Singing a Silly Song

The other day we were at the grocery store. As we were leaving I was letting the boys know that they had been very good while we were shopping. Then Luke adds, "Logan, I was so proud of you for going pee on the potty at the store!" "Mommy weren't you proud of Logan." While we were having this conversation I begin to be haunted by the voices of parenting advice. There is a train of thought out there that says you aren't to tell your kids how their behavior makes you feel. The idea being that kids shouldn't learn to perform in order to make YOU feel a certain way, they should learn to do things because of how it makes them feel. In which case the appropriate response is not, "I am so proud of you . . . " Instead it should be, "You went pee on the potty. How do you feel about that." or something along those lines. So, as I begin to fear I will warp my son into peeing only to ensure my happiness,
I ask, "Logan, how does it make you feel that you went pee on the potty?"
I get no response.
I ask again, "Logan, how do you feel, you stayed dry in the store."
Again, no response.
Maybe I need to give him options, "Logan do you feel happy that you went pee on the potty?"
"No."
"Oh, do you feel sad that you went pee on the potty?"
"No."
"Hmm, do you feel proud that you peed on the potty?"
"No."
"How do you feel that you went pee on the potty?"
"Bees"
"Bees?"
"Bees."
"What? You feel bees that you went pee on the potty?"
"Bumblebees."
By this time Luke is cracking up laughing. He knows that his answer doesn't make any sense, so he figures it's a joke. And I realize that my fears at warping Logan at this point by telling him I'm proud are unnecessary because he clearly isn't understanding where I"m going with the whole question.

Speaking of jokes. Luke announced to me at lunch that he was going to tell me his best joke. It went like this. "I was walking down the street . . . and . . . . I fell . . . into a pile of . . . . MUSTARD!"
I was laughing so hard that I think I confirmed his suspicion that this is definately his best joke.