Throwback to when the kids were wee little ones.. I think Magee was 6 and Pinker was about 4…bath tub time.. Magee goes first.. the LEGO loving little boy asks if he could take in some Legos to play with while he soaked the crud and day away. Surely I said.. nothing new. I pulled Legos from the washer, dryer, tub, pockets, vents, cushions..you get the picture..Magee jumps out of the tub after his skin had wrinkled up all ‘raisinish’. Pinker is next, she jumps in the same tub water Magee had used. She grabs her toys and starts playing. Humming, splashing and thoroughly enjoying her bath time. Magee comes strutting out into the living room with his jammies on smelling like bubble bath. He says “oh Mom, I forgot my legos in the tub. Can I go get them”. I said “well sure, go get them”. I was busy writing when he came out. I saw him out of the corner of my eye. Not looking up, I say “did you get them bud?”. No words… I looked up and he is standing beside me white as a ghost…I raised my eyebrows at him.. “what? What is wrong?”. He looks at me not blinking. “I went to get my legos from the tub. I reached down in the tub and picked them up….AND I squeezed it between my fingers… it was poop… she pooped in the tub.. and I squeezed it between my fingers”. I honestly didn’t know what to say.. the kid was seriously traumatized.. Pinker hollers from the tub, “Magee it isn’t that big of a deal. I thought I had to fart and a couple turds came out. It isn’t a big deal. I scooped them up and threw them in the toilet, I just forgot the little ones, jeez”. I still didn’t know what to say.. Magee just stood there and looked at me.. with a blank look on his face pointing to the bathroom. I bit my lip hard cause I was afraid I was going to start laughing. I got up and went to inspect the crime scene. I walked in and Pinker is sitting there in the tub happy as a lark giving me a “are you shitting me look” while shaking her head at Magee…Magee is standing behind me poking his head around my legs, “SEE!!” He hollered, “poop crumbs in there, some floating and some sunk”.. I put my hand over my mouth. Pinker says, “oh my God Magee, it is not that big of a deal. I threw them in the toilet”. I finally grasped for some words. “Well..let’s drain the water and try this again”. Pinker glares me down, “whatever”.. Magee says “well I am taking another bath too and you are going to scrub that tub first”. So I pull Pinker out and get her dried off to start round two of the baths. Magee stands beside me scrutinizing every poop crumb making sure all is well. Clorox comes into play and then he finally approves the new clean tub.. poor guy.. I almost told him about the time he dug into his diaper and finger painted the wall in his room, but I thought he might faint on me.. 🤪😂
