Going potty makes you feel good! LOL

Ok, so I'm a slacker kind of blogger, but I don't care. Today was a great day and I feel like writing about it. So we're really into this whole potty training thing now. Which is good, because Natalie turned 3 a month ago and I just really wanted her to be out of diapers by this age. So at home she wears big-girl panties, but elsewhere (or at bedtime) she wears pull-ups. On Saturday mornings she goes to work with me for around 3 hours. She has a good time watching movies, coloring, and eating snacks...including juice. So, because I work in the office of a bar, I have not pushed her to use the public restroom there. After a Friday night in a bar I don't even want to use it. Anyway, today we are there and after about an hour and a half I ask if she needs a new pull-up, and she says "No, I need to go to the bathroom." First of all she never says that, she always says potty, never bathroom. So, I say "Ok.Let's go." We got in there, and as luck would have it, the cleaning dude has already cleaned and sanitized the area. Hooray for cleaning guy! So we get the shorts and pull-up off and I set her on the potty (this is no household size toilet it either, it's very large). She went right away and starts yelling "I went on the potty Mommy!" I was so proud...her first time on a public potty.
Fast forward to when we get home from work, I put her big girl panties on her, and not only does she keep them dry ALL day, she's just taking them down on her own and going whenever she feels the urge! It's so wonderful! I tell her everytime that I'm proud of her and she tells me everytime that she's going to get another big present! (I'm glad she doesn't hold me to that, lol)
The best part of the whole day is when she tinkles in the potty, stands up and says "Let me do it Mommy." She takes the little bowl out of the potty and carries it oh so carefully to the "big" potty, empties the contents and flushes. Just when I think it can't get any better, she climbs up on her step stool and starts washing her hands all by herself! Funny thing is that this is the point when I realize that I need to go too, so while she is washing her hands, I use the potty. She starts cheering, "You goin on the potty Mommy!" And she's soo excited for me. It made me feel good. Isn't that silly? I felt good, and proud of both of us for what she has accomplished.
She is my best friend, my cheerleader, and I am hers. We make a really good team. I can't wait to see what she surprises me with tomorrow.