My Name is Kris and I Blah-g

We have our nightly rituals. What parents and children don’t? We are creatures of habit. And when a mistake happens, we take steps of creating new habits to make sure that these mistakes are never repeated. Take for example, toilet training. Michaela has long passed that stage but it was only 18 months ago she was still going to bed at night in a pull-up. We ran out of pull-ups one night and thinking I was going to have to make a dash to the store for more, Michaela said she’d like to give it a try at a night sans disposable underwear. It wasn’t too long after Mike’s passing. I didn’t have much of a willpower to fight the potty training fight and I wasn’t about make her do something that could be traumatic but this sudden urge to be a big girl was a nice surprise so we gave it a go. I am happy to report that we haven’t looked back. But we haven’t had our share of mistakes. It was usually my fault – over looking potty time, being in a hurry or allowing Michaela to down some chocolate milk before bedtime. So I learned from these times when the nights weren’t so dry and I am happy to report that accidents are a rare occurrence. Still…Michaela tries to prove herself from time to time. Tonight she came in to me and said, “Mom…I don’t really need to go. I promise not to pee in your bed.”Hmmm…. It was strange she would say this. I told her, “please try. It doesn’t matter if only a little comes out. Just go!” A few minutes later a little voice called from down the hall. “Mom! There’s no toilet paper!” As I entered the bathroom, there stood Michaela near the toilet looking at me with that look. You know the one. The one that cat gets when it gets the canary? This is what I saw:She’s quite the funny kid…..LOTS of her father in her. And he would have loved this!!