Daisy

I love Easter candy.  I try to avoid the "Easter candy aisle" because I can't contain myself so it is better to just stay away...

FAR away.

But while I was waiting on some pictures at Walgreen's I decided to browse around the store.  After getting my husband his favorite Cadburry Eggs and my jelly beans I started looking for a little something for Mason.  And then my eye latched on to something I hadn't seen before. 

It was a cow. 

Her name was Daisy. 

But Daisy is plastic and therefore not edible for my 2 year old.  But then I looked a little harder and the little light bulb in my head flickered. 

And then I laughed out loud in the store.  And people looked at me.  But I didn't care because this has to be the funniest Easter candy I have ever seen.  So I bought it.  And I will show you why.

This is Daisy...

Isn't she cute?  I didn't buy Daisy for candy.  I bought her for 2 reasons.

1.  Education

2.  Entertainment

It turns out Daisy is instrumental in helping me have a conversation with my son about something very important. 

Poop.

Yes I said it.  Poop.  I'm sorry if this grosses you out, but poop happens to be something I talk about daily since I am in the middle of potty training.  It's not a topic of choice, but necessity.  It is necessary for me to say the following phrases EVERY day...

"Do you need to poop?"

"Do you want to poop in the potty?"

"Did you poop your pants?"

Anyway, back to Daisy.  Let me show you how she operates. 

Step One:  Open her head...

Step Two:  Insert jelly beans into her body...



Step Three:  Push down on Daisy..

And VOILA!  Daisy poops a jelly bean...

Then you continue pushing on Daisy and more jelly beans come out...

I'm not making this stuff up...

Mason had to take a closer look.  Meanwhile I am explaining to him the biology of pooping.  I think I also threw in there something about Daisy needing a potty.  That really would have helped.  If anyone has a miniture potty can I please have it?  Thanks.



It helps if you moo while playing with Daisy.  My child is very good with animal sounds.

Daisy makes quite a load...

Mason was so fascinated with the toy that I don't think he ever realized that the poo was actually candy.  So after about 20 minutes of filling Daisy with jelly beans and then watching her...ya know...I told him he could eat the jelly beans.

WHAT?



After seeing his expression I began to wonder what kind of message I was sending him. 

"Go ahead and eat the cow poop honey, it's ok."

Now here is the best part of the whole story.

I would like to tell you that since that day my son has pooped in the potty every day.

But that isn't it.

Across the street from our neighborhood is a field with...can you guess?

Cows!!!

And every day when we drive by this is the conversation we have...

"See the cows mommy?"

"Yes I see them."

"Are they pooping???"

HAPPY EASTER