A Family Crisis

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"It's okay honey." Lillian reassured Scarlett. "There wasn't a potty around. I'm sure next time you'll go peepee in the potty." She set the girl down and led her to the table, holding her coat hat and mittens.

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Scarlett perked up when they got to the table. "Oh, I wan' dat," she said as she stood on the bench, pointing to Lillian's salad. "An' dat," she added, pointing to Sean's roasted turkey, Apple and cheddar sandwich and broccoli cheddar soup.

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Lillian put a little bit of her salad on the lid for Scarlett and gave her a fork. She brushed her hair out of her face and made sure ash was sitting before she started eating herself.

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Scarlett scarfed down the salad and sandwich, then stared longingly at Sean's soup. He shook his head with a chuckle and passed the bowl to her, and was rewarded with a toothy, dimpled grin. "I think it's time for Miss Enthusiastic Eater to start getting her own meals," he said to Lillian before finishing his sandwich.

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Lillian chuckled and nodded. "I think you're right." She pat Scarlett's head and smiled at her baby.

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Soon Scarlett had the soup gone. "Are we ready to get out of here and go put up the tree?" Sean asked excitedly. Scarlett clapped and cheered loudly.

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Ava finished her soup and put her coat back on, not wanting to waste time going potty when they could be going home to decorate the tree. "Ready!"

Lillian smiled and got Scarlett redressed in her snow suit and gathered up the trash.

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It was only another 10 minutes until they were home. Scarlett, who usually napped for about two hours, fell asleep just before they pulled into the driveway.

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Ava squirmed the whole way home, needing to go pretty badly by now, but still wanting to decorate the tree first. She climbed out of the car and made a b line to the front door, her legs buried between her legs as best as possible considering the puffiness of her snowsuit.

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Sean unlocked the door to let Lillian and the girls in, then returned to the car for the tree. "Ava, I'm going to set the tree up. Get undressed and put your boots, hat and mittens where they belong and then you can help mommy get the decorations out, okay?"

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Ava nodded and did as she was told, putting her snow clothes in the mud room and hanging up her slightly wet hat and scarf. She finally got down to just her pajamas, her blonde hair sticking straight up. She ran to find Lillian and help her carry decorations down from the attic.

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Sean managed to get the tree into the stand with relative ease and walked around it, triming the branches where necessary until it looked perfect.

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Lillian carried down two large bins of decorations while Ava carried a small bucket. They set the decorations down in front of the tree and Ava was ready to start decorating. "Can we start now?!" She squeaked excitedly, not bothering to wait for Scarlett.

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Sean laughed. "How about we put a movie on while mommy puts the garlands on the tree," he suggested, knowing it would take his wife at least half an hour to get them just right.

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"Okay." Ava sighed and ran to the rack of movies, squirming until she settled on the Barbie Christmas carol. She held the movie up to her father and intended on running to go potty, but it was too late and she was soon soaking her candy cane pajamas, crossing her legs and trying to make it stop, though she was unsuccessful.

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"Ava, did you wait too long to go potty?" Sean said a bit disapprovingly. "Go upstairs to the bathroom and get undressed. I'll be up in a few minutes," he ordered before going to get paper towels and cleaning spray to clean the pee before it set into the carpet.

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Ava frowned. "I was 'bout to go!" She said truthfully before heading upstairs. She went to the bathroom as she was told and took off her wet clothes. She was potty trained easily, but still often had accidents due to waiting too long to go and still wet the bed almost every night.

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Once he was satisfied that the carpet was clean and wouldn't stink Sean went upstairs. "What do mommy and daddy always tell you about waiting too long?" he asked Ava as he started cleaning her with a soapy washcloth.

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"To go potty as soon as I feel it." Ava mumbled softly. "But I had to go at Panera and we were leaving so I thought I could hold it but then at home we were gonna decorate the tree but I was gonna go after I gave you the movie."

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"You waited all that time? You should have said something at Panera. You know better. Do you want to go back to wearing training pants like your sister?" John asked as he led Ava to her room to get dressed. "Because if you keep this up, you will."

"You waited all that time? You should have said something at Panera. You know better. Do you want to go back to wearing training pants like your sister?" John asked as he led Ava to her room to get dressed. "Because if you keep this up, you will."

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Ava frowned and looked down. "No." She said sadly. She went to her bedroom and grabbed a pair of fresh pajamas and underwear. "I'm sorry daddy."

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Sean patted her head. "It's okay. But remember what I said. Now get dressed. Mommy probably has the garlands on the tree by now."

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Ava nodded and got dressed, zipping the front of her footed pajamas up. She ran downstairs and saw her mother finishing the garland. "Now can we decorate?" She asked, being too excited to wait.

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"We can start. But let's put Scarlett's special ornaments aside, and some of the unbreakable ones, and leave some space on the bottom for her to hang them when she wakes up, okay?"

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Ava didn't need to here anymore than we can. She squealed and dug around for her favorites, the little crocheted birds her grandmother made her one year as a gift.