This is Sophie’s school picture for her first year of preschool. They just came home with her this week and I loooove them! Look at that sweet little face!
One of the fun things about Sophie being in school this year is all the friends she has made (like this guy, for instance). Yesterday we had a playdate with her friend Dominick for the first time. Of course the first playdate for the kids is like a first date for the moms – so I was a little nervous. But I liked Dominick’s mom, Danielle, right away and we had a nice time.
The weather was gorgeous so we were sitting on the patio while the kids played on the swing set. I was holding Jonah when Sophie approached the patio – I could kind of see Soph out of the corner of my eye, just kind of standing…
“Sophie, what are you doing?” I called over my shoulder.
“Umm…I think she’s about to pee in the dog bowl,” said Danielle.
ABOUT TO PEE IN THE DOG BOWL??
I whipped around to see Sophie with her pants around her ankles, on her way down into a squat above a giant bowl of water for Danielle’s dogs.
I threw the baby at Dom’s mom and grabbed Sophie. “Sophie that is not a potty! And we do not go potty outside! We go potty inside!”
“I wanna go potty OUTSIIIIDE!” she screamed as I hauled her bare buns into the house and frantically tried to locate the bathroom.
After she had finished her business, we headed back outside where I reclaimed my baby, but sadly, not my pride.
“I have NO idea where that came from. I promise you we do NOT use the bathroom outside at our house! ” I tried to assure the woman I had just befriended. Luckily for me, she laughed it off and did NOT immediately show us the door.
I must admit I was flabbergasted – this really came out of nowhere. I have NO idea why the Soph thought a giant dog bowl full of water on her friend’s porch would make a proper toilet.
But hey, since I didn’t let her make a literal splash, at least she definitely made a figurative one!
