The Genius Award Goes to….

…the person who created this perfectly ordinary-looking toilet seat.

Here’s the brilliant part: a kids’ potty is embedded into the lid, held with a magnet (I know!!) so it only comes down when you want it to, and kids can get it down. And when you close the lid, the potty seat becomes part of the lid again! Have you seen a more marvelous invention?

Thanks to Elizabeth who bought one because she had seen one at Jen’s who had seen it at another friend’s, and so on. This is the BEMIS Next Step toilet seat, found at Home Depot ($30 for round size, $35 elongated). I couldn’t find it for under $40 on the web.