and I was looking for a similar experience.) The good news — Navy instigated it about a week ago, and hasn’t had a misstep yet!
So on the heels of me having a day of throwing up and other lovely flu-like symptoms, Micah offered to take the kids into work this morning. It was great. It allowed me to get some R&R and a few errands done. When I went to pick her up, her entire lower half of her outfit was wet. I figured that maybe a new place, or a Daddy who wasn’t as proactive on asking if she needed to go potty was the reason…so no biggie. On our way home from his work, I had both kids in the car, and for some reason I also had arguing, sassing, “Scout hit me” when he clearly wasn’t AKA lying, and a few other choice moves out of my kids. As a result, both kids were racking up minutes of timeout like they were shares of Apple stock. When we got home, they were both in their timeout spots. (Side note — it always blows my mind when my kids are at each other’s throats, but the second they are in time out together, they become besties all over again.) As they laughed and chatted, Bella noticed a strong stench. When I called Navy over to ask her if she had gone poops in her big girl pants, she said matter-of-factly, “Yep.” When I asked her why she went (knowing full well that she knew not to) she said, “Because I was mad at you.”
Laughing just wasn’t in the cards today!
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