We have been reading the Roger Priddy book about new experiences for a few months now. It seems to be one of Madeline's favorites. Two chapters are devoted to using the potty and toilet so we have begun working on the potty training since she can recite, whether she knows what it means or not, that a potty is for pee-pee and poo-poo. Today we had her wandering around without her diaper and had convinced her that if she were to produce something that a reward of a lollipop would be shortly forthcoming. So while chatting online with DK and not paying too much attention to Madeline she walked-up to me with a spoon from her tea set letting me know that she had on it a sample of the poop that had been created in her potty. While many people would be dismayed on being delivered a spoon full of poop I was very excited. I quickly gave her a chocolate mint from the fridge that she was happy to get, congratulated her with Sarah, and did a celebratory dance together. It is some form of hope that we are almost done with the diaper phase although one poop does not mean a trained child.