Potty Training + Babysitting = Bad News

Well, here it goes, my first blog ever! Katie refused to write this story down and I thought it was great and that we needed to share it. That and Katie threatened to kill me several times if I didn't post this. Don't worry fellas, I am still officially a non-blogger. Today, I am only fullfilling my duties as last years winner of the "Husband of the Year Award" and will only do this when my wife asks me to, so here we go:
The other day a couple of my young men came to me asking to have a chance to babysit Austin. I told them that they could and to come over that weekend while Katie and I went to dinner. Of course I made sure that their parents were home and ready to help just in case something bad happened, but it's just Austin and Koen, how bad could it be? Right? Before we left we gave them all the instructions and told them that Austin was starting to use the "big boy potty" and to help him if he needed it. Well, Katie and I really enjoyed dinner and it was great to get away from the boys for a couple of hours. Just as we were pulling into the drive way we got a phone call. Of course, the babysitters claiming they had a serious problem. We walk inside to find Austin with a new pull-up in his hands saying repeatedly "I don't want a cold shower, I don't want a cold shower" (never a good sign). Apparently Austin had to go to the bathroom why we were out. Well, he was a little late getting to the bathroom and Katie and I in the past have been rinsing off his poopy bum with not so warm water to help motivate him to go in the potty. So........... in order to avoid the cold shower, he decided to transport the evidence to the toilet to recieve a fruit roll-up instead (smart kid, gets that from me). Well, he wasn't as coordinated as he needed to be with it (gets that from Katie) and ended up smearing it all over his hands, the toilet and the floor. Trying to clean his hands off, he got more on our bath mats, his legs, arms, and face (apparently that crap was hard to clean up). Unfortunately we didn't take the time to take a picture, but the experience was priceless. Worst news, however, is that we have two more people out there that are unwilling to babysit our son ever again. Oh well, Austin is a champ and is doing great. Since that day he has never pooped in his pull up. We are coming up on three weeks. This week he is in "big boy cars underwear" and we are hoping for the best. Way to go Austin - you da man!