Pee in Cocoa

I have to blog about this because I realized that from Wednesday until
Anna went to bed last night, she had lots of new experiences with
peeing on the go!

First up: the airplane potty. We talked about it before hand and in
fact she remembered doing it before, right down to the "stinky" smell
and blue water! When the time came she was hesitant but accepted there
was no alternative. She's getting so big there was barely room for
both of us in there so I had to leave the door open while she went.
The flight attendants accepted that :)

On day 1 at the beach, she tells me she needs to pee pee. Now you can
say yuck all you want but you and I know well that there's more
disgusting things in the ocean than toddler pee, so instead of
tracking all the way back to the hotel full of water and sand, I told
her to go in the ocean.

She only had tolerated getting into the ocean in the first place
because I bribed her straight out with chocolate. DO YOU KNOW HOW WELL
BRIBERY WITH CHOCOLATE WORKS ON A TODDLER?! It could be addicting,
it's so easy.

Anyway she was too chicken (and it was cold, in her defense) to get in
water any higher than knee deep so when she got to the shore she
proceeded to just squat and go. Paul was hysterical. I told her she'd
have to sit in the water to go but she demanded "No, I need a wet
wipe". We compromised with splashing :)

Same day at the pool, she says she needs to potty and proceeds to
squat. We realize we need clearer rules.

The bus to the shuttle launch site had a potty. She had to go in stop-
start traffic. She couldn't find her balance so changed her mind and
held it! She didn't believe I wouldn't let her " fall over."

On the return bus ride home, she went for it. And had to learn to drip
dry on a stop-start bus ride.

At home yesterday she was playing in the plastic baby pool in our back
yard. Strangely she refused a swimsuit and wanted to go naked, which I
imagine she remembered doing as a baby (last time was July 09!). She
needed to pee and instead of dragging a wet slippery lite girl through
the house she agreed to peeing in the yard! 3 times! Good girl! What,
she was already naked and plenty of dogs hVe had their turn in the past.

Lastly, an ode to TJ, who was stuck in shuttle traffic in her minivan,
needed to pee. Desperate, she cut the top off a water bottle with just
a car KEY and filled the dang thing up 4 times. Impressive as the use
of the key was, her ability to stop midstream to empty 4 times was
even more impressive.

Sorry ladies, you know I had to go there (Anna and TJ). Fine examples
of getting the job done.