Henry's Pooptacular

While Mommy has been on her Ohio Historical Society "World" Tour in Athens, Chillicothe, Marietta, and finally Columbus, Ohio, we've been keeping busy getting drywall installed the basement, going to a baseball game, and, unfortunately, working late (Henry got to skip that part and play with Gaga.

When we finally got a chance to catch up with our Rockstar Family Member and stake out our place in the moshpit (Henry likes to be up front and near the action when he's a groupie) at the Ohio Statehouse, Henry made it count. The venue was the Rotunda, seen below. (It's a virtual tour ... click and drag to see the whole thing!)



Henry stepped right up to the middle of the rotunda, looked up, and unleashed his bowels on the place. Pooptacular! The good news for us is that he, indeed, was in his diaper and there was no mess. Just memories...

We weren't so lucky this morning. Henry is trying to decide where big boys go to the bathroom. We'll let you take the quiz, too:

1. In our diaper
2. On the floor
3. In the bathtub
4. In the potty
5. A, B, and C

If you said "E", then you and Henry would be in total agreement. Unfortunately, you'd also be wrong. Dead wrong. Anyway, we performed a scarcely-heard-of morning bath when Henry woke up, and he decided that the best thing to do was to start peeing the minute he got undressed (this would be answer B). Mommy moved him over to the potty, but he convinced her that he was now done. Whew! On to the bath! The minute his feet touched the water, the fountain started flowing again (Answer C). This time, he turned his back to us and said "I'm not peeing in the bathtub!" Who's kid is he, anyway?

So Mommy drained the tub, explaining how peeing in the tub made the water "dirty". Henry seemed to understand. With brand new bath water, the bath was ready to resume. I went in the other room to do some very official parenting stuff, and wasn't out of the room 30 seconds before hearing "Daddy ... we have a problem!" Poop in the tub. I repeat, poop in the tub. We hauled him out again, got a a diaper on him, and again started explaining how poop is dirty and how big boys poop in the potty. So we asked him where big boys poop. First answer: "In the bathtub". Second answer: "In the shower". Third answer (after coaching): "In the potty."

We'll take that as a victory.

That's it for now. Thank God.