The "Engine of the Potty"

For a while now, Aiden has had a fascination with the "potty." One night Mike lifted the lid on the back of the toilet and showed him how the "potty" worked. Mike explained that those parts were like the engine that made the toilet work (I'm not sure if Mike used the word toilet or potty). Ever since then Aiden has called it the "engine of the potty." Several times a week he wants to look at it. We even use it as bribery. "Get your jammies on and brush your teeth and you can see the engine of the potty." It works every time. I often wonder, do we have a future plumber on our hands or an engineer.

We were at my mom's house this weekend and Aiden asked Jim to show him the engine of the potty. Jim was sitting in the den at the time watching a football game. He had spent the day working in his yard and then the evening making a bonfire for the grand kids--he was ready for some "down-time." Without a moments hesitation, Jim got up and took Aiden into the bathroom and showed him the "engine." Just like Mike, he patiently explained all of the parts and even let Aiden touch and pull on them. Something as simple as that made Aiden's weekend. He was talking about it Sunday morning . . . how PopPop let him touch the engine of the potty.

Thank you Jim, for loving and teaching my kids like your own.