First Potty

A couple of weeks ago, I put a little potty in the bathroom for Sofia to sit on when she wanted to. At first she wanted to have nothing to do with it, and then it became a passion of hers. But she never did anything other than sit on it. Yesterday, she brought it to me while I was cooking and I asked her if she wanted to go potty. She said "Yeeesss" - the first word she says consistently (more on that later.) So we took it into the bathroom and I helped her sit down. And she went pee-pee!

Someone told me that according to Montessori wisdom, the "sensitive period" for toilet training is 12-18 months. So this is either the beginning, or a random occurrence. I'm thinking about going for it.

One Benefit of TV

Lucas, On Art

"Jackson Pollock's art is, like, massive!" Lucas says to me in the bathroom one day. "It's like this, and THIS, and this..." (making artistic, ninja-like swooshes that are way too grand for our little pink bathroom.)

Lucas's Jackson Pollock

His class was planning a trip to the High Museum and they were learning about several artists. I asked him which was ones he was going to see and he said Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Renee (really Piet) Mondrian. He has Renee on the brain - more to come on that.

L: But one of them is not a real artist.
Me: Oh ya? Which one is that?
L: Pablo Picasso.
Me: Why not?
L: Because sometimes when he paints faces he paints them like this (looks as if he is molding some sort of slime that keeps slipping through his fingers) and paints diamonds for eyes and stuff. When he was older he got better though.

Incidentally, Lucas is also a sock artist.