A lesson learned...

I have three children, two are potty trained. So you would think that by number three this would be a piece of cake, especially considering the youngest wants to do EVERYTHING like her big brother and sister.

So, we started off on the right note last Thursday. We made a special point of shopping for her big girl underpants, with princesses of course. Then we watched a video about how Elmo goes potty like a big kid, because every 2-year-olds' idol is a two-foot tall, red monster with a high-pitched voice!

Then we were off to the races, er, potty.

Day one, two accidents, not bad.

Day two  Murphy's law kicked in. One kid making a mess makes a lot of dirty laundry, so now is the PERFECT time for the wash machine to die and no sign of a repair guy for five days. And to top it off I have company coming for the following week! So a note to self, "Potty training a child should come with a bit of forethought, a working wash machine, and a lot of patience!"