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the great miracle

okay...so we picked up mapboy from school this morning...while waiting in the parking lot, princess starts screaming she has to go potty right now. I calmly explained that we don't have keys to get into the school, that brother will be out in a minute, and that we are only 2 minutes from home. i told her she would just have to wait all of 3 minutes. she didn't like it one bit and proceeded to tell me non-stop how bad she had to go potty. now i was getting totally frustrated - i had most definitely explained the circumstances. couldn't she just be quiet long enough for me to finish my book that i was reading? ahh...i know, if i give her a lifesaver that will change her focus. dilema solved! i never heard another word.

here comes mapboy....he is bounding at the door talking with his best bud. we can hardly get the boys back to the cars. his best bud happens to be the son of my best friend (a great thing!). the boys crawl into their cars to share their birthday loot with their sisters. my friend and i start chatting about church, vacations, preschool being over, when can we get away again without our kids, what we are fixing for lunch and then dinner...you know the routine. i keep hearing screams from my car from mapboy. when i finally get in i turn around to kindly remind him that when mommy is talking we don't interupt. "BUT MOM, I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!!" wait, a few minutes ago it was princess screaming that. so i wait to hear her join in. nope, she doesn't have to go anymore. she smiles and says the lifesaver took her potty away. mapboy doesn't think that will work so i save my lifesaver and book it home. guess what? he spent the next 15 minutes staring at our garden then straight to his room to study the atlas. you know what - he still hasn't gone to the bathroom! it must be a miracle!

the great conclusion: princess didn't want me reading my book and mapboy didn't want me talking to my friend.

but, since, i still love to read and chat with my friend, i think i'll dig out our old potty chair and offer that as an alternative to them next time!!!

Comments

Kori said…
You had me in stitches...now I HAVE TO GO POTTY!!!
May 22, 2007 at 11:35 AM
Natalie said…
hey, are you sure my kids weren't in your car? that story felt very deja vu-ish.
May 22, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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