lil Gillespie: Soccer Potties, Digital Art Studios, and Fun in the Water

First a story:
On Friday, we took Laura and Anna to the park to have some fun on the playground. In our excitement to get Laura to the park, we forgot to remind her to use the potty before we left. Doh!

About 5 minutes into it, Laura told me she had to go potty. The only option was a port-a-potty in the park. Laura had seen one at her cousin's soccer game, so she has named them 'soccer potties'. I asked her if she wanted to use the soccer potty, and she said yes. I took her over, got her in, and she just stared into the chasm of unpleasantness. I asked her if she wanted to sit in the potty.

"Nope". And not the whiny 2 year old "Nooooo!", just a calm, matter of fact, "Nope".

So I asked if she could hold it, and she said yes. Predictably she had an accident about 2 minutes later.

I changed her into the spare outfit and set her loose on the park. About 20 minutes later, I saw her assuming the peeing position, so I asked if she wanted to try the potty again. This time, after the accident, she seemed a little more desperate.

So again, I took her to the potty, she took one look at the toilet and said, again very calmly: "Nope".

Trying to be creative, I asked if I held her in the air, if she thought she could go. She thought about it, and said yes. I picked her up, and she took one look into the toilet and said "Nope."

So I set her free and a couple minutes later she had the second accident, and without another spare set of clothes we had to take her home.

I don't blame her one bit for not wanted to sit on the soccer potty.

Laura takes her digital arts and crafts studio projects very seriously. You can barely catch her attention.