Traveling

The question at the end of my last post got summarily answered this past weekend as we traveled to Alabama for a one-night stay over. We took our potty with us. In my defense I claim this to have been a special circumstance where we were visiting friends of A-chan who were a little older and potty training and whose good influence in that area we were hoping that A-chan would be inspired by. And it did seem to have helped. Not to mention she had a ton of fun.

We also got to try out her new travel bed which is an awesome invention that worked like a charm. I was a little worried about her playing in it instead of going to sleep the first time but she was so exhausted after playing with the three girls that she collapsed in seconds. Showing it to the girls was scheduled to take place the following morning so that there wouldn't be any conflict at bedtime so it stayed well hidden during the day. But the next morning A-chan wanted them all to go play in it with her and amazingly enough they all fit! (barely, lol) Then we had the excuse available that it needed to be packed up so we could put it in the car - a nice way to cut off the playtime in the bed if necessary, though they pretty much got tired of it after a little. Sleeping for us was a bit more difficult since about 3 minutes after we turned off the lights she woke up long enough to order them turned back on. We're not used to sleeping with the lights on all night but we left them on anyway. I think next time we'll be prepared with a nightlight!