Do not freeze your pee in a cup!

This is a new rule at our house. One I wasn't aware we needed to verbalize until tonight. Conversation at 9 pm with Carter:

mom: "Carter what are you doing in the kitchen? You are supposed to be in bed."

Carter: "Um, nothing, just getting something out of the freezer."

mom: "What is it, another cup of frozen water? You know the rule, I hate it when you freeze water in the bathroom cups because when I open the freezer they fall out and hit my foot. Give it to me."

Carter: "No mom, no. Let me throw it away."

mom: (getting suspicious) "What? Let me see it."

(mom takes it away and for a moment is dazed at the frozen yellow liquid, until she puts it together)

mom: "Carter Richard Coombs!!!! Is this what I think it is?? IF so you are so dead!!!!!"

(mom leaves room in daze and finds dad to deal with situation-- mom looks for parenting book)

Dad: "Carter we do NOT freeze our own pee. It's gross and now you are going to die." (His answer to anything weird our kids do).

--Carter pretends to be worried--

--mom can't stand it any longer and starts laughing--

--Dad laughs, then reminds Carter he's going to die now.--

Everyone stops laughing. Mom tells Carter this is really gross and not to do it again.

New rule at the Coombs house:

"If you freeze it, you eat it."

Carter promises not to pee in any more cups.

Note to all parents: There is not a "Frozen Pee Problems" chapter in any parenting book I could find. You'll have to deal with this one on your own. I just blamed Rich's DNA for this one.