Before I share this little escapade, I must preface it by saying that I grew up in rural Morgan County, Indiana, in a small town endearingly referred to as "Martintucky" by my friends. We lived down where Jeff Foxworthy's, "You might be a redneck if..." jokes ain't no joke!
In keeping with yesterday's marriage and family theme then, I had to share this little exchange from earlier tonight when Jean got home from work. To give you some context, we're currently in the process of potty training with #3 son, Mark (age 2). It has become a family affair with everyone expressing the expected "atta-boys" in a gesture of euphoric solidarity--with the hope that there will eventually be more hits in the toilet than misses on the carpet. Keeping that in mind, here's how tonight's episode went:
[Mommy walks in the door from a looonnnngggg day at work. And the munchkins rush to meet her in a tumble of arms, legs and incessant chattering. Everyone that is, except Mark.]
[Mark then rushes around the corner into the kitchen sans clothes and proudly announces, "I'm nako, Mom! I went potty."]
Mom: "Did you go poo-poo, Mark?"
Mark: "Yeah!"
[We're all not sure exactly if Mark is giving us an accurate report of his "quality time" on the commode, so Caleb runs to the bathroom to check it out. He returns immediately with the good news.]
Mom: "Did Mark go poo-poo, Caleb?"
Caleb: "Yeah, Mom, he really did. And, Mom, it was huge!"
[Cue the family screaming and praising Mark, as Mark echoes enthusiastically (and as innocently as only a 2-year old can do)...]
Mark: "Yeah, my poo-poo was huge...just like you, Mom!" :P
And there you have it, friends. Besides sitting around and watching wedding videos when Daddy's playing "Mr. Mom", I'm also teaching them the finer points of how to relate to women. We're almost there...maybe. When you refer to a woman as a piece of human excrement, and a huge piece at that, obviously we have a long way to go. Talk about a real self-esteem builder. Fortunately, I married a good woman, and they have a great mother! 
perhaps he was merely returning the praise for large turds?
Posted by: chris corwin | July 25, 2009 at 02:21 AM