Stickers

Audrey has been earning stickers each time she willingly sits on the potty. This has been very effective as there have been few, if any, disputes since we started this. Her stickers are Sesame Street stickers, and they are now all over the house - on the counter, in the living room, even on pieces of mail (she uses these as stamps...). She likes to share her stickers as well, and is actually really quite good at sharing and taking turns in general. Eric seems to always get a really cool Sesame Street character, like Cookie Monster, while I ALWAYS am given Oscar the Grouch. I asked Audrey one day if this is because I'm a grouch, and she assured me that only Oscar is a grouch. I've noticed recently though that she has a certain affection for Oscar, wanting to find him in her Sesame Street book, asking if he'll be at Sesame Street Live, etc., so I have started to accept my Oscar stickers with pride.

The other day before heading off to school/work, Audrey offered to share one of her stickers, but I noticed it wasn't Oscar. I was excited that I was offered a little variety, and put it at the top of my shirt. I was met with the following response:

"No, that sticker is for baby Pierson! Put it on your belly! It's for baby Pierson! Not for mommy!"

That explains the Grover sticker. I can't say how impressed I was with myself that I remembered to remove it from my stomach prior to arriving to work...