Potties and Power Outages

During a rather dramatic visit to the craft store Riley used her first public toilet. We went to Joann's armed with extra pull-ups and the travel potty. It was anyone's guess how running errands would go potty-wise. We left right after Riley used the potty as usual. We were browsing the aisles when, very suddenly, the power went out.

There was minimal lighting and no air conditioning and a big crowd of disorientated shoppers. We were slowly working our way to the front of the store when Riley got squirmy and announced "pee-pee!". I asked her and she confirmed she needed a potty. So, Mike continued to the front of the store while Riley and I braved the very dark regions of the rear of the store to find a potty. The lights were on in the ladies room, thank goodness.

I unfolded the pink princess travel potty which happened to perfectly match the pink princess pull-up Riley had on and situated it. The princesses were dry so I pulled them down and put Riley on the big potty. She was amazed. "Big!" she kept saying with a broad grin. She was perched happily and securely so I peed next door. As soon as I stood up to rush back I heard the sound of success! She did it. She was so pleased with her throne she refused to get down for a minute afterward.

Having succeeded she flushed, which was also amazing. We were just washing our hands in the big sink when employees of the store came rapping at the door. They were instructed to escort us out of the store. Mike was waiting for us up front where we gave up on our purchases and decided to go to Best Buy.

Riley got an Elmo's Potty Time DVD and a peppermint as reward for her potty success and all in all it didn't feel like such a wasted trip.