Fire station, yes please

We have experienced a few "neat" and exciting things lately...

1.  Peeing as he wishes in the backyard.  Our new neighbors probably think are "Dub-T".  I won't go into details but one night the neighbors have every right to think we are white trash, because they would have heard me say "Ben show Papa how you poop in the yard"..... long story, he isn't pooping in the yard...yet.  He is so proud of himself when he get his stream of peeing going in the grass.
2. Someone deposited "nuggets" in his Buzz & Woody undies... He has been back to fighting the diaper changes again, so we settled on big boy undies Sun morning.  30 minutes later, I see what looks like rocks in his undies. GAG. It was sick, but we threw the poo in the toilet and waved good bye as it went to the ocean :)
3. For many reasons, I try to avoid taking Ben to the stores with me.  Refusal to sit in shopping car, throwing items, you know... but on Sunday he went to BOTH Target and Wal-Mart! He was a champ! There was a rough patch during the Target trip  - chalk eggs were being launched on the floor but Cheez-Its saved the day. Ben loves Wal-mart. Since moving right by it, he knows where it is and always asks to go.  At both stores, he thrived on being Mr. Personality, saying hi to EVERYONE.
4. Ben befriended 2 firemen in the Wal-mart parking lot and ended up with an invite to visit their station after refusing to exit their firetruck in the parking lot.  I had to lie to my child, it was necessary.  There was no other way he was budging... "Ben, hurry, get out quick, they have to go put out a fire".  It worked. His eyes got wide and he hopped right out.  Upon arrival at the station, Ben received some sweet SWAG - coloring book, badge stickers and daddy's favorite - tattoos! Daddy of course had to try it out and looked so badass with this Edmond Fire Dept tat on his chest. Fortunately it washed off :) Ben prefered the brush and tanker truck to the actual real deal fire truck.  The firemen all came out to see us and were super nice... I foresee future trips back to Station #4.