taking the plunge

Although not a proven fact, it is assumed that most families stray away from casual talk about bodily functions. In our house, we hadn't intended for achieving #2 to be a big deal, but through potty-training a reluctant 2-year old boy, every poop on the potty was greeted with applause as loud and extravagant as the 4th of July. And so it remains, after every trip to go #2, Gabe proudly announces his feat. In fact, when we arrived home from our date on Friday night, it was the first thing he told us. 

"I went poop on the potty while you were gone!"

"Oh Gabe, that is wonderful!" (smiling at the babysitter, who was thankfully smiling back)

"I even wiped my own butt, Mom!"

"Oh that is such great news!" (smiling, again, at the babysitter, who was still, thankfully, smiling back)

So today, when Gabriel took the plunge into super kid-hood, he did so by... Plugging up the toilet. Perhaps its the oatmeal he has been eating for breakfast during the cold blast we've been hit with? Or perhaps, it's in his genes... 

My brother did what?!