Corban's Birthday

Saturday was a fun family day. We went down to USM to swim for Corban's bday, the big 3. I stayed on the deck of the pool with Abigail. And the kids and Cody did some laps, kick boards, high dives. After a while Cody had to leave for a work appointment, but the kids were having so much fun, it was an indoor pool with barely anyone else swimming, and 2 life guards. We should be fine, right? And we were, until... well, it all began when Corban had to go #2. He never has false alarms with those, but after I managed to one handedly get him out of his wet swim suit and swimmer diaper (Abigail in other arm) a false alarm is exactly what it was. Weird. So we re-dress, leaving the suit off this time, and head back to the pool. Then a little while later Annali has to pee, and Corban says he does too, so the 4 of us head to the bathroom, but Abigail is going hystarical, and Annali's hair is caught in her swimsuit tie that goes around her neck, and I can't get it off, so I tell her just to go back to the pool and pee in there. Sorry, I know, grossness, but you know you've all done it before! She asks me if I'm sure. Yes, I'm sure. Well Corban thinks that is the coolest thing ever, and he wants to go pee in the pool too. Ok, fine, whatever. So he takes off, Abigail and I trailing slightly behind, and he procedes to the edge of the pool, pulls his swimmer diaper down the required amount and takes aim at the water! "No, Corban!" I yell as I try to drag him away with one arm back to the bathroom. He shakes me off running back with an insistent, "But I want to pee in the pool!" I know the lifeguards and other swimmers, all a bunch of college kids, are watching this whole drama unfold, but I refuse to make eye contact. Let them think what they will, that I'm some sad, pathetic mother in way over her head. And in some ways its true, but not this time! I've known my boy 3 years + 9 months, and how to win him over. A three M&M bribe is all it takes to get Corban back in the bathroom with me... and then it IS time to go home.