boop boop boop

Isn't it funny how something mundane and everyday to an adult can be incredibly exciting to a kid?

I bought a potty for the Pea yesterday and you would have thought it was a Mercedes. I let her choose the one she wanted, and with very VERY careful deliberation she chose a mid-priced model, with key features like built it wipes dispenser and TP holder but without the unnecessary silly options like lights or a musical flusher.

"Dat one mommy, I yike dat one."
"Are you sure, they have one here with a pink seat, or this one over here with the little musical flusher thingie?"
"Hmmmm...no (with a very serious face), I yike dat one."

She is obviously the sensible type, choosing quality and durability...we didn't get any of the cheap ones, no no...but clearly not flashy...OK, so maybe it was more like a Volvo.

So, we get home and she tells me she needs to go potty NOW, RIGHT NOW. She has never used a potty before, but it's an exciting new toy, and while I'm not ready for the full fledged "training" I figure it can't hurt to get her acquainted...if she happens to go, GREAT! She has been accompanying me to the potty since she was born on account of she won't let me out of her sight for even that long so it's not like she doesn't get the concept.

She sits down, purses her lips, squints her eyes, waits a few seconds...

"Ok mommy, me go potty," gets about a half a square of TP, stands up and drops the TP in the potty.
"Well, that was good honey, but you didn't actually go potty, there's no pee pee in the potty, and the TP is for wiping yourself...that's ok though, good first try."
We go through this two more times, and I'm ready to bag it for the night, and then:

"You go potty mommy, you go now."

Hmmm, don't really have to, but ok, I'll demonstrate...

Think about this next time you go, because now that it's second nature you don't think about the actual steps...it's not something you break down for demonstration...

So there I am detailing for her, every step...first you sit down, then you go pee pee, then you get TP (more than half a square please) and apparently I put sound affects to the next one...
"then you wipe yourself, like this...boop, boop, boop," and so on...

She sits down, goes through it all flawlessly (except still no go) and then picture this:
She stands up, bends over, bum in the air, head between her knees...
says the words(!)
"boop, boop, boop," and then both arms above her head in victory,

"Yey! mommy, me go potty just yike you!"