I don't think anyone warns parents

I don't think anyone warns parents how much pee and poop they will have to deal with as parents. In the last six years I've had my share of cleaning pee and poop. First it was the spill over diapers and countless onesies being washed every day. Then there was the exploration phase when Zoe loved to take off her poopy diaper at night and spread the contents around her crib (duct tape over her pyjamas helped us there). Then Jasmine had her own phase emptying the contents of her diaper, particularly horrible was the day she took off her diaper while sitting on our "hockey table" and smushed poop into every inch of the "ice" and on to every "player", making sure it seeped through and dropped onto the carpet. Then of course the time when Jasmine found Zoe's poop on the grass... I can't even go there. Then there is potty training and countless peed in pants, and then night time training which goes along with cleaning up peed on sheets. Then if you are as lucky as me there are also the occasional public "accidents", like in the Macdonald's play yard on the slide, when I had to tell the teenage kid behind the counter "ya, my daughter just peed on the slide, the red one, sorry about that" and dashed out. Or in the middle of Walmart walking out leaving a wet trail behind us, or when I  smelled a bad smell at a birthday party and realized it was due to my child who had pooped on my friend's bathroom floor at their birthday party, or when sitting at the neighbour's house and their daughter comes out and says "Mommy, she peed in your closet" and you know "she" is your child. These, these moments are mostly things you just don't expect. But now, at almost 6 and almost 5 I thought all the pee and poop stories were behind us. Only to have this happen this morning while Grahame is away on business.

sooo...

I woke up this morning thirsty, went and had a glass of water out of a blue cup in the bathroom. went back to bed.... half an hour later we all got up,
I go in the bathroom (now more awake) and I realize it really  smells like pee.

I look down at the bath mat and see it is wet, I smell it, and yup there is pee on it.

so I go ask the girls ... umm who peed on the bath mat???

With guilty faces they first say "not me" ... then Jasmine gets that guilty pout.
Zoe speaks up... "well it was an accident mommy, last night Jasmine was trying to pee in a cup and she kinda missed."

ummm..."Sorry what? why was Jasmine trying to pee in a cup??"

"we both did, it was fun."

"Wait... what cup??"

"The blue one."

Awesome. I drank from a pee cup. Great way to start a day.