...and oh, the things she says...
Annie has decided that wearing panties and peeing in the potty are not worth the effort after all. I have complete faith (most of the time) that she will eventually be interested again, so I'm (most of the time) not pushing it.
This morning, however, I put in the "Potty Power" movie that we love and asked her to sit on her little potty while she watched. She watched, sang along and sat. When the movie was over, she came running to me.
"Mommy! I pretend peed in the potty! Let's pour it in the big potty!"
That's right: she pretend peed. Nothing actually there. So I said, "Great, honey. Let's pour your pretend pee in the pretend big potty," and then turned over her potty bowl beside her little potty.
Annie gasped and stared at me horrorstruck.
"Mommmyyyy!!! You spilled it!!!"
But...okay, okay. Like a good mom would (I imagine), I scooped the pretend pee back into her potty and we "poured" it into the real potty. Weird.
.................
Later this afternoon, Ike laid down with Annie to get her to take a nap (a decision I'm regretting now that it's 9:30 and she's refusing to go to sleep). Annie, always thoughtful and observant, said, "Look, Daddy. I have hair and you don't!"
Nice. You mean she can pretend pee, but Ike doesn't get to have pretend hair??
..................
Most of you know that we are anti-Walmart as a family. Well, we all have a price, apparently, and the Quigley price is Bakugan. Jake is way, way, way into this Bakugan game with his friends. Never mind what Bakugan is, it would take too long to explain, but the point is that everyone sells out of Bakugan and Walmart had some in stock on Friday.
So...after a friend's birthday party (a friend who got about 1,000 Bakugan), we headed to Walmart to buy Jake a few more. Jake got two Bakugan, Annie got a princess diary (which she refuses to let me read and says, "It's a secret, Mommy.")
Walmart left quite an impression on Annie. Tonight at dinner she informed us that she wants, "the big doll from Walmart for Christmas. The one with a big head." For anyone wondering? That's a Bratz doll. (Yes, I am very aware that of course any girl who plays with a Bratz doll thinks she has to be all about looks and make-up and will become a whore. Just like all the girls I know who played with Barbies walk around on their tiptoes and marry guys named Ken... That's a ridiculous argument best saved for another time.)
Then Annie said, "Walmart is awesome. Walmart is AWESOME! They have lots of big toys!"
Ummm...Ike swears he didn't coach her to say that. Is this how a Baptist preacher feels when his child comes home with piercings and tattoos??
Annie has decided that wearing panties and peeing in the potty are not worth the effort after all. I have complete faith (most of the time) that she will eventually be interested again, so I'm (most of the time) not pushing it.
This morning, however, I put in the "Potty Power" movie that we love and asked her to sit on her little potty while she watched. She watched, sang along and sat. When the movie was over, she came running to me.
"Mommy! I pretend peed in the potty! Let's pour it in the big potty!"
That's right: she pretend peed. Nothing actually there. So I said, "Great, honey. Let's pour your pretend pee in the pretend big potty," and then turned over her potty bowl beside her little potty.
Annie gasped and stared at me horrorstruck.
"Mommmyyyy!!! You spilled it!!!"
But...okay, okay. Like a good mom would (I imagine), I scooped the pretend pee back into her potty and we "poured" it into the real potty. Weird.
.................
Later this afternoon, Ike laid down with Annie to get her to take a nap (a decision I'm regretting now that it's 9:30 and she's refusing to go to sleep). Annie, always thoughtful and observant, said, "Look, Daddy. I have hair and you don't!"
Nice. You mean she can pretend pee, but Ike doesn't get to have pretend hair??
..................
Most of you know that we are anti-Walmart as a family. Well, we all have a price, apparently, and the Quigley price is Bakugan. Jake is way, way, way into this Bakugan game with his friends. Never mind what Bakugan is, it would take too long to explain, but the point is that everyone sells out of Bakugan and Walmart had some in stock on Friday.
So...after a friend's birthday party (a friend who got about 1,000 Bakugan), we headed to Walmart to buy Jake a few more. Jake got two Bakugan, Annie got a princess diary (which she refuses to let me read and says, "It's a secret, Mommy.")
Walmart left quite an impression on Annie. Tonight at dinner she informed us that she wants, "the big doll from Walmart for Christmas. The one with a big head." For anyone wondering? That's a Bratz doll. (Yes, I am very aware that of course any girl who plays with a Bratz doll thinks she has to be all about looks and make-up and will become a whore. Just like all the girls I know who played with Barbies walk around on their tiptoes and marry guys named Ken... That's a ridiculous argument best saved for another time.)
Then Annie said, "Walmart is awesome. Walmart is AWESOME! They have lots of big toys!"
Ummm...Ike swears he didn't coach her to say that. Is this how a Baptist preacher feels when his child comes home with piercings and tattoos??
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