small victories

so this morning right after i woke up around 6 am, i was making my way towards the kitchen when i passed by the bathroom and noticed my two-year-old sitting on the toilet all by herself. which wouldn't have been so strange were it not for the fact that i had never seen my two-year-old sitting on the toilet all by herself because, you see, we have been trying for months now, mostly unsuccessfully, to toilet train my daughter. and then, this morning at around 6 am, i just happened to stumble upon my two-year-old sitting on the toilet doing her business like we had been trying to show her since april. and what's even stranger is that she had removed her diaper and placed it in the garbage bin beside the toilet even though we had never shown her that. and she had brought the container of wipes from her bedroom and placed them by the sink even though we had never shown her that.

"um, what are you doing up at 6 am, honey?" i inquired.

"i'm on the toilet," she bluntly responded.

"number one or number two?" i added.

"one," she replied.

"ok, go back to bed then when you're finished."

"they grow up so fast, don't they?" - every old lady my kids and i run into on the elevator

andy kim was also responsible for the archies' 1969 hit "sugar, sugar"



p.s. trying to find a place for the perfect quote ain't easy, t.

p.p.s. don't worry about it, m. no biggie.

p.p.p.s. i agree. the quote must be treated with respect and dignity.