Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Park day afternoon

I took the kids and the dog to the park today so someone could look at the house no they don't want to buy it.

Just after I got there, I saw a little boy wander over to one of the benches, take his pants and underpants down to his ankles, arch his back to aim, and pee in the grass.

Um.

I did the lame yet classic stand there like a goon and look around at the other mothers wearing the lame yet classic "whose child *is* that" expression on my face. Just then, a mother looked from reading and yelled, "Evan!" She stood up and walked toward him. She lowered her voice a little--but only a little--and said, "next time go a little farther."

Nice.

4 comments:

Modest Mama said...

Sounds reasonable to me. Gosh, this may have been the first time that the "Whose child is that?!?" kids wasn't your own.

Annie said...

you know, i totally thought of you. I almost called you, actually.

and yeah, I think that was a first for this park.

Anonymous said...

I just love that parenting solution!

Annie said...

I blame the city for not providing bathrooms.