Henry and the Pee Bottle

Poor Henry!  He is the victim of one of my worst parenting fails to date.  But it sure makes for a good story so let me back up a bit.
Ever since Marcus was little, we've had a bottle in the van that the boys can use if they need to go to the bathroom while we're driving.  Typically it only gets used on long road trips.  Yes, I know it's gross that we have a "Pee Bottle" but you try driving 13-hours by yourself with a van full of boys.  It's torture!  I'll do anything to speed up the process, which means we only stop for gas.  While I'm gassing up, the boys know it's their chance to use the bathroom because our motto is "We stop for nothing!"  By the way, I think that's our only family motto.  How pathetic.
Last week I drove over to Barb's to borrow her power washer and took Henry with me.  Naturally, Barb and I got to talking and Henry passed the time playing around in the van.  I heard Henry start to cry and figured he bumped his head climbing over the seats or something.  When I opened the van door my nose was assaulted with a powerful smell.  I looked at Henry and knew instantly why he was crying.  He was holding the pee bottle and spitting and crying.  I was horrified!  Obviously somebody forgot to empty the bottle because Henry definitely didn't get a drink of water!
I can't even imagine how horrible it must have tasted but it was bad enough to make Henry cry.  I felt so bad for him but I had to take a picture before I scrubbed his mouth out with toothpaste.  I didn't know what else to do!  He happily cooperated and kept saying "Pee pee?" with a confused look on his face.  I told the brothers and of course they were so grossed out they couldn't even laugh.  Then they started arguing about who was to blame and none of them fessed up.  And none of them could remember the last time they used the bottle either.  I can't even think about it without cringing.  And laughing really hard.  Henry seems to be doing just fine though he hasn't forgotten about it like I had hoped he would.  Life with boys is never dull and usually gross.

 The Pee Bottle

 

My poor boy with pee all down the front of his shirt.  We are all scarred for life after this episode!