Potty

Here's a funny story I received in a email to preface a real-life funny story that happened at our house the other day:

A Cup of Tea

One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old and had just recovered from an accident. Someone had given me a little tea set as a get-well gift and it was one of my favorite toys.

Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought Daddy a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Mom came home.

My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea because it was 'just the cutest thing!' My Mom waited, and sure enough, here I come down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy and she watches him drink it up.

Then she says, (as only a mother would know...) "Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach to get water is the toilet?"

Now for the real-life story:

Potty

The other day Mallory was playing while I was doing some things around the house. I knew she was playing with some of my candles. She does this often, likes to have us smell them ("momma smell?? mmm...good") and she takes the wicks out and puts them back in, lines them up in a row, whatever.

I could hear her running around with the dogs and giggling but I didn't know exactly what she was doing. Well, you know what they say, a quiet toddler is surely a sign of mischief. After a couple minutes I figured I should investigate. She had a handful of candles, but I could see that the wicks were all missing. Here is what unfolded...

Me: "Honey, where are the wicks?"

Mallory: blank stare

Me, pointing at the candle: "Mal, where are the things that go in here?"

Mallory: "Potty."

Me, laughing: "Potty?"

Mallory: "Potty!"

Me, giggling: "Can you show me?"

Mallory runs to the bathroom and sure enough...

Moral of the story:
I have no idea, but I laughed pretty hard and thought you might too.