A little background to the story…

This vacation has been tough on Mercury’s potty training. Before we left on vacation Mercury had not had an accident in several months. But the changes in schedule and routine I think threw him off and he reverted back so we had to put him back into diapers. Anyways so for the last 3 days he hasn’t had any accidents so this morning when he asked to wear his big boy underwear I said yes…

So, a few hours later my father in law calls Dave’s name and since Dave was busy I went to see what was going on. As I am coming up the stair he is laughing and saying “well, he said he wiped his butt…” I go into the bathroom to see the entire toilet full of semi used toilet paper. I mean a towering pile the top still dry. So yay he had pooped on the potty and tried to wipe himself but used the entire roll of toilet paper and his butt was still far from clean (and he had put his underwear back on).

So, I got him all cleaned up and since he had just gone to the bathroom I figured we were safe to go for a walk. So my father in law and I took them to the park. Next thing I know Mercury is in his poop stance at the top of the slide. So, I run up there and try to put things on hold and as I turn to tell my father in law that we need to hurry home Mercury apparently decides to take matters into his own hands because as I turn around I see Mercury squatting in the grass with his pants down around his ankles peeing on himself and trying to poop in the grass. Oh….my…..goodness…. sooooo embarrassing! And yes there were other people at the park! The joys of motherhood!

Nothing left to do but gather up the dirty stinky child (try to hide my scarlet face) and head home to clean and bathe him.