Memorable Moments:#1

Making a Mark



Once again we managed to plan our vacation during the middle of Texas' Tax-free shopping weekend. Thankfully we were able to hit one day of it in which we ventured to the brand new sports store in our area. It had opened during the previous week so everything was shiny-new. I headed to try on a few shorts but couldn't find Kurt when I finished. Eventually the bathroom came to mind and sure enough there all the boys were taking care of business. Joshua had reportedly indicated he need to poo poo, but upon arriving to the potty didn't produce any. Kurt then went to try a few things on while I took over maning the boys. While we meandered around the men's section I got this horrible whiff of poo. "Tobin," I exclaimed, "You stink!" After I finished saying it I heard Joshua whimpering. I turned the corner to find him standing with his legs spread and a big ol' pile of mess under him. The runny kind.

The poor kid had a look of panic on his face; Thankfully Kurt emerged at that moment. At this point fits of giggles had taken over and I managed to communicate to Kurt we had a major issue. I ran to the dressing rooms to get some paper towels, they didn't have any. The girl did offer me a trash bag though. Back at the scene of the crime, we put Joshua in our shopping cart inside the trash bag. The bathrooms were about half-a-mile away so they weren't really an option at that point. So I grabbed the nearest employee and informed him my son had had a "little" accident. Yes, that was a lie, but he probably knew it since I was still having fits of giggles.

He asked me to show him where it was. So I did. He said, "oh."

He went to look for paper towels so we decided we needed to get out of the area, fast. Kurt volunteered to man the boys and I was in charge of checking out our stuff. This was a big mistake. I now realize that standing in line for a gazillion minutes while I could hear all the employees hystarically laughing and arguing about who had to clean up my son's poop, meanwhile hoping that know one would realize that I was his mom, was probably not worth the 8.25% I saved buying them that day. It then occured to me that maybe I should have offered to clean up the poop myself (I am a pro at it now), but it seemed a little late at that point. The reality is, if I had it to do all over again, I'm not sure I would have stayed to clean it up. Take the Poo Poll below, I'd love to see what the rest of you would do.




And that my friends the the completion of our memorable moments of the summer. Hope you enjoyed them! There might be an honorable mention entry soon for all the things we remembered once we started this.