Pee races

So here I just said nobody expects to do it all, and then I managed to do it all, in one day.

Just today I managed to work, study, spend quality time with the kids and even teach Adi some math, cook, do laundry, and clean the house. All in just 12 hours.

OK, so technically speaking I managed to work just enough to not get fired, study the material I was supposed to learn two weeks ago (just enough to convince myself I still have a shot at passing the final), read about Curious George and the Birthday Surprise for the 15 billionth time, and bribe Adi into working on math for 10 seconds in exchange for playing a "dress the princess" game on the computer (she didn't want to do any more adding after I told her that 29 + 1 is not 93, but she agreed to draw some halves and thirds for me).

"Cooking" meant dumping rice and beans into a pan and turning off the fire when I smelled something burning, laundry I really did, but cleaning I didn't actually do at all, I was just lying to make my list sound more impressive. (Also not done: de-flooding the kitchen floor, leaving the house.)

I am including a picture of me as the amazing Superwoman I was today, to help you better imagine it:

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I really did do one awesome thing recently: I invented Pee Races.

This is the latest trick to get a certain child of mine to use the potty. The problem is as follows: she knows how to use the toilet perfectly well, but she also knows that by using the toilet, she's doing just what Mommy wants. Which, as any toddler can tell you, is basically a form of voluntary slavery. 

This puts her in a difficult dilemma - does she go pee on the toilet, keeping herself clean at the price of her freedom? Or does she proudly, messily assert her independence?

Enter Pee Races. When using the potty is a race, she can use the potty and beat Mommy all at the same time.

The rules of Pee Race are simple:

1. To win, contestants must pee on the potty before Mommy can count to 5.

2. ONLY in the potty. On the floor doesn't count.

3. Please stop bringing Mommy your entries for confirmation. Mommy will go look herself. 

The decision isn't a simple one. I can see her struggling with herself. Is it a trick? It involves peeing in the potty, which Mommy wants... but on the other hand, Mommy does say, "Oh rats, you beat me!" so that makes it a real victory, right? 

So far, she's agreed to play, and we've both been winning. If this stops working, I'll really have to get creative. Red-Light-Pee-Light, maybe? Pee tag? There are a lot of possibilities, and I'm really hoping to never see any of them in action.