Nate talks a lot. I think I've said that a million times on this blog by now.
(Oddly, when the boys sleep separately, Alex talks for an hour in his room alone. Not a peep from Nate.)
Friday night I got it into my head that I wanted Bojangle's fried chicken. I NEVER eat fried chicken but I figured my body must be missing some important nutrient to have such a specific craving. I talked Jon into going as the nearest Bojangles is near Target, where we also needed to go to get some last-minute beach items. The boys love biscuits and mashed potatoes so Bojangles was a hit.
Nate asked for some of my sweet tea and I gave him some thinking he would hate it. Nope, he loved it. He drank more and more and more. After Bojangles, we quickly ran through Target. When we got in the car, Jon cursed my decision to share my sweet tea as Nate would NOT STOP TALKING. All that caffeine in his tiny body, he couldn't help but run his mouth in overtime. We had purchased beach chairs at Target so Nate said 20 times in a row, "I can't wait to go to the beach! I can't wait to go to the beach!"
He wouldn't even respond to our attempts to engage in conversation. We'd ask what we were going to do at the beach and he would repeat, "I can't wait to go to the beach! I can't wait to go to the beach!"
Lesson learned: do not give Nate caffeine.
Another lesson learned: if there is a urinal at a restaurant, Nate needs to pee there. I took him to the women's restroom to give Jon a break from potty duty. Nate peed on the toilet seat, the floor, the wall, and himself. It went EVERYWHERE. He said, "Look at all my pee everywhere!" It was the ultimate walk of shame to go tell a Bojangle's employee my kid peed everywhere in their bathroom.
But that fried chicken was SO GOOD.
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Let's just say that my coworkers prefer when I avoid coffee for the same reason. (The talking, not the peeing all over the bathroom.)
I'm pretty sure that Alex treasures those quiet moments when he actually gets to hear himself speak.
I can't WAIT to go to the beach!
Oh yes, we had a similar experience when Nina got into my sweet tea. We weren't sure how much she actually ingested at first, but we were watching Spirit of the Marathon at the time, and suddenly she started exclaiming "Run! Run! Run!" CONTINUOUSLY for the duration of the documentary. Lesson learned, Nina is no longer fooled by my special mug (she almost burned herself on some hot tea last winter) - she has been clamoring for tea ever since that fateful first sip.
I always helped my boys when peeing in the ladies room. Help, meaning I help them direct =) It is better than having to tell the restuarant they have clean up in bathroom stall number ?? It is hilarious to read though.
I don't know what Bojangles is but it sounds good!
Your pee story is cracking me up, ahhhh, life with a penis, must be fun.=)
I've lived down South for a few years and have yet to make it to Bojangles. However, I have picked up a love of sweet team. Mmmmm.
Michael doesn't know how to pee standing up inside but he knows how to pee standing up outside, thanks to his dad and uncle.
Boy Maggie is like that now (the talking not the peeing) so caffeine will be OUT until she is say 15?? Ha ha!
First of all, working in retail I can't tell you how many times little kids pee everywhere and no one tells us. Thank you for telling the people at Bojangles!!! Second, Nate sounds like my daughters after they tried their first Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream pie. I give them sugar, sparingly of course, and the cream filling in those pies had them bouncing off the walls for hours. Lesson learned.
That is hilarious. I was laughing the whole time reading that. Too funny!! I imagine it was the combiation of the caffine and all the sugar in the sweet tea. Your boys are adorable!
I wish I was going to the beach!!
The pregnant me said hmmm fried chicken sounds kind of good but then I got to the pee everywhere part and thought hmmm that sounds not so good - but maybe the moral of the story is to eat chicken and pee on something (maybe in the toilet?) but not together.
Is there a caffeine antidote?
Have a GREAT beach trip!
Ahhh, the joys of pee, chicken, caffeine and the beach in one post. It really is one stop shopping here! :)
BTW just hearing the word "public restroom" scares me when I think of potty training the boys! Yuck!
Caffeine and/or sugar is a big no no for us too for the same reason. Lana will run and run and then talk and talk and talk. Its crazy. Actually regular food and fruit will do it too, but geez a cookie or chocolate and its all over.
It was nice that you told the employees about the mess. But it would have been nicer and appropriate for you to clean up the majority of the mess yourself. It is YOUR kid and YOUR responsibility. I have worked in retail and the most horrible job is clean up other people's bodily fluids. People out there, please clean up your own bodily fluids when in public bathrooms/locations!
You are like good citizen of the year! I would have walked out of the bathroom and said "OMG, someone peed all over the ladies room!"
I have so much to look forward to!
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