Yesterday, Jubilee and I were playing at the computer. She enjoys moving the mouse around, but today she did something different. She picked up the mouse and put it to her ear like a phone. I chuckled as this pretend playing reminded me of Scotty in Star Trev IV : The Voyage Home.
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When the dishwasher is open, Jubilee loves to remove the utensils: clean or dirty. Today she began grabbing a dirty spoon, so I took it out of her hand and scolded, “No, this is dirty.”
Then Jubilee insisted on opening the door underneath the kitchen seat. “What are you doing?” I inquired. She proceeded to pull out the giant dishwasher soapbox to try and fill the dispenser. Apparently dirty dishes = get some soap. Goodness!
You all must think I have a fascination with poop. Trust me, all mothers of children in diapers are! Anyway, many of you know I’ve been on a quest to potty train Jubilee. Pau-Pau thinks I’m very slow, as she’s convinced her three daughters were potty trained by Jubilee’s age. (She also points out that maybe it’s because today’s diapers are too good at keeping one’s bottom dry.)
Well today at lunch, Jubilee, signed poop. Lately she had been signing after the fact or was crying wolf, so I had stopped looking for her sign and only paid attention to her facial expressions. But over the weekend I thought this might be changing. So this time, when she signed poop, I frantically took her out of her booster seat. “Run!” I told her and she obeyed. When we reached the bathroom, I kept pleading, “Hold it! Hold it!”
It was a dream come true. The moment I put her on the toilet…well let’s just say her diaper didn’t stink. And the same miracle happened at dinner. Let me tell you, I cheered for her like never before.
Woooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
We have two winners! Congratulations to Auntie Cyrena and Auntie Andrea for correctly guessing what happened to Jubilee. For those of you who have forgotten (because I kept forgetting to post the final update), click here to read the entire contest.
The answer is…
*drum roll*
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A bird pooped on Jubilee’s head!
We were at Stroller Power when it happened. A friend gave me an anti-bacterial wipe to clean her hair. Eeewwww!!!
David insists that since only the Leon sisters knew this, it must be a family superstition. Not true. You can find on the internet various sites that refer to this superstition. But perhaps the reason we all know about this is from reading Judy Blume’s Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself. That’s at least where I learned it.
Ever since we found out Poppa has anaplastic astrocytoma, we added something new to Jubilee’s bedtime routine. While staying at Poppa and Grammy’s home, before she goes to bed, we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve been having her kneel in front of Poppa. Together, we pray for Poppa. She complies willingly.
While Poppa was in the hospital and since we’ve come back home, we’ve continued to pray for Poppa before putting Jubilee in her crib. In fact, while we read her Bible story, she says, “Pray for Poppa.” We have to gently remind her that first we read the Bible, then we pray over the Bible story, and finally we kneel and pray for Poppa.
Although this act is not evidence of a praying life, we are trying to teach her by example the importance of ?¢‚Ǩ?ìpraying without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NASB).
…she?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢d be an SUV! You should see the way she guzzles liquid. I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ll give her a cup of water, say about 4 ounces. She will gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú without pause ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú and she?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s drunk almost half of it! She drinks so much that afterward, she?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s panting. And then she asks for more!
I taught her to take a deep breath to lower her pulse rate. In showing her how to take a deep breath, I put my hands up, signaling her to calm down. So now her routine goes like this:
1. More water, please!
2. Hand her cup.
3. Gulp gulp gulp gulp gulp!
4. More water, please!
5. Raise up arms, take a deep breath, exhale.
6. Go back to step 2.
I told Jubilee that I had to go to the bathroom, so she ran ahead of me to the toilet and removed her toilet topper. How thoughtful!