It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Poops In a Boot

Sam: "Hey Mom, this boot has poop in it."

Me: (Thinking this is just a pretend game of Sam's) "The boot has what inside?"

Sam: "There's poop in this boot."

Me: (Ha ha, funny story. Grab said boot. Sniff. Sniff again. What the?!) "There's poop inside this boot!!!! How did poop get inside this boot?! Whose poop is this?"

Sam: "I pooped in it. Noelle pooped too."

Jeez. Are my kids the only kids who poop in boots?

Pooter

Tonight I was laying next to Sam in bed telling him a bedtime story about a fish named "Blubber" who cried all the time, then a crab came by and pinched him and told him to stop being a blubber belly and find something to be happy about. Blubber met a fish named "Pooter" (Sam's choice of a name--we have never used the term "poot" before) who tooted all the time and it made Blubber laugh and be happy and then Blubber had lots of friends because he was a happy fish now and they changed his name to "Happy". (Not my most inventive story, but after three years of story telling twice a day, I'm running out of good ones.) Well, Sam thought the farting fish was just the funniest thing he'd ever heard. He laughed heartily at the name "Pooter". And then he tells me "Mom, watch this. Watch this." Silence and then, "Phffffft". Yes, Sam farted on cue at the conclusion of the story. I laughed until I cried. Now, I have lived most of my life with a boy in the house and what I've noticed is that they all seem to have a talent for farting at will.

Adventures In Potty Sitting

Noelle started potty training on Monday. I figured I couldn't put it off any longer; she's been chomping at the bit to do it. FYI, it is my MOST UNFAVORITE JOB of mommydom. Today is day six and we only had 1 (yes, one) accident ALL DAY. She's totally getting it and I can see this is going to be SOOO MUCH easier than it was with Sam. We were at the library this week and she told me she had to "poo poo" and she went in the public bathroom there!!! Fur reals! Thank Heaven for little girls. Do you love Noelle's morning hair?

Sam Gogh

This is Sam's first drawing that is actually more than just scribbles. He drew a boy with ears and hair. All his own doing. And then decided to draw a little sister too. Although definitely graceful and smaller, little sister looks a little like Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.

Last Hurrah

It's officially fall. One day it was sunny and warm, then the clouds rolled in that evening and that was the last of the sun. Before it hit, we made it to the park for a picnic. Chad's always wanted to be a fireman.