The Tube

I think we're making good progress on potty training. The actual potty, not so much, but Karston announces when he needs to go, and then goes when he is prepared. This almost always means in his cup, but this evening Karston showed us an ingenious if disturbing variation. He used the cardboard tube from a used-up roll of toilet paper to pee in the big potty standing up. (I told Daddy he was setting an example Karston couldn't follow.) The disturbing part was, of course, us wondering how long a wet cardboard tube would hold together. It lasted long enough to be thrown away to remove the temptation to try it again ...