Drop in the bucket

I sit. I try to pee.
One drop hits the bucket below me.
“Woo hoo!” Mom squeals. “You used your big girl potty.”
Yeah, I grin.

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Potty pitfalls

Mom wants me to sit on the big girl potty. I do not want to.
“I will give you a treat if you sit,” Mom says.
Treat, I say and smile. “Potty first,” Mom says.
But I do not sit. And Mom does not give me a treat.
So, I go in search of my own treat. I know [...]

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You said it first, Part I

Come. Play room, I say to Mom. But Mom is making lunch. “Not now,” Mom says. “I’m busy.”
Later we are in the store. “Come,” Mom says. “It is time to go.” But I am pulling boxes off the shelves and then putting them back.
No, I say. My busy.
Part II

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Queen of the lap

The small dog jumps into Mom’s lap. I stare at him.
No, I pout. My lap!
I run to Mom and crawl into her lap, too. I lean on the small dog until he jumps down.
My turn, I say.

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My do it. All by my self.

Dad reaches for the handle on the back of my trike. He wants to push me like we do other times.
No! I say. My do it.
“O.k.,” Dad says.
I point the handle bars to the end of the drive way and push the pedals round and round with my feet. My did it! I squeal as [...]

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Where am I?

I am in a room of the house. Mom is in another room.
“Audrey,” Mom calls. “Where are you?”
I run to her. I pat my chest.
My here, I call back. My here!

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When the bell tolls

I hear a loud Bong and I cover my ears with my hands.
“It is a bell,” Mom says and she points to a tall tower on top of a building. “Do you see the bell in there?” Mom asks.
I shake my head no. And Mom smiles. “That’s o.k. We will hear the bells again [...]

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