the poop water scandal

so this little boy...

went poop in his potty!!! and it wasn't even a huge issue either like i thought it would have been. he had been holding it for a couple of days, so i just said that the next time he sat on the potty, he needed to go poop too & he'd get double the marshmallows.

well within 5 minutes of sitting down & playing his favorite computer games, he called me back in & said, "I'M DONE!"

of course i have heard this specific statement several times throughout the week & was pretty skeptical as to what "done" meant.

i walked in & he stood up & had done it!

wasn't that a lovely story?

except that it doesn't stop there...

so i pick up the little bowl out of his potty to dump it in the toilet. and was so excited about it all, congratulating him & praising him, that i didn't think through the logistics of the dumping of the stuff into the toilet.

i just plop it in there and...

SPLASH.

you have got to be kidding me.

poop water all over me.

a drop on my cheek even.

and of course, i was wearing a white shirt.

i start gagging and dry heaving, coughing & choking. caleb looks at me & i'm still trying to tell him how proud i am of him through my gags.

i don't want him to see how revolted i am by his masterpiece & all that he's just accomplished. i finish cleaning it up, then him up, then myself.

and though i'm still dry heaving just thinking about the experience, i am so proud of him. and if i have to have poop water splashed on my cheek every time just so he'll go on the potty, i'll do it.

okay, not really.