The first time I let my then 3-yr old daughter dress herself for church, she did a lovely job, putting on the right dress, the right shoes, etc. It was only when she stood on the kneeler and leaned over the pew in front of her, and I heard a wave of giggles break out behind me, that I realized the one thing she had neglected was anything under the dress.
LOl!
Sort of like my daughter when she was 14-15 months old toddling through a dinner party after she escaped from her crib and discarded her nightgown along the way.
I figure at that age they're like cherubs and nobody should be too shocked.
While during Catechism of the Good Shepherd classes, the teacher came in and handed my a pair of panties, bright yellow with Piglet's face on the rear. Most definitely from my home. She said my daughter had walked up to her, handed them over and announced "I don't want these." From all appearances, there was nothing wrong with them and she insisted she didn't have to go potty.
While the other mothers were worried about the fact that a child had managed to remove her underpants during class without the teacher noticing, I remembered that my daughter was actually wearing her Sleeping Beauty panties that day. (I could see them peeking out from her pants, she really skinny) Turns out, I too had let an almost four year old dress herself, and she put on the pants that she wore briefly the day before and failed to remove the underwear that was still in them. At least that's my guess as to the extra pair she had with her. Anyway, when they fell out, she didn't want them.