When we lost power during the storm, we unfortunately also lost our water (well water) and so we told little man that he could not flush the toilet. This caused a lot of questions re: sanitation. Once we figured out where we'd be staying, he was so surprised that he could flush their toilet. When we told him we had power at our house again and could go home he exclaimed, "Mommy, I can flush the potty now?!?". "Yes, little man you can." Apparently, that was the most traumatic part of the power outage for him.
There were also the questions of "why".... "why doesn't the lights turn on?", "where's the power?", "why haven't the men turned on our power?". All that said, when you have no power, no running water and you have a 3 year old, one must constantly know where working toilets are. Frequently, I would ask, "Do you have to go potty?" every time we passed by a house of someone we knew, a restaurant or the police station (local emergency shelter) I would ask. Little man finally told me, "Mommy I am all done answering that question". Oh, dear, sounds like mommy has said that phrase too frequently :)
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