Bigurls

As far as Julia is concerned, there are only three kind of people who can do neat stuff with, say, knives and heavy objects on high shelves and dishwashers and hot water and ladders and fireplaces and toilets: Mama, Daddy, and Bigurls. It's not clear, yet, if she understands that she's on her way, like it or not, to being a bigurl. And as much as she'd love to be a bigurl and carry the kitchen knives around, she consistently rejects one particular bigurl activity: every time we ask if she wants to be a big girl and use her potty, she says surely, "No, no, no."