Friday, June 26, 2009

Adventures in Potty Training


So apparently, big girl underwear was the trick.

We've been trying to get number two toilet-trained for, um, I don't know how long---a while now---and just when we think she's in the rhythm, the record skips and we have to start the song over and over and over again. Yet, serendipitously, we ran out of pull-ups the other day and I put one one of number three's diapers on her. Apparently such diapers are not the in-thing for three-year olds this summer, because she took it off and opted for panties instead.

And she hasn't had a daytime waste incident (meaning away from the pot) in the few days since.

I only hope the record continues.

And yes, let's all knock on wood.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Bold and Blue

I just caught wind of this, in which I'm featured (at the end of the first page) in bold, blue letters as winner of the Ford Swetnam Poetry Prize.

Pulitzer, I'm on my way.