Q. What do pit toilets, the color pink, silk and princess have in common?

A. They are all favorite things of my niece Mariah.

Mariah is a princess to the core. She refuses to wear pants and loves all things pink and purple.

It was very surprising to hear this four year old declare in her uber-high pitched cartoon voice that she loves pit toilets. (We had to stop at a pit toilet on the way throughout Yellowstone National Park last week.) I thought I had misunderstood. How could pit toilets be ANYONES favorite kind least of all the girliest girl I have ever met?

I asked her Mom (my sister) to clarify and yes it is true. Apparently Mariah loves pit toilets above all other kinds. I asked Mariah why and she gave me some silly answer about it hitting her in the bumb which is terrifying just by itself. Run Mariah Run. Don't take your 100 pink dresses into any pit toilets. Someday you might value indoor plumbing. The rest of the planet does.

The pink princess herself flanked by her Aunt Mother and younger siblings at a showing of UP in 3-D.