Journal FortKnox's Journal: Parenting: The office experiment? 15
I meant to tack this on the previous entry, but forgot...
Hardest thing I've had to do as a father:
When Joey does something good, you gotta get enthusiastic about it. Its the whole positive reinforcement thang...
Well, he gets so happy when he takes a dump, he wants mommy to call daddy to tell him. My wife, of course, thinks its a great idea.
This is a big thing, so I have to sound both excited and enthusiastic about it.
I work in a cube farm.
So its kinda fun to see peoples faces when I start saying (with great excitement) "You put poopoo rocks in the potty! I'm so proud of you! If you keep at it, I have some Thomas (toe-mas) tracks to add to your train set!!"
Heh... the horror on the faces of the young people... and the "awww... he's the cutest father" faces from the older ladies is all I see all day.
I probably get redder than a tomato...
Hardest thing I've had to do as a father:
When Joey does something good, you gotta get enthusiastic about it. Its the whole positive reinforcement thang...
Well, he gets so happy when he takes a dump, he wants mommy to call daddy to tell him. My wife, of course, thinks its a great idea.
This is a big thing, so I have to sound both excited and enthusiastic about it.
I work in a cube farm.
So its kinda fun to see peoples faces when I start saying (with great excitement) "You put poopoo rocks in the potty! I'm so proud of you! If you keep at it, I have some Thomas (toe-mas) tracks to add to your train set!!"
Heh... the horror on the faces of the young people... and the "awww... he's the cutest father" faces from the older ladies is all I see all day.
I probably get redder than a tomato...
I'll be there in about three months (Score:3, Interesting)
Hehehe - I'm right there with you. (Score:1)
fake coughing (Score:2)
Re:fake coughing (Score:2)
Re:fake coughing (Score:2)
Re:fake coughing (Score:2)
hah. (Score:2)
You parents are the perfect victi^W ones. It's a kid saying "dumptruck" - so they claim, anyway.
Turn the sound down if you're at work.
get over it, pops. (Score:1)
Re:get over it, pops. (Score:1)
Can't you just not specify the subject? (Score:2)
Man, I don't even like taking regular phone calls in my cube- I usually walk to a secluded spot or out to my car with my cell phone if I have to. I can't fathom having to say "poo poo rocks" where the people I work with can hear me.
Just wait 'til the next time somebody sees you coming out of
That's awesome! (Score:2)
You have made my whole afternoon with your JEs. Thanks! :-)
Re:That's awesome! (Score:2)
You monster (Score:2)
I love it... (Score:2)
Hopefully he'll grow out of it. (Score:1)
On another note, this journal entry reminded me of the episode of Futurama where the professor used reverse fossilization on Bender to turn him human. And he would tell everybody to come look what he made in the toilet, and somebody would tell him to quit bragging.
Someone else said to come up with other euphamisms for the toilet