McFreedom

Blake, like many two-year-olds, overly enjoys washing his hands. Once he starts, you have to actively work to get him to stop. On the one hand, that was kind of useful, because hand-washing was the "reward" for potty training. On the other hand, now that he's trained, every time he goes, someone has to go in and make him stop washing his hands.

Lately, he's gotten into "brushing his teeth," which involves no toothbrushes, but leaning over and drinking from the tap and "dribbling" (his word) the water out. I was working in my office, which is right by the upstairs bathroom, when I heard Betsy say, "No dribbling unless you're brushing your teeth!"

She then stuck her head in my office with an exasperated look. "He says he's pretending to brush his teeth."

I said, "Well, then, I guess he'll need to pretend to dribble, won't he?"

I guess it takes Logic Man to outdo Logic Boy.