The "P" says "Puhh!"

Okay, so the last 3 weeks have been filled full of potty training adventures! Thank goodness I only have one child to take through this at a time, otherwise there's a chance I would likely lose my sanity. While it's one of those things that must be done, at some age, at some time- when that "some time" comes, there is no guarantee it will be easy, graceful, pretty, or without frustrations. Lucky for me this time around (this is the 2nd time around), there have been some laugh out loud moments. I intentionally waited with my 2 1/2 year old until we were moved in to our new place to keep her focused on it. She has done very well! Day one, lots of accidents, and reminding her what to do on the pot, as we had introduced this new thing a few times previous. Day 2, I decide okay, this is it or else, and she sits on the potty, pink floral rainboots on, baby in arms waiting quietly for something to happen. I later find her with her head covered, replying "I"m the boogy man" anytime I ask if she has peed. Or the times she would tell me "I felt a pee coming" after she had peed in a corner. Which of course sent me running to find the pee which nearly blended in on the floor for some unknowing person to slip on....or a curious baby to crawl through. Ugh. One day she told me post-poop that she was pretending her underwear was a diaper. Hmm. Even after I told her "No more diapers!!". Much more recently her pees and poops are met with "yay!" and "You did it!!", and we all still try and be excited for her potty acheivements. Most times now she goes to the potty on her own, tells me she's done, and I help her finish. Then we together try and keep the baby away from the potty!! Two kids down, and one little mister to go. One little raccoon as he's now called at home, for his sneaky, quick ability to get nearly everything away from you and into his mouth. In a year or so, he'll be sitting on the pot like his big sister, running around with naked baby freedom and acheiving the same success. It ain't pretty. The P up there it stands for Poop. Potty. Princess. Okay try this. Princess pooping on the potty. Thank goodness she's starting to get it right.