Our trip to the store...

Yesterday we went to a store that was far away that shall remain nameless (perhaps birthday gifts for certain people were bought there). Paige peed on the potty before we left but as we were at the store she said she had to pee on the potty. I brought her into the bathroom and attempted to use her fold up potty seat which she would not allow, and I also tried to hold her. When I held her she let out maybe 2 drops and then she was "done" and wanted "clothes back on". We went around the store a bit more and as we were about to leave she yelled "poo on potty!". I told her to hold it in and we walked around a mall a bit and then tried the bathroom again. Would not go. We got in the car where she shortly started to cry and scream "POO ON POTTY!!!" She was completely out of control and we were telling her to just go in her pull up. We finally stopped at a coffee shop since she was practically hyperventalating. She asked to go back to the original store to "poo on potty in store". We finally had to lie to say we were going back to the store. Once she calmed down she finally peed in the pull up.

So what I want to know is, how am I going to get her to go in the store?? So far I have tried to make her go at familiar places like Second Cup and gymnastics. If she had been able to go at the store yesterday, she could have easily worn underwear since she is obviously capable of letting me know when she has to go. (At home she wears underwear now with few accidents). At the park last night however, and probably because she knew was having fun, there was no option of a washroom, and she had had 3 cups of milk for dinner, she said "pee on potty" and obviously went in the pull up right away....so I know she still needs pull ups. But how on earth am I going to get her to go in the store???

Not super successful photo shoot...

No smiling ones really, and did not want to look at me. More interested in sticks and rocks...

Oh innocence....

Just as we were about to leave the Second Cup today one of the employees walked out the door with a cigarette in his mouth.

Paige says "Look he have straw! he he he"

Then she is smiling and chuckling to herself as she sees him outside smoking, thinking he is playing with a straw.

Then she says "He blow something!"

So cute.

ICE CREAM TRUCK!!!!!!!

There it is!

Hi ice cream truck!


Bye ice cream truck!

Woops--little trip on the curb!

And I quote....

Paige sang this at breakfast in one long song....

"The itsy bitsy spider went up the clock, merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream!"

Post-sprinkler warming up....

In case you're confused, Amy is wearing the "Paige" hat.

Funny...

This morning when I went into Paige's room she said, "I go see Booze (Jen), James, and Abby at Booze's house!" I said, yes, we're going in a few weeks. She says, "James, Booze, Abby, all the kids!" I said, "Are james and booze kids?", and she says, " not kids anymore!"

Such a funny thing to say!

Last night Paige wanted to pee in the potty at 5:00am. I brought her in the bathroom and by the light of the very dim nightlight she sat on the potty with her soother in her mouth and her hands on her knees and yawned and yawned and finally went. Then she went back to sleep. She still wears a diaper at night, but I guess she was awake enough to know that she was about to go and didn't want to go in the diaper. I bet this happens all the time now.

A trip to the zoo

We had told Paige the day before that we were going to the zoo and she would see giraffes, snakes, gorillas, etc. So she was very excited to see the animals which we had mentioned. "Go see giraffe" she would keep saying as we headed in that direction. She had never seen a giraffe before, and this was the first time that she had seen any of these animals outside (we have always been to the zoo in the winter). Her favourite exhibit was the baboons and she wanted to stay there for a long time. Not sure if it was because she liked them the most, neccessarily, or whether it was because she could see them through the glass on her own without having to be held. The day was a perfect temperature and we spent about 4 hours there before she was getting a little crazy, meaning time to get into the car and sleep on the way home.

Daddy's Birthday weekend at the cottage

We had a great time at the cottage over the long weekend with Mary Jo, Robin, and Evan.

The weather even cooperated and it was somewhat sunny for the 2 days we were there.

Recently....

For the most part, people who don't know Paige think she is much younger when they see her. She is still quite small, and has such a baby face. I get a kick out of people's shocked expressions when she talks to them in full sentences. Today Paige said to a mom: "Hey-he has Thomas on his shoes!". The mom looked amazed. She thought Paige was no more than 18 months. Someone once asked if she was "around 12 months". Ah well...the story of my life growing up as a young looking kid....but nice when the big 3-0 is next year.

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As Paige continues to play for hours on end with her dollhouse and various toys she feels that it's neccessary to empty out every single one of her toys in order to have the full experience. If I try to put anything away, forget it. She yells and takes them all back out. I haven't vacuumed in ages as there is never a time that she isn't sleeping where the floor is free to vacuum. Today I can hear her chatting away as she is supposed to be napping, so I'll have to jump on the chance.

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Soccer class is a bit of a bust since the activities we do are more suited to older kids. The class only goes up to 2.5 year olds, but the lesson plan seems to be severly skewed. Sure Paige can count, jump, and tap her feet on a ball.....but can she "jump THREE TIMES, tap with the INSIDE OF HER FOOT TWO TIMES and then run in a circle" all in a sequence? Nooooo. My teacher friends tell me this isway advanced. I have to help her with every step along the way, as do all the other parents. For this age group where it's all about doing things by themselves, you can see all of the kids getting irritated that their parents are forcing them to stand up, physically moving their feet around, etc. Paige just wants to run around, and likes physical challenges that she can accomplish by herself. She asks to go home every class, and I have heard at least 2-3 more kids say they wanted to go home as well. Gymnastics, on the other hand, gives her enough of a challenge, and lets her accomplish things by herself, while learning to stay with a class and wait her turn. She loves that class.

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Potty training is going really really well. I stopped with the potty chart stickers since we would have filled up 4 charts or so by now. She never wets a diaper unless it is bed time (and also because she has had a few accidents in underwear--she is still not good at telling me when she needs to go unexpectedly). But if I put her on the potty before bed, after bed, before going out, etc. she will usually always go. We even risked 1 walk in the underwear, and tried to use a public washroom...didn't have to go in the public washroom, but also said it was "too big" so I might have to get a portable potty seat.