Silly girls

These two have so much fun together.  I am so thankful they have each other.  Growing up can be tough business but I hope they remain close and are always there for each other.

They sure do make me laugh.  In the past couple weeks, Gabby has created some interesting situations.  Both are the result of her desire to be "grown-up" like her big sister.   Let me warn you, both are potty stories.  If you are disgusted by poop you should stop reading now.  They were just too cute to not document, so I apologize, but here goes...

Last week, after work, I picked the girls up from Gib's parents.  Five minutes into our travel Emmy started screaming that she had to pee.  I pulled over on a side road but couldn't convince her to go in the dirt.  We went another 5 minutes to the nearest gas station.  Gabby was wearing only a diaper because of a series of unfortunate events leading up to our stop at the restroom.  So, I grab my mostly naked Gabby and screaming Emmy and run into the gas station bathroom.  Emmy gets to the toilet before she has an accident.  Whew, crisis averted, right?  Think again.  Emmy is potty-training Gabby.  So, when Gabby sees Emmy on the potty she gets REALLY mad that she can't go, too.  She makes a stinky #2 in her diaper then tears it off on the restroom floor.  Now I have a completely naked 2 year old with a diaper covered in poo.  I can't put the messy diaper back on Gabby, so I clean her up and wrap my arms around her to cover her private parts.  We try to quickly exit from the gas station, but my girls were sucked-in by their marketing skills.  Right near the exit, there was princess apple juice!  There was no way we were leaving the gas station without two princess apple juices.  So, I checked out at the register with a naked 2 year old.  A guy came out of the beer cooler to whistle at Gabby and ask, "Who's the streaker?"  I can laugh about it now.  I will never forget the image of my naked 2 year old, surrounded by strangers, in a busy gas station.  I thought of so many ways I can better prepare to avoid another disaster like this in the future.

Just last night, we were at Chad and Ashley's house celebrating Logan's fifth birthday.  Can you believe he is 5?  Anyway, Gabby loves Marlee's froggy training potty.  While I was playing a quick minute-to-win-it game, Gabby got into the bathroom, did another stinky #2 in Marlee's potty, used her hands to pick up her "nuggets" and put them in the big toilet, used the toilet plunger and the toilet brush to stir the contents of the potty, and spilled a gallon of water on the bathroom floor.  I don't know how it happened so fast!  What a silly girl.  I've got to keep a better eye on her!