I was knee-deep sorting, piling, and tagging sale items yesterday, getting ready for a big consignment event. I had a pile of books I'd decided could go. Baby books. Loads of board books. Stories of kids learning to use the potty. Random books that are no longer popular here. With each book I pulled out the box, naturally my 4-year-old developed an instant fondness for the old friend. "Oh let's read this one!"
So, among other books, we re-read Once Upon a Potty. I breathed a sigh of relief that toilet training was a distant memory. (Incidentally, does that book grate on anyone else? Who really says "wee-wee" anyway? Whatever. Kids seem to like it.)
We were mid-reminiscing when our stroller customer arrived. My son went into show-off mode, running hither and yon, around in circles, grabbing every toy he could find to show to the baby girl who'd come with her Mom to buy the stroller.
I turned for a second to grab change for the woman and heard my son making an announcement, in his most patient teacher voice: "Now, this is a potty!"
He'd grabbed the potty chair we were selling and brought it in to the living room.
"When you have to go pee-pee...."
I turned a split second too late and caught him mid-moon.
"...you pull your pants down like this. See?"
The Mom looked away. Guess she's not used to 4-year-old boys! I apologized before my son switched out of teacher voice to make another announcement: he had to go.
So he did. One last time in that freshly sanitized plastic bowl.
In the living room. In front of strangers.
What a great, and funny story! It will be even funnier when you tell it to his first girlfriend.
Posted by: sarcasmom | Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 07:36 PM
How much for the used potty? Does it have a good 'pee-guard'? DON't clean it, pls.
Posted by: scott | Friday, April 11, 2008 at 01:06 AM
That is hilarious! Yep, much better than my boy peeing on my minivan wheel at Walgreens.
Posted by: vw bug | Friday, April 11, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Oh that made me laugh out loud!!! Hilarious. So, the woman didn't purchase the potty??
Posted by: Melody | Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 05:52 PM
HILARIOUS!! Gotta love the little angels, don't ya?
Now, if he does this when he's 15, that's when you have trouble! ;)
Posted by: nat | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 04:23 PM
The potty chair sold the next day, to a different person. And yes, I thoroughly cleaned it again before it was sold!
Posted by: Marie | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 05:04 PM
Ha! That is so funny! What a little performer.
Posted by: kristi | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 09:21 AM