Our big boy just keeps on growing day-by-day and he never stops amazing us. Today was a special day filled with fanfare (no, really!) when Nicholas went pee pee in the potty for the first time.
And this is no ordinary potty! No, technology has marched on from the stark and utilitarian commodes we learned this vital skill upon to come up with a super-deluxe model that actually looks like a king’s throne and whenever sensors detect something moving at the opening, a bit of musical fanfare is provided.
Well, the fanfare bit is quite overrated and after five minutes gets really tedious, particularly when little boys have the ability to set it off multiple times just by the nature of things, if you get my drift.
But, design deficiencies of the porti-toilet aside, going potty for the first time is remarkable…and the going rate for this trick is a brand new car.
Wait…let me try that again.
BOB BARKER: Nicholas, come right up here to center stage…we have a piddling game for you. And when you play it correctly, you can win this fabulous prize. Tell them what he’s playing for, Rod…
ROD RODDY (loudly): A BRAND NEW CAR!!! Yes, this four-door beauty has all leather interior, automatic transmission, and California emissions. And it can be yours, if the PEE IS RIGHT!
(OK, you’re on your own imagining the pretty girls in bikinis waving in the general direction of the car! 🙂
But seriously, this is an important developmental step and there will be plenty of stops and starts before we really make the connection between this really funny feeling and needing to have a seat to do ol’ #1 or #2 (or both). So we’ll forgive you in advance if you don’t quite make it to the potty in time and try to remember that it wasn’t as easy for us to learn as we’re trying to tell you it is now. But I have no doubts we’ll be taking target practice in the toilet soon enough…kindly remember that if you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat! ;)-
