Friday, September 03, 2010

Kitty Face

So, Anna is almost done potty training ("done" being a relative term). I would say we are at about 60%. We haven't had a wet accident all week despite a few obstacles. I am very proud of her. We are still working on the second half of it all.

We went to a big neighborhood party the other day and they offered face painting. Anna and I decided she wanted a kitty face. She was so cute and meowed all the way home. She even told Ben that he needed a kitty face too.

A few days later, in an effort to keep her on the toilet and motivate her I told her I would do a kitty face with some ugly eyeliner I had (good reason to keep bad makeup).
After we finished on her face and she still had not completed her task, she asked for some more kitty faces on her knees.
In the end, she got a hold of the eyeliner and finished drawing "kitties" on her legs, feet and stomach. She did not end up earning any of this.


This morning was a different story. She did it! I am still so proud, and optimistic for the future. So she got her kitty face, she also got to open a present. My sweet neighbor brought over a bunch of wrapped presents that she gets to open each time she is successful. She totally loves her "Maggic Wong"




p.s. we spent the morning watching half of Sleeping Beauty and all of Cinderella in order to learn how magic wands are used. They are not for "fighting mommy's face."

4 comments:

Jancisco said...

Tis may go down in the annals of potty training motivation as one of tthe most brilliant ideas ever. And she looks great in a headband!

Kimber said...

Adorable! Let's hear about the haircut.

hosander said...

Her haircut is merely her bangs. She sat still long enough on sunday morning that I trimmed them ( a little too short). Her hair looks adorable because she begged for some headbands, which she is wearing in the picture.

janel said...

The use of a magic wand and kitty faces that weren't earned....ha ha! This is an awesome post. I still owe you a "Recipes that didn't work" one, too.