It's all about the wording

As a speech communications instructor, you would think I would know that the wording you choose is crtical to your communication success. We'll just say that we all have our lapses in perfection. hahahaha - sorry the word "perfection" coming out of me just made me laugh to myself.

Backstory: as mentioned before, we are starting a tentative potty training process. Since we havea week-long trip planned for next week, we have not started a specific training program. For now, we have just had the little potty in the bathroom to get The Wee One used to the idea. We put her on it and talk about the process of potty time. We do this while she is fully dressed and then before baths we put her on it naked. She is pretty comfortable with it and will sit on it by herself. Of course, she likes to play with it as well. I think I have mentioned before that it sings when you put something in it...that's always fun.

So - on to today's event. After her bath and lotioning, she was running around the bathroom (which is fairly small so that's a pretty good accomplishment on her part), while naked. I was going to pick her up and take her to get diapered and dressed when I saw a big boogie. So I turned around to get something to wipe her nose and noticed she was playing with her potty. I did my typical verbal encouragement "That's your potty - you pee on it." As I walk over to her, I notice something running down the sides of the potty. Yep, she pee-ed on it. She was standing to the side and there was a nice trickel of pee running down to the bath mat. Nice. Do I have a child or a puppy? I guess I could take this as a positive that she follows directions well.

Needless to say, the new phrase at our house will be "Pee in the potty." Good times.

The Campus Is Alive With The Sounds Of Music

Last night I had my first choir concert in something like 12 years (I have been in a few church choirs, but not the same). The Wee One and The Husband came to watch and as expected got to spend the majority of the time in the lobby. There was one door to the auditorium open so The Wee One would run through the lobby and try to get into the auditorium. A lot of good exercise for The Husband. HA! Apparently, when she saw me on the stage, she pointed and said "Momma" which made my heart melt when I heard that.

I feel like we did a good job. It is always hard to really get a good assessment when you are in the choir because you don't hear the entire group the same way the audience does. That said, I really do think it was a good concert. If nothing else, it was a nice thing for me. I love singing and it is so fun to have this outlet again.

I was intimidated when I first started back this semester, but now I am feeling fairly confident in my abilities again. Still working on those high notes, but getting there. Last night I can honestly say that I didn't feel nervous about the concert. A few weeks ago, I would have.

So overall, I will claim success for the night!