Man! When they tell you that little boys are different beasts all together, I never thought they actually meant BEAST!!
Those that know me, know that my son has a weak spot for a good game of "Dunk the Head in the Toilet". I have had to banish him from the play room because of repeated bathroom break ins. So there were only, in reality, two - but the last one ended up with 2 rolls of butt wipe IN the toilet, 5 soaked rolls BESIDE the toilet, and a soaking wet Reilly holding a toilet brush while tasting an eighth roll in front of the can. My guess is that he was trying to figure out exactly how much water was needed to make it possible to drink from a double-roll. Well now I see that his refusal to sit on the toilet means not that he doesn't want to potty train, he just has better plans for the TP.
The very next day I learned that tasting toilet tissue does not point to (as I had incorrectly assumed) an extra special dose of the terrible twos - it indicates a taste for the finer dishes of the world - like glass. Oh yes, he can't just leave mom all freaked out about leaving her son to play in the toilet, he has to make time-outs completely unsafe by chewing on some nearby mini lights. And then he has to top it all of with a dance and a big ole 'I loves yew Mooommyy' Am I a terrible person for thinking that he looks EXACTLY like his father when he does things like that?
Now today, he is Mr. Helpful. He even made sure to have on the proper 'helpful' attire - his new rubber boots. 'Ah got mah noo boots on an ah gonna help Mama'. Other helpers - beware - the Rylinator will under no circumstance allow anyone else to get in Mom's good graces. 'Yoo go! Ah'm helpin Mama!' (shove) 'NO! MY MAMA! AH'M Helpin Mama!' (knock on the head) 'NOOOOO I do it!' (slam door on Mama's hand). If this past year has been a test, this was definitely the bonus question. How many different kid-friendly adjectives can one woman come up with?
Yay!! She be bloggin!
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