Potty Time

A certain little girl and a certain mother have been having a bit of  conflict recently.  You see, one of them thinks it is potty training time.  The other has been very resistant to the idea.  The little girl's daddy sides with her. So... I have little choice but to give in.  Eliana wins.  Its potty time at the Martins!



Once the very important connection was made that when you go potty you get candy we have been quite successful.  She perches on the edge of the toilet and says with great determination, "I go potty. I want candy."  She even goes so far as to try to convince me that she went when she didn't.  She peers into the toilet and says, "Yay! Good girl! Get candy!"  Then looks at me out of the corner of her eye. 

She has been asking to wear panties and go potty for a little while, but I always had a good reason to put it off.  After school is out... once we are home from Indiana... after our company leaves...  She became more and more insistent, "I want go potty!" and I gave in even though we still have company.

So please, y'all, wish me a dry day.

In other news, when I asked Eliana my every morning question, "Who does Mommy love?"  She answered, "Eliana!"  She has always said "Xing Yao" before.  It was so sweet.  But kind of sad.  I think she becomes more Eliana and less Xing Yao everyday.