The boy had a busy weekend picking up some new knowledge. It’s amazing how their brains latch onto new things. Spongelike. (wait a second….)
Lesson #1 – Surprises are a good thing!
I picked Will up from school and while he was motoring home on his bike (our new rule…if I bike to work, he gets to bike home) and we passed my friend’s husband on the street. He was packing some flowers for his wife. I yelled ‘awww are you surprising Joanna with those?’. He said yes – and I beamed in sisterhood for her. Will said ‘why is Ava’s daddy bringing flowers home.’ So I explained that when you love someone, surprising them every now and then was a great way to show them. I said that a little gesture like that could make someone really happy. He smiled SO widely and I saw the gerbils going on that wheel…that one will be filed for future reference. As Joanna said later, I feel my hands will be flowing with dandelions this summer.
Lesson #2 – Where meat comes from.
We went to a pig roast on Saturday night. I knew that Will was going to be seeing porky up on that spit so I wanted to prepare him for it. We had a little convo that went like this…
Me – Some animals we have mostly to eat.
Will – Like which ones?
Me – Cows, pigs, chickens, lambs….
Will – What comes from cows?
Me – Steak, burgers
Will – I loooooove steak and burgers. What comes from pigs?
Me – Pork chops, bacon.
Will – I loooooove pork chops and bacon – just not the chicken kind (I tried that – bad idea). What comes from lambs and chickens?
Me – Ummm. (gerbils…going) …lamb and chicken?
Will – I loooove…
Well you get the picture. Needless to say, my kid will not be the newest Peta activist or campaigning to end the pig slaughter. More than likely, you’ll find him eating a banquet burger with a side of chicken fingers. It didn’t phase him at all. I on the other hand have been eating way more beans this week.
Lesson #3 – Older Brothers
Will hung out at the pig roast with his buddy from school and his big brother. They literally chased each other around the house for hours. At one point, Will went screaming by…followed by Grayson yelling ‘I’m going to give Will a wedgie’…..next…Grayson ran by with Will chasing after him yelling, ‘Hey MOM – I just got a wedgie!!!” with a big grin on his face. New discoveries.
Five minutes later, someone said ‘ahhh we need a cloth over here’ and Grayson had barfed. Of course, his older brother yells ‘hey mom, Grayson puked.’ Whoa. Puke. Greatest word EVER. Except when you think it’s ‘cuke’. All of Sunday, ‘Mom – it was gross when Grayson cuked eh??’ Oh kid. Trying to be cool…but failing. Big time.
Sidenote…same party, we were talking about peeing standing up. Do you think Will should be doing this now? I’m not encouraging it as obviously I have no idea how. Right now, he only does it outside when necessary but is he going to start getting mocked?
I, too, have my son pee sitting down – he just turned three but if I could keep him seated forever, I am sure his future wife will thank me 🙂
I wish I could pee standing up
Let him stand to pee and then when he is old enough make him clean the toilet, my son has a new appreciation for better aim as I have been making him clean both toilets in the house. Our new thing is to pee standing in the dark, takes too much time to turn on a light. And more for him to clean! LOL!
Big or small, my boys sit down. Period. End of story. Well, that is, when they’re at home…I’m not responsible for what happens when they’re out there unsupervised 😉
One trick for teaching about standing up is to put a piece of toilet paper in the water to use as a target.
The worst is that they are terrible at it in the beginning and then they get tall and aim means nothing *SPLASH*
And OMG, after seeing that picture I am now a vegetarian. At least unlike the next BBQ 😉
One thing I beg of you to teach Will early is that he DOESN’T have to pull his pants down to his knees!! Thankfully at SIX my son has learned to pull out the hose and not drop his pants!! I now have a plastic shower curtain because I have THREE pissers in my house – yes that’s including my husband…I am forever cleaning around the toilet wiping the curtain down and garbage can lid!!I wish you the best of luck!!
Peeing standing up is way more fun. But, as Steph can attest, once its introduced be prepared for the inevitable drips and puddles on the seat, floor, wall etc…
Er, some of my friends admit to sitting down when they pee. Yes, they get made fun of. But we are in our early 40’s.
Not sure this how this helped, but as I have a penis, I felt obligated to respond.
Can’t wait for the flower offering post.
J.