Interesting Conversation with Matthew

Let me set the stage...

Natalie's upstairs sleeping. Matt, Matthew and I are eating lunch on the deck. After lunch, Matt goes through the house, down to the garage to get the lawnmower started. Matthew gets his plastic lawnmower and takes it down the steps of the deck. I'm still eating, naturally.

Matthew comes to the bottom of the steps and says, "Mommy? I just have to go poop in the grass."
Me: Um, what?
Matthew: Yeah. I just have to go poop in the grass real quick.
Me: No, Matthew, we go poop in the potty.
Matthew: But I go tinkle on the grass?
Me: Yes, but that is in an emergency when we are away from a potty.
Matthew: That's okay, Mommy, I just went tinkle over there so you couldn't see me. I watered the grass to make the flowers grow.
Me: (Just laughter, no words!) and then tried to get it together to say, "Matthew, we need to go tinkle in the potty, not on the grass, okay?
Matthew: Okay.

Now he's out mowing the lawn with Matt.