Atta kid.

Oh, wow. I love this girl.

priceless :)

What ages are your little ones, Sharolyn?

My daughter, Camille, will be four in a month. James is 21 months.

You made sure to shame him, right? Coloring makes Baby Jesus very very sad.

Boring, off-topic question for you parents: are kids normally that think-outside-the-box-y?

yes. They have not yet realized that there is a box.

Yes, I don’t know at what age the box appears, but the awesomeness of it being an unknown is…um…awesome. Tonight, on the way home, our almost four-year-old Nate gazed out at the night sky and said “Da moon is fowowin us………..IT WIKES ME….IT’S CHASIN’ JUST ME!”

(outside the box has a lot to do with the complete and utter and innocent self-absorption of childhood.)

We call that “Original Sin”.

You rock, Michael. Largest laugh of the day goes to you, Sir. Unless you’re kidding.

Or…not kidding. Poop.

Kidding.

I think every parent knows that Original Sin is the best-supported doctrine ever (anyone who calls children innocent has never had one), but I’m speaking very tongue in cheek.

Laugh on, Young Cerise. Laugh on.

and then, weep and repent.

Oh, assuredly that.

Yeah… the innocence of children is sort of a load of crap. They have all the same instincts as adults, it’s just totally unfiltered by cultural expectations.

Therefore, when they are being sweet and selfless, it’s totally pure and lulls you into believing in John Lennon songs. When they’re giving into their base desires, it’s like having small, ruthless Jihadists in your house.

I’m watching a show on Animal Planet with my seven-year-old son right now. As we just watched a cougar attack a rabbit, my son said: “Awww…but that was a cute bunny! Mom, it’s too bad that Adam and Even sinned…if they hadn’t, Then animals wouldn’t eat animals and we wouldn’t hurt each other and there wouldn’t be any icky stuff or itchy stuff or anything………and we wouldn’t even need a house!…………..Looks like he’s having a good meal though…he’s happy.”

And by “innocent,” I didn’t mean harmless. I meant a self-absorbtion that is utterly complete: why WOULDN’T the moon “wike me?!”…becuase I am, in fact, the center of the universe unto whom all things are naturally drawn! Such is the worldview of every healthy toddler. Unaffected, it makes for some wowsa adults. I’m sure we’ve each met such individuals.