How to: {Take little girls potty in the woods}

November is a perfectly reasonable time to do a post like this, right?! 

Ok, so maybe not. 

I've actually been meaning to do a post like this for a LOOOONG time. I just never had the chance to get a picture--and a picture is exceedingly handy for an explanation with regards to this subject. 

You see, my sweet husband hikes like we are all going to spontaneously combust if we don't make it back to the car in record time. So usually when we hike I'm scrambling to keep up and make sure I'm keeping whoever I'm responsible for move, move, moving. Because otherwise we are likely to be left in the woods. (Don't deny it, Darlin', you know it's true.) You just gotta soak all the beauty in and enjoy it from the waist up while your legs keep hiking. 

Therefore I never remember to take a photo like this until we are in the car, driving home. And I smack myself in the forehead and promise myself that next time, I will get a picture. 

This time it was easy to remember to take a photo because we wandered our way back to the car at a leisurely, rabbit-trail, meandering goose-chase sort of detour-here-and-there way. And yes, Garrett was back at the car with Daria in record time, waiting for us all. Hehehehe. :-) 

 Anytime the subject of wilderness camping comes up when I'm talking to other moms (without fail!!) the subject of being a girl or having girls and peeing in the woods comes up.  I wrangled Brie off her uncle's shoulders and she agreed to pose for someone to take this picture--it works, I promise. Every time, no mess. And with three girls and as much time as we spend out in the wilderness or just on the road, I'm pretty much an expert on this subject. And now my two oldest are old enough to pee by themselves... but I always remind them to make sure their butt is lower than their knees. And I can't remember the last time we had a mess... actually, we haven't had a mess since we started doing it this way years ago. 

So, if you've got a little girl, you should tuck this post away and remember it in the spring and summer, when you're likely to need to use it. And before you know it your daughter will turn her nose up at public rest rooms and request to just find a rock or a tree to pee behind. And that will do your heart good.