don't make me threaten you

This afternoon Jade said three very powerful words. Immediately, most of you thought of the words, 'i love you'. But that would hardly be worth writing about since she says it all of the time. Arguably more to Christopher than to me... little snot. What Jade said today was this, " Get out here!" She said all three words with such clarity and command that it shocked me. The setting behind why she said it is hilarious.

She has been really into potty training lately. All on her own. Today during lunch she said she needed to go, so I grab her from her highchair and whisked her to the bathroom. Sure enough, she went. So I gave her some of her "bear bears" (teddy grahams). A little while later she went again and asked for candy this time. I of course gave her a little piece. Not long after she finished her little piece of sweetly sour candy, she asked for another one. Surely, I'm no dummy.

I explained that she can only have candy when she goes potty like a big girl. Almost immediately, she asks to go again. Not wanting to squelch her enthusiasm about the whole thing, yet knowing she's only wanting more candy and probably doesn't have to really go, I quickly take her and set her down. She waits quietly for a few moments and then looks down. "Where is it?" she asks me. I told her she had to make it come out.

She looks down with a furrowed brow and loudly declares, "Get out here!"

Then she fell in. Silly girl.