the champ

potty training has pretty much lost it's allure, but today lucy decided to revisit the potty chair - as a hat - and then as a neckbrace. (i just happened to be taking a picture.) as you can see, it got stuck. we tried every angle to get it off, put vegetable oil on her ears, used the scissors and small pruners to no avail...we ended up with these HUGE loppers. she was a total champ - only cried from the pain when we were trying to squeeze her head through the too-small hole. thankfully, "elmo goes potty" was in the DVD player, so we had a little distraction for the "surgical removal." definitely one for the books. you will also notice that i was laughing really hard...except for the huge blades by my baby's sweet face, it was pretty comical for all of us!