Have you noticed that facebook has this really “neat” new-ish feature where it tells you what your status update was exactly one year ago. Kinda scary if you ask me, but whatever, I blog, therefore I have no shame.

Anyway, my point is…one year ago today I posted this on facebook: Don’t want to jinx it, but I’m pretty sure I just potty trained my kid over the weekend. She’s at daycare in undies today!!

That means it’s been one whole year since my kid been in diapers {not counting bedtime and that one awkward road trip where we had to stop on the side of the highway in the pouring down rain because she refused to pee ind said diaper}.

Anyway (again), it wasn’t long after this initial potty training that she started to notice that Daddy doesn’t sit down to pee. And one day, as she faced the toilet and grabbed her belly button, she declared that she was going to stand up to go potty just like daddy! Thankfully, I got to her in time, explained how we have to go pee differently than daddy and other boys and that was that. She never spoke about it again…

Until a few of weeks ago…

I was in the kitchen making dinner, or doing dished, or something when all I heard was Andy say {loud enough for me to hear} “go ask your mom”. Ry came running in to the kitchen and asked me…the dreaded question…

“Mommy, what’s that thing on the front of Daddy’s bum? You know…that he pees with?”

So I did what any mom would do…I lied and changed the subject.

Kidding! I told her what the “thing on Daddy’s bum was” making sure not to use any slang terms, etc. She seemed ok with my answer and went on with her evening.

About a week later, after Andy had babysat a friend’s two little boys, Rylee asked what that little thing was on the front of the baby’s bum…because she saw it when Daddy was changing his diaper. Again, I gave her a little anatomy lesson and that was that.

Then, while we were camping, we were coloring near the campfire one morning. She drew some marks on the paper that she declared as SNOW!, so I drew a couple of snowmen.

When I was done, she took the paper, made another little scribble and said ALL DONE!

Andy and I both looked at the paper. And then each other.

{and then I grabbed my camera}

Yep…she drew a penis. On Frosty the Snowman.

So clearly, she knows her anatomy. Now we just need to work on appropriate usage!

{let’s just hope the appropriateness talk sinks in before her she’s back to her school routine! Heh.}