It’s no secret our 3rd son, Brewer, can be a handful at times. We used to dream about having a 4th child, but Brewer kind of led us to believe that 3 might just be our limit.
I love this kid with all of my heart and he constantly keeps me laughing hysterically, but there is no doubt we’ve got our hands full with this one. He’s the most hard headed, determined, loud and impatient kid I’ve ever seen. While I believe one day he’s going to make a great adult, he can be one difficult child.
So you can imagine my ongoing surprise when Brandi regularly reminds me that Brewer is just like me. What probably hurts the most is that she can regularly get people to agree with this idea including, but not limited to, my own mother.
On Sunday’s I regularly get updates between our services. The update usually contains information regarding how things are going at all of our campuses. Answer to questions like; were there any technical issues, how did the service flow, how’s traffic, and how are people responding?
At the end of Sunday’s debrief I heard the following statement, “Oh, and one more thing. There is a report that Brewer pooped in the urinal over in Kidz World.” My first thought, Yep, that’s my boy. He may be a chip off the old block, but for the record I NEVER, EVER did that.
Once he was discovered on the urinal Brandi was quickly summoned to the scene of the crime. She could not pass up the opportunity to catch this golden moment to save for decades to come. I can’t wait to put this in the slide show at his wedding rehearsal. Somehow I think it will be a little payback for what we had to endure during this first three years of his life. And yes, if he gives me trouble as a teenager I will remove the black dot.
Care to share any embarrassing moments regarding your kids?
Love the fact his underwear is on backwards! At least he has them on. Our pastor’s son has been known to go commando.
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The Christian school I would be teaching at had a tradition of holding a barbecue for parents and students as well as staff and their families at the start of the fall season.
A half hour in I got the news that our oldest — aged three at the time — was in the girls restroom, naked, with his foot caught in the toilet.
I think the staffing committee started to wonder what kind of person they had hired.
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OH, I just love it…..perfect Kodak moment!
Def. has to be one of those MasterCard commercials…..
Construction of Kidz World Wing at CrossPoint church $XXXXX
specialty child size urinals $XXXX
catching the pastor’s kids pooping in urinal: priceless
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Dude that is just plain awesome!!
@Michelle, LOL!
@Heidi, he puts them on backwards everyday despite the fact that we routinely tell him they go on the other way. His response is, “NO, the big picture goes in front.”
Brewer reminds me of Tristan (our second child). We did not learn our lesson after him and had Hailey
There’s always a positive…aren’t you glad he’s potty trained?
Most of our embarrassing moments have been typical children stuff like saying stuff about people in the Grocery store in front of them, grabbing cigarettes out of public ashtrays and putting them in their mouth, etc. Nothing like pooping in a urinal, yet!
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My oldest Jason, who just turned 29 on Sunday, was standing in the pew on Sunday morning during the sermon. He was about 3 so standing was ok. He was being pretty good that particular Sunday if memory serves. At a particular quite point in the sermon for some unknown reason he shouted out SHI*. Since we didn’t own a boat you can imagine what the last letter was. He was staying with his grandmother during the day so that must be where he heard it but it was hard to explain that to everyone at the church, especially since she went there too.
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btw if I had something that fit me as well to use the potty on as that urinal does Brewer, I think I would use it to. That’s not being hard-headed that’s thinking outside the box–ers. hehehe
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Oh God. When he grows older he’ll get so ashamed of this photograph…
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My middle son, Eli, has autism. Part of the world of autism is tactile issues. Some items and some textures just feel good and as a result an autistic child can go hog wild with a sensation they enjoy.
You know, things with ridges. Things with smooth surfaces. Things that are squishy.
I was at a church event about three years ago at the pastor’s house with my boys when my oldest son Dale walks over and says loud enough for everyone to hear…”Eli’s playing with poop in the bathroom.”
It was in the toilet. And on him. And the sink. The wall. The tub. The floor.
The best part was the happy sounding “Hi Daddy!” when I walked into the bathroom. No, I didn’t take a picture of it.
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Did he get poo on his shirt? LOL
That’s great. I like this kid’s style. He’s just thinking outside of the box. Challenging he status quo.
I mean, after all, who says you can’t poop in a urinal? His poop is probably small enough that it flushed with no problem.
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Lol. I saw this on Brandi’s blog too.
Don’t have kids, but I do recall my brother (11 years my junior) at Brewer’s age VIVIDLY.
If you had to take him to the bathroom with you if you were in a shopping centre/airport or whatever he liked to give a running commentary on everything you were doing….loudly. Or stand outside the cubicle door and knock on it going ‘Are you peeing?’ ‘Are you doing a poo?’ ‘Have you wiped your bottom yet?’
And don’t worry, I have plenty incriminating photos to show future girlfriends or potential wives…mwa ha ha ha!
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@Phil, I think he came out clean.
Me? the perfect parent have any embarrassing moments with my two daughters? how can you even think that pete? See…you and Brandi need a girl or two or three.
probably ought to stop at those suggestions. I do want to say that this young man will keep you hopping but will probably show you some day what God can do with someone as active as him. In the meantime…keep smiling.
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did you see the movie Kingpin? Woody Harrelson pooping in the urinal, says “i can figure some things out on my own”….funniest thing ever
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Well, this one is a classic!
Closest I can come is my son was sleep walking and peed in his Dad’s boot! No photos though.
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I’ll be honest…my son’s done nothing to crazy.
Just one time ehn he gave me a left hook in my mouth in front of company…other than that he’s an angel:)
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This is hysterical, but I am slightly afraid of the things our two year old “man” child will be doing as he grows…I’m already going gray.
This same child recently discovered his “man” parts. His little buddy is always out…or his hands are always holding it. Why? I just don’t get it. But he loves to say, “Weiner”. Now that he’s found it he announces it to the world. At a family wedding last month he decided to holler “weiner” during my father-in-law’s toast/speech. Fortunately for us my husband and I are the only ones that could understand him. Unfortunately for us he has it and he’s not afraid to “use” it. lol.
I think Brewer would get along great with my Maggie. She’s also the most hard-headed, dramatic and impatient child I’ve ever known. I try to always remind myself that she is strong willed and that isn’t always bad.
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That is just flat out hysterical!!!! Some good blackmail material right there!!
And with that huge grin, how can you not just laugh at this!!!!
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Hilarous! The best part is how proud Brewer is of himself! I think he knows he’s a mess.
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ahhh… my son wants the big picture in the front too! Underwear makers should listen up!
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With 7 kids there have been quite a few embarrassing moments. The one that sticks out at the moment is a few years ago for our Christmas Eve program.. 1 daughter was playing Mary & 1 son was a shepherd. She was sitting by the cradle & the shepherds were around it too and the 2 of them managed to get into a fight on the stage. On the video you can tell my husband is walking fast to get to the stage & tells them to knock it off now. I never know what to expect when they are doing a school or church production. But it always makes for a good laugh later.
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Our third child tried to shimmy up a huge wooden candlestick during a Christmas program at church while his peers were sweetly singing. Pretty sure he is the only child ever banned from the church nursery. He would also scream “Don’t pinch me!” when we’d carry him out of church during a temper tantrum. Had he been our first child, he’d have been an only child. And I can’t wait to use his potty picture at his wedding reception!
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Since I am your mother . . . I’ll refrain from sharing (however, I may can be bribed) for there are definitely some stories I could tell!
Wow – this is so out of control!
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@nana, you got to give us one good story. I know one that deals with boogers and a Honda but I am sure yours are better.
Love the story and he sounds like an awesome kid. Yes — sometimes those handfuls turn out to be amazing adults because they are strong. I can relate on many levels — got three of my own, too.
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I shared my embarrassing kid story over on Brandi’s blog this morning. It really couldn’t compare to your Brewer story, though, gotta say. That was a doozy!
I’ve got a 3YO that spins me in circles as well.
Last Sunday at church, I was in the middle of teaching class, and my 3YO girl happened to walk by the open door of my room on the way to the potty. She stepped right in the classroom, and hollered, “HI MOM!! I’M A GONNA GO WEE WEE! IN DA POTTY! AND DEN I’M A GONNA WIE MY-SAUF!!!!!!!!”
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Well, you gotta admit Pete, there are far worse places the little guy could have chosen to take care of business! We have friends whose daughter, about 3 at the time, found a rather unique place to practice her new found skill of sitting on something to go. They discovered this special place when the mom pulled the vegetable crisper drawer out to get something out of the refrigerator! Yeesh!
My eldest son mooned the congregation when he was 5.
Adam and I just stared in horror and then busted out laughing. What else could you do besides cry?
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that is so precious!
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My youngest does strange, silly things too! Too cute!
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when my oldest daughter, Rachel was 3 and at the mall with her mom she proceeded to tell the clerk at the department store, “I have diarrhea”..my wife told her that we do not tell others that we have diarrhea, we do not need to share that with others…they continued on & were in a shoe store a few minutes later and Rachel looks up at the clerk and states, “I do not have diarrhea”…just one of the many funny stories we have encountered with our 6 kids…for what it is worth Rachel is now 24 and getting married in 10 days…
Pete, I think you & your bride should work on doubling the child count, 3 boys followed by 3 girls..go for it!
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My daughter Layne Taylor who is 6 now was walking in a grocery store with my wife when she was 3. She said ‘hey mommy’, when Kathryn leaned down to ask what she needed Layne shoved her finger in Kathryn’s nose. She smelled a horrible, God aweful smell. Layne responded with ‘I know, can you believe my butt smells like that!?’.
This is exactly the kind of stuff that drove us away from church. Pastor’s kids – sheesh!
JUST KIDDING!!!!!
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ROFLOL @ Mark Ryan….. OM GOSH!!!! OMG OMG OMG!! That is the funniest thing I’ve read in forever. Kids are just SOOOOO wrong to us parents sometimes….
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When my son was 4 we very strongly encouraged him to participate in the church Christmas program he had been practicing for months. He had very different ideas because of the part he had been chosen to play and the fact that it was a “talking animal”. So, there he stood with his arms folded tightly and angry face firmly in place in complete protest. When it came time for him to speak his one sentence part there was nothing but more silence. The kid’s choir director tried to help him with his line when he LOUDLY proclaimed…
JACKA$$ES DO NOT TALK!!!!!!
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I work in the childcare department at Gold’s Gym. One day, it was especially busy in the day care, and I was checking in kids as parents dropped them off. All of a sudden, my co-worker exclaimed, “Jennifer, Caleb is peeing in a cup!” Sure enough, my 2-1/2-year-old son had dropped his pants in front of the bathroom and was peeing in a sparkly Cinderella cup from the girls’ kitchen set.
In his defense, the door was locked on the outside to keep the little kids from going in the bathroom and playing in the toilet. At least he didn’t pee on the floor!
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Love it! You will laugh about this for yrs to come
Since we don’t have kids I’ll share one of my fav stories of our music minister (and my best friend, his wife)’s child: He was about 2 1/2 at the time. We were having home team and he came running through in a shirt. We asked his father if he had underwear on and not a minute later he had his lil hiney up in the air waving it about … and there were definately no undies! Kids at the age of 2-3 do the funniest things … we still laugh about that evening 
Dude, my first thought after seeing that pic was, “I hope he washed his hands after that!” So cute!
When you first Tweeted about this I laughed so hard my father thought I was having a fit. I guess it kinda scared him. It brought to mind several incidents that I’ve had with my two, and thank God there are only two, kids.
Both of my boys were hard to potty train so what happened was sort of a blessing and a curse wrapped up in one. My parents were watching my kids, almost four and about two, while I was at work. They had gone to Lowes to hunt for a new toilet bowl as the old one was in sad shape and needed replacement. As you might have guessed, my older son needed to go, but hadn’t gotten to the point of actually asking. Fiercely independent, but always aiming to please, he found his own toilet. Yup, right there on the floor at Lowes.
In Brewer’s defense, has anyone ever told him NOT to poop in the urinal?
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@Katdish, I might have overlooked passing on that bit of fatherly wisdom.
katdish- Good Point!! and, as a friend of Pete’s mother, I know she can be bribed with desserts . . . she is crazy about sweets!
I just would like to say thank you once again – I got to tie this into my human lifespan development class
That makes part of a sermon and now one of your sons lol
Since I have no kids I will share someone else’s embarrassing kid story. One of my students in my class who is a father said that one time one of his sons was having his diaper changed in the church nursery and his son took off and ran into the sanctuary with no clothes on lol
My daughter swallowed a toonie (for those of you who have not made it to Canada … remember the old silver dollars???? Yeah) A whole toonie and it got stuck!!!!! What makes it worse is she is 11 years old. I wish I had a copy of the pic to post but my ex husband has the copy of the xray just prior to surgery and there is a clear view of the toonie right in front of her heart!
I work in preschool ministry and we’ve caught several little boys peeing on the playground over the last few weeks. Their response is always, “my mom lets me pee outside.” So, I would just be happy that he was doing his business in a bathroom:)
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