"I think you need to use the potty." "I don't NEED to! Um... Be right back... ... Mommy, my undies are wet. Can you get me dry ones?" "WHY didn't you pee in the potty?" "Ugh! I *did*. (adding under her breath) I just forgot to take them off."
She saw the tablet, and was amazed she could watch movies on it. Then she saw her toothbrush that lets her know how long to brush. Uno was an “eh”, and the scissors... There is confetti everywhere!!
When counting, Duckling knows it’s “uno”, but when she said the name of the game, it was “oh no.”
She won the first three games, but the fourth game we had to call it quits. She kept getting uno, but could never get the last card put down. I had a handful.
She picked some flowers, then planted them. We got rid of the worst of the weeds in the places she’s going to plant seeds. Still a danger of frost, so no planting yet. This was her idea of a compromise. I didn’t know she was doing it until she was finished. I was doing other things, and thought she was just digging and raking with her hand tools.
She fell into some kind of scat. No domestic critter smells like this! Regardless, she was only in a sleeper. I only had to strip her, sniff her hair (in case it had been on her hands, and she touched her head) and wash her hands. No shoes to clean, ankles to check or her back and stomach. Perhaps sleepers are the best play clothes.