Its a sign..

We bought Sash another more user friendly potty. It had to be the Dora potty of course. So now in the basement we have the loo, the insert, and the potty that can also be transformed into an insert in the future. I swear if she takes a leak in this potty she can have any Dora item she wants for the rest of her life. We bought the reward stickers too as we have been advised that bribery works pretty well in the training process. Chocolates were recommended but D tends to hog the supply. The only problem now is that every time we suspect that she is having a poo/pee, we start rushing about like headless chickens getting her undressed and on the loo/insert/Dora pooper that we literally scare the shit into her...not the figurative shit out of her. Kid is getting constipated. D and I have figured out why people have 2 kids..the first one is the test subject that you sort of screw up and psychologically traumatise with your amateur ineptness, and the second the back up.



We had to rush back from ToysRUs which is 3 blocks away as S, the owner of the gallery where we bought our bedroom painting was on the way to ours with the artist. You see, we have only just realised that the painting was unsigned. We mentioned this to S and he agreed to arrange for the artist Leonard to sign it for us when he is in Toronto, which was today. We finally had a chance to meet the man who painted the first and last thing we see every day, and to thank him for sharing his skill with us. He apologised profusely for his oversight, and explained that he sometimes takes a while to figure out where to place his signature, that he puts off his decision and does not get back to it before the piece is sold. We reassured him that in view of the beautiful work that he did finish, the lack of signature is a minor issue. We told him how that we love his painting because it is a "snapshot" of the Great Lakes landscape which is so beautiful that no one can ever replicate its beauty on canvas, yet his canvas reminds us of the beauty within the heigtened reality of a dream. Even his technique of layering thin layers of oil is unique to us. He probably thought we were full of the stuff that we are trying to get into Dora pooper, but he was very nice about it. It must be strange though that this may be the last time he will ever see this painting that he spent quite a bit of time on. As he finished his signature, he said "There, it is done".



While he was doing this, Sash was going around looking for eggs. Yup, she thinks we have kept EB hostage and we will have egg hunts all year round. And yes, she is still wearing yesterday's outfit. We had a little bath time issue last night...seems all her clothes are "MINE!! Stop, stop, Mine!!" so we cant take them off...ah well, saves me from doing the laundry...