Ha! Thanks! We’ve been away for a last summer hurrah at our cottage (no internet) and I only saw your link today. Over the weekend, I redirected a sand-covered child from the cottage stairs to the lake (Erie, of course) to rinse off. He gave me an urgent look and wiggled a little, “But, Mama, I have to PEE!” I pointed him even more firmly toward the lake and said he should rinse off and just go there, if he couldn’t wait. His look changed instantly to shock and torture, “But, Mama! I might have to DRINK that lake one day!” It took me a minute to catch up with his train of thought and then I laughed so hard that I almost had to go in the lake!
Ha! Thanks! We’ve been away for a last summer hurrah at our cottage (no internet) and I only saw your link today. Over the weekend, I redirected a sand-covered child from the cottage stairs to the lake (Erie, of course) to rinse off. He gave me an urgent look and wiggled a little, “But, Mama, I have to PEE!” I pointed him even more firmly toward the lake and said he should rinse off and just go there, if he couldn’t wait. His look changed instantly to shock and torture, “But, Mama! I might have to DRINK that lake one day!” It took me a minute to catch up with his train of thought and then I laughed so hard that I almost had to go in the lake!
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