the world’s biggest exaggeration

All three of my boys are going through a phase of exaggeration. At least I think it is a phase. Come to think of it it might be a genetic flair for drama. I hear some of the stories at home, but can only imagine what might be overheard at the school playground. Yesterday I got a little taste of what it might be like.   I was driving home with my boys plus a friend, Lukas, and the following conversation occurred after they all agreed that the restroom at school was gross… Lukas(7):   I once went without going to the bathroom for 7 hours! Rhett(4):   Wow. Reid(7):   I never go to the bathroom.*

*this is actually NOT an exaggeration

Ryan(9):   I once went for TWO WHOLE days without going to the bathroom.   That is very close to the record. Me:   That is NOT an appropriate record to break.   I don’t want to be taking boys to the hospital because they refuse to pee. Ryan:   I really did.   I didn’t go for two days.   I almost broke the Guinness World Record.   You can look it up. Me:   Again, no one in this car has my permission to attempt to break that record.   And come to think of it, I am not sure there even IS a record for not peeing. Ryan:   There IS a record.   You can look it up when we get home.   I didn’t break that record.   I broke another record. Me:   Ryan, in order to be in the World Record Book you have to go through a process where someone official witnesses that you broke the record. Ryan:   I did!   I am in the book. Me:   You are NOT in the book.   No one from the book came and watched you do anything. Ryan:   Do you have the most recent edition? Me:   No. Ryan:   That is the one I am in. Me:   RYAN!   You are NOT in the book.   I promise you. Ryan:   I am too.   I broke the record and I am in the 2010 edition. Me:   You are not in the book. Ryan:   I am!   Prove it. Me:   You are under 18 so you would need MY signature to be in the book and I didn’t sign anything. Ryan:   Oh…