Big Girl on a Bike

Reagan enjoyed riding bikes with Jocelyn even though she's not quite big-girl enough for a big-girl bike yet!  Little did we know that she was actually unintentionally practicing being a big girl in the picture you see above.  How is that?  Well, for the first time in my 4 years, 3 months, 26 days and 11 hours of mom experience, I got one of my kids dressed and forgot a very important article of clothing.  Can you guess which article of clothing I forgot to use when I got Reagan dressed this morning?  You can see she has a shirt on, she also has shorts and shoes on...what you cannot see is that she does not have a diaper on.  When I got Reagan dressed this morning I forgot to put a diaper on her.  We have NOT began potty training her.  Not even a little bit.   

I have no idea how I managed to forget this most important article of clothing for an un-potty-trained toddler. After breakfast, I put her on the changing table, took her PJs off, and got her dressed sans diaper. We played outside while Todd cut the grass, were back inside for a little bit having a snack, then went to the park to let the girls ride their bikes.  As we were standing in the parking lot where they were riding, I looked down and noticed pee coming out from under her shorts!  I immediately wondered what was going on!  Why was there pee pouring out of her?!?! My first two very quick thoughts were:

1. That her diaper was so full that it was leaking.  But that didn't make sense because of the way the pee was splashing onto the ground. 
2. That somehow the diaper got shifted in a way that didn't allow it to catch the pee anymore.  This was a much more logical thought since she had just been riding a bike, but then when I looked at Todd and he asked me if she even had a diaper on, I pinched her bum, and low and behold, she didn't!!!!

So, Mommy has lost her mind.  I forgot to put a diaper on Reagan when I got her dressed this morning.  I don't know how or why, but I did.  To be perfectly honest, I am a little concerned with myself! I am impressed, however, that Reagan went so long without peeing (maybe we should potty train her), and I am also very grateful that she didn't poop. That would have been a bigger mess and I probably wouldn't have found the whole situation quite as funny. I wonder if Reagan enjoyed her morning of freedom?? She must have since she didn't tell me she didn't have a diaper on!  

Oh, and I guess my Dad is off the hook for his diaper mishap that occurred when Jocelyn was a baby.  He put a diaper on her backwards, which went unnoticed until the next diaper change.  I still don't know how he managed that one, but I have to admit that a backwards diaper is better than no diaper at all! 

Oh my!