OH MY GOSH!!!!!

Just 20 minutes earlier Isaac had said he needed to go to the bathroom. I took him to use the library bathroom. We picked up his brother and went to wait until Kindergarten got out. I sat and talked with a friend while Zack and a friend made paper airplanes. I heard Zack say something to Isaac. You can imagine my surprise when I turned around and I saw Isaac standing there with his pants down and he was pulling up his underwear. I nearly jumped out of my seat to get to him. I asked him “Did you pee on the tree?” and he said “No’. I asked him several times, all in different ways. His answer was consistently, “No, I didn’t pee” I still wasn’t sure if I believed him or not but I wasn’t about to go over and feel or smell the tree or the grass around it!

At this point Isaac became a kid that I’ve not seen before. He started grabbing Zack’s paper airplanes and throwing them. He may still be 3 years old but he doesn’t throw like one! It wouldn’t have been such a big deal if he was just throwing them on the grass where they were sitting but no, Isaac had to throw them over the fence into No Man’s Land. (a dead space between the Kindergarten playground and the office) Thankfully Zack’s name wasn’t on any of the papers! What made this an even bigger deal was that I had told Isaac not to do it. Then I told him to STOP. Then I said it louder as I walked quickly towards him….as he kept throwing them over the fence. (let me add that he was laughing while all this was happening) (I was not) As I got within arms length of him and was about to grab him…..he was gone! Running! Running and laughing! I was not. I chose to wait. Wait and watch….as I slowly got into position….and he took the bait and ran closer and I surprised him by sprinting 15 feet and snatching him up before he could figure out what was going on! I carried him like a football, under my arm, bouncing him like a pom pom and he just laughed. I did not. I put him in the wagon and told him to sit there until we got home. I’m sure I don’t have to tell ya that he immediately started to climb out. I put my hand on his shoulder and held him. He started climbing out again. I put my hand on his shoulder and held him…He got out…He ran…Zack chased him…Zack caught him…Back in the wagon…Climbed out again…Zack grabbed him…Back in the wagon…I’m ready to tie him in at this point but I don’t have anything to use…not even shoestrings! We did this over and over until he finally just sat. I sighed a tired sigh. He threw a water bottle half way across the playground. (I’m not exaggerating) Then Zack’s snack bar trash hit the ground. Naissa’s class let out and she came over carrying a bear that she had made. She placed it in the front of the wagon and turned to talk with her friend Kaylin. Isaac started to get up and I firmly reminded him to SIT! He did, and as he did he reached forward and crunched up Naissa’s bear! He sat most of the way home with a pout on his face and his arms crossing his chest.

When we got home he got to spend some time on the “thinking spot”. (which is like the naughty spot but you are ‘spose to “think” about where you're sitting and what you did or said to get you there) When he was released from the “thinking spot” I asked him why his pants were down at school if he wasn’t peeing on anything. He replied, “I had to go poop”. OMG!!! So he had been telling the truth the whole time! He didn’t pee on the tree! He pooped next to the tree!! I thought I would have a heart attack right then and there! OMG!!! I of course called Jim right away because I knew he wouldn’t want to be left out the loop. As I’m telling him about the poop, Isaac proudly blurts out “I WENT BIG POOP”! OMG!!! I told Jim he was gonna have to sneak into the school yard at night and pick up the poop because there are 6 preschool and Kindergarten classes that will be playing out there tomorrow and I don’t want some little girl who’s wearing her brand new Summer dress and sandals to get poop on them!! OMG!!! Can you imagine?!