Potty training

My mommy-daddy started potty training me for the first time in November 2007 when I was about 22-23 months old. But I wasn't quite ready at that time. I got scared when I had to pee while sitting on the toilet because peeing in the diaper was so much easy and fun and no one would even know when I would pee. As a result, I started holding my pee and would cry when I cannot hold it anymore. So, my parents got the hint and gave up few days later.

They let couple of months go by and then again started the training in early February 2008. I was very much ready now and got the message in no time. Initially, I thought potty training was for pee-pee and not for poop.. But then with little more explanation and training and patience, I learnt that part too. I was potty-trained in 2-3 weeks. I am almost potty trained now. I say almost because sometimes instead of saying that I want to go pee, I would do the pee-pee dance :). Also, at night, I don't wake up my mom always. However, the fact that I am almost potty trained does make my parents very happy. It also makes me happy because I am a big girl now ! :)

My new found interest in stories

I have started getting very interested in stories. My parents tell me lots of different stories involving different animals and day-to-day activities. I love to hear them all. I make them tell me the same story so many times a day (especially at meal and bed time) that sometimes they loose their patience :) I can also repeat lot of those stories and that makes everyone very happy. Here are some of the stories that I have heard :

1. The crow and the fox
2. The lion and the mouse
3. The cap seller and the monkeys
4. Cinderella
5. Snow White and the 7 dwarfs
6. The zebra (Whitey) and his potty training
7. The giraffe (Patchy) and the lesson to not throw toys
8. The ball that kept jumping and making noise
9. Two cats and the monkey
10. The dog Tommy who played "Ring around the Roses" with his friends
11. Short stories involving Kavya, Khushi, Tanay, Daddy and Mommy
12. The fish Nemo who used to play hide & seek with its mommy
13. Five twinkle twinkle stars