My husband and I have a standing joke; every time CJ spends time with his cousins, he comes home with a newly acquired (and usually rather horrifying) habit that he’s picked up from them.
Because they’re older (5 and 8) and therefore COOLER, CJ admires, adores, and idolizes his cousins. He wants to be JUST like them… and so he closely watches and mimics their every move. Don’t get me wrong, they’re good kids, although they do have a penchant for rowdiness (I think it runs in the family). And of course the stuff that our little darling picks up is never the Excuse me’s or Thank you’s… it’s always the stuff we’d rather he never, ever learn.
When CJ was barely talking he came home with “Stupid” and “Shut up”… and then later learned self-defensive hitting. Another time it was fake crying to get his way.
It became a standing joke at daycare. “Was CJ with his cousins this weekend?” his teachers would ask after a particularly trying Monday.
So today, after a full weekend with the cousins, I should have been on guard; prepared for the latest in the inevitable string of … surprises. For some reason (not enough coffee?) I wasn’t.
We were sitting on our back patio, CJ and his little friend Parker, Parker’s mother, and I. Enjoying the sunshine while the boys played with super soakers and buckets of water.
“I need to go pee” CJ announced, handing me his water gun. Lazily, I took it, knowing that he can go inside and do the deed without my help.
But wait! Before I know it, CJ has his pants around his ankles and is letting loose a stream that is definitely NOT water, right there in the middle of the patio!
Ack! NO! Stop! Arggh! I holler… “Stop RIGHT THERE!” and shuttle him over to the bushes, which to my thinking is a slightly more acceptable toilet-alternative. Of course it’s too late.
In a flash back to the weekend, I know where CJ picked up the super-soaker extraordinaire move.
Oh, the joys of boys. (weary sigh)
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April 24, 2007 at 7:09 am
hahaha….that was pretty funny! i gotta pee hold my supersoaker mom! LOVED IT :)
April 24, 2007 at 11:47 am
The sad thing…my husband is psyched to teach Peanut to pee outside.
April 24, 2007 at 12:12 pm
What is it with boys and peeing outside? I’ve seen this with friends’ kids too – jeez, I guess I have it all ahead of me huh?
April 24, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Somehow, I knew where this was going. My nephews could be CJ’s cousins! At least he didn’t aim at Parker :)
April 24, 2007 at 1:42 pm
You don’t give me much hope. My 9-month-old baby boy recently discovered his manhood….
April 24, 2007 at 1:43 pm
I hate to tell ya, but it isn’t the cousins. It’s the gross BOY GENE that causes such behavior. I have two boys who have 3 older GIRL cousins. And they do all the same boy stuff. Somehow I doubt my 8 year old niece taught the Spare to pee on the tree in the front yard. hahahahah!
April 24, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Hahahaha! Oh, I’m sorry for laughing, but that’s hilarious! And yeah, I’ve got three boys of my own. I know exactly what you’re talking about!!
April 24, 2007 at 6:37 pm
OMG that is so funny! Gotta love those little boys! ;)
April 24, 2007 at 10:16 pm
The thing is that no matter how much we women hate that they pee outside, you gotta admit that you have envied their ability to do so after seeing the state of some public bathrooms….
April 26, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Shauna – who says girls can’t pee outdoors? As a veteran of days-long family car trips back in the late 60′s, I learned how to squat (and not pee on my shoes) at a very young age. Very empowering!
I was at a neighborhood BBQ one evening (with 50+ other people) when a little boy dropped his pants in front of everyone and watered the tree in the middle of the deck!
April 28, 2007 at 10:47 pm
HAHAHA! I can sooo relate with 3 boys of my own. One of my daughters liked to pee outside too when she was really little. Ack!