dan and i had noticed about a week ago that there was a strong pee smell coming from Jaden's bedroom. i couldn't figure it out. there were no dirty clothes on the floor or stashed away. i stripped all his bedding and washed it, checked all his stuffed animals, and was getting nowhere.
that leads me to wednesday. i am in severe nesting mode right now. i'm like a machine that can't stop until the last underwear drawer has been organized. i say that because on wednesday i hit the floor running. i started picking up jaden's toys to get ready to clean the floors...and i noticed a puddle in the corner of his room.
yup, it was pee.
so i called jaden into the room.
me: hey buddy, i won't be mad at you, but i want you to be honest with me. did you pee on the floor?
jaden: not that i can remember.
i didn't want to make a huge deal of it, so i reminded him that it was only okay to pee in the toilet...and nowhere else.
he left and i started cleaning up. it had gotten on his rug so i took the rug downstairs to throw in the washer. i came back upstairs to his room....and lo and behold, there was another puddle on the floor.
now i'm confused.
but this time i looked closer and realized that the puddle was coming from the small trash can in his room.
and then i looked in the trash can.
i called jaden into the room again.
me: um...jaden, i have another question for you, and again...i just want you to be honest. you are not going to be in trouble. have you been peeing in the trash can?
jaden: yeah.
me: why?
jaden: i didn't know that i couldn't.
me: fair enough. well, just so you know...from here on out...where is the only place you are allowed to pee?
jaden: the toilet.
i'll spare you the details, but it seems that he had been peeing in the trash can for a few days. thankfully (i think) the trash can isn't sealed at the bottom, so once all the garbage was dully soaked, it began to leak through the bottom and hence...the puddles.
we have had no problems since then, but i did take the trash can out of his room, just in case.
and jaden...i apologize to you now in case you ever find these blog entries as a 15 year old.
5 comments:
haha... Boys are a totally different breed.
that is seriously the coolest/funniest thing ever.
Suzanne,
I laughed until, well, I had to pee...
That was the funniest one ever (and you have had some pretty good ones!) I guess, as the mom of 4 boys, it took me back to some incredible memories. When I tell my "men" about what they did as pre-schoolers, they think I'm making it up! Blogs are the way to prove this stuff happened - you will be so glad that you blogged this stuff - that way J-man can't deny it when he's 15!
- Cindy Marette
too funny!
That was hilarious, Suzanne! What great stories you are going to be able to tell when they are older! I laughed out loud when I read it. :)
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