Oliver and the toilet

When, you ask, does Oliver most enjoy having a nice long conversation? While sitting on the toilet of course. I will try not to pigeonhole him by making any jokes about men and toilets. BUT I do have a few anecdotes to share from today.

He was sitting on the potty and I asked him if he was ready for me to wipe. He said "No, there are still a few drips." Then he looked up at the ceiling and got thoughtful and then said "Mama, did you know that there are some drips that aren't human but still have arms and legs?"

I repeated this to Mary later and she told me that last week they saw a public service commercial for saving water with a walking water drip. They didn't discuss it but now it makes sense where he got it! I was interested that he knew the world "human" as a classification as opposed to saying "person" which he uses in other ways.

After he finished with the walking drips he said "Did you know that I have a birthday coming up? I'm going to be THREE [emphasises with three fingers]. For my birthday I want to have two balloons, okay Mama? One will be a pee pee balloon so it will be a yellow balloon and and the other will be a poo poo balloon so it will be a brown balloon with brown spots. [serious look] I really like pee pee balloons and poo poo balloons."

Ew. But I guess we have a 3rd birthday party theme now.

Then finally, as he was still insisting he needed to sit for a few more minutes ("It's going to be a really really long time Mama") I said I'd go take the garbage out. Oliver put up a cautionary hand and said "No, Mama. Mommy [that's Mary] is the EXPERT at pushing the garbage cans. She can push black ones and green ones and also brown ones. She's the expert."

To boost up my self esteem after that hard knock I went and read Amelia's card ("I love you Mama" with rainbows and butterflies). I'm lovable even if I'm not a garbage expert!!