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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Just Call Me Speechless

So far my older son's (OS) spring break has been a lot of fun. Yesterday the boys and I met up with some friends and saw Monsters vs. Aliens. Today we went to the zoo. The boys were all excited about it.

About a half hour into our zoo trip, we visited the indoor elephant and giraffe house. OS and his friends were particularly excited to watch the zookeepers give the elephants baths. Alright, I also was particularly excited to see it. For whatever reason, my younger son (YS) was not. In fact, he was pretty mad. I tuned out his whining to watch them use street brooms to scrub down the elephants. YS began to demand more loudly that he wanted to leave. I turned around to tell him for the hundreth time that we would leave in a few minutes. He looked me straight in the eye, squatted down and peed on the floor! Did I mention it was an indoor building? I would like to believe that he was telling me in this whining that he needed to use the bathroom, but I have a feeling that wasn't the case. I went to change YS and let zoo employees know about the mess. My plan was to inform them that somehow an elephant had lept over the rope and peed in the spectator section. Given the size of the puddle, I think it was plausible.

Since this morning, I have heard numerous stories of this happening to other parents.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Parenting books don't warn you that your children may pee on the floor in public as an act of defiance.

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