I live in the sticks. 9 miles out to be exact. We’re like Green Acres…minus the money and the pig.
Living in the sticks requires you to teach your children special skills. Like making sure the pile of mud their playing in is actually mud, not cow manure or like how to pull a baby calf out of a momma cow.
Not that my children have done anything like that.
There comes a time in every girl’s life on the farm when they must learn to tinkle outside. With boys, I’m sure it’s a lot easier but for girls there tends to be a whole lot of drama.
Squatting. Not peeing on their feet. Shaking instead of wiping.
Drama…drama…drama.
Ella has recently learned to pee in the wilderness and it has been such a life changing experience for her that she wants to give the whole world a golden shower. Last week I was wondering through the house and couldn’t find her anywhere. I finally looked out the back door to see her butt naked in the driveway watering the gravel. It seems the toilet is too much trouble.
Panties are now taboo cause she thinks the whole world is her litter box.
Even on the trampoline…she is naked…waiting to make her next tinkle.
My husband said he always dreamed about living in a house where panties were coming off all the time.
This wasn’t what he had in mind.
Sorry Rico, you can’t have everything.
Ashley said,
June 10, 2009 at 6:59 am:
Hilarious! Reminds me of some pictures I have of myself and my sister when we were about her age. It’s two naked little girls walking out to the grapevine to eat grapes with a trail of clothes littering the foreground.
Not sure why we thought we had to do it naked, but we did.
But at least I kept my modesty and kept my cowboy boots on!
Kiki said,
June 10, 2009 at 7:31 am:
Great pic. We trained our son by allowing him to pee outside last summer. The bad part is he started to do #2 outside in the woods too. We had to nip that in the bud. No pun intended. We still let him pee outside as long as the neighbors aren’t out. Doesn’t always happen that way though. I am waiting for the cops to be called and he is charged with indecent exposure. Have a great day. Take care.
-Kiki
justanotherdayinparadise said,
June 10, 2009 at 9:34 am:
my son embarrassed my city-born-and-bred mother-in-law by pooping in her back yard. That is the maddest she’s ever been with him. . .and did I mention what a proud moment it was for me? [eye roll]
Miss Behavin @Maneuvering Motherhood said,
June 10, 2009 at 9:36 am:
OMG! That is freaking hilarious.
hotpants™ said,
June 10, 2009 at 9:59 am:
All men have that fantasy. Sad to say, only Hef’s having that much fun.
Futureblackmail said,
June 10, 2009 at 11:02 am:
Hopefully she grows out of this. No good can come from shaking when you’re older!
Trina@ Our Crazy Life said,
June 10, 2009 at 5:46 pm:
OMG that is hillarious!! Hopefully by the time boys are hanging around she has learned to keep her panties on so Rico won’t have to hurt anyone!
Laura said,
June 10, 2009 at 7:50 pm:
HAH!!! Sorry, that is hysterical. If only we could still have that freedom!
Heather P. said,
June 10, 2009 at 9:54 pm:
Aren’t kids just the best!!! This is too cute!
Lecia said,
June 11, 2009 at 9:02 am:
OMG! LMAO!
azn8tive said,
June 11, 2009 at 10:09 am:
That’s hysterical!!! She looks so proud of herself in that pic, too. Thanks for the chuckle.
Suzi said,
June 11, 2009 at 10:36 am:
Boys are pretty easy, but then you have to teach them that they can’t pee on the steps or porch where everyone is going to track it into the house. My boys pee everywhere…..it’s as if they are marking their territory.
Jen, buried with children said,
June 11, 2009 at 12:31 pm:
My oldest son must pee outside every chance he gets. Its like he is a dog or something. I just don’t get it.
Ali Holden said,
June 11, 2009 at 7:20 pm:
When Will was a toddler I would regularly find him with his pants around his ankles, peeing on something. We live in the city – you can get arrested for that stuff.
Pissy said,
June 12, 2009 at 2:38 pm:
Yep! She looks REALLY pleased with herself! LOL
Rachel said,
June 12, 2009 at 6:54 pm:
Remember when you could actually enjoy being naked… no worries about how your thighs looked? Nope me either.
Amber said,
June 13, 2009 at 12:15 am:
That is so funny.
My daughter has taken to peeing on the carpet. Thank goodness for Resolve Carpet Cleaner.
Becky said,
June 13, 2009 at 5:39 am:
Sooo funny!
So I say, why can’t girls pee outside, boys do, right?
Poor Rico!
tipper said,
June 13, 2009 at 6:31 pm:
Ella reminds me so much of my girls-I had 2 at the same time who were constantly taking off their panties to pee where ever they happened to be-and they too thought it was hilarious. I love the picture of Ella.
lindsey said,
September 23, 2009 at 10:36 am:
If boys can do it, girls can totally do it! Like most things we just put more thought into it and gotta do it with “flair”. Ha! : )
So I recently moved out to the far sticks myself (having been a total suburbanite who worked smack dab in far away downtown until last month), and *I* am totally with Ella on this one…even an outdoor midnight pee is liberating for, um, anyone… (don’t judge!). One of the little pleasures of podunk.
Might be a little drama at first, but it’s totally worth learning. Girls need to be outdoors and active and not left out or running to find potties all the time! [As an aside, why don't girls' clothes have centered-fly clothes or pull-apart-fly undies, esp for the little ones and for chicks who like to run,hike,hunt,fish,etc? I would have loved it when mine was a tot, for sure!]
Just a suggestion, S.F.Momma: get that gal a p-mate, whiz, urinelle, whatever…one of those thingies that lets chickies go standing up, when she’s older. They are awesome for country girls who go outdoors and prefer not to squat in weeds/ticks/ivy/you-name-it.
I love that pic of your kid because it could have been any one of us in my fam! Us kiddos in the South are usually running around half-nekkid at that age anyway. My mother didn’t use the pictures as blackmail, at least. God love her.
Enjoy Ella! She’s a cutie-
Love, Girlie Mom of a tomboy
Trampolines Australia said,
November 9, 2010 at 3:49 am:
Nice picture. We usually run around the village naked when we were little. Nothing to embarrass, LOL