Go. Swim. Ca-nal.

Isaac is such a joker. Every day he says goodbye to the daycare workers Sorna (bye Sor-na!) and Samantha / Sam (Bye Steve! [giggle / sly smile] Bye Sam!" Funny man.

Then on the days we are lucky enough to be biking home, as we approach the 417 bridge / Pretoria bridge we will have an exchange like this, almost word for word, each and every time.

Isaac: Go. Swim. Ca-nal. Alice. Go. Swim. Ca-nal.
Me: No!
I (sadly): Why?
M: Why not?
I (big grin): Not. SAFE!
M: That's right.
I: Too. Dirty. Yuck!
M (laughing): That's right. Yuck!
I: Yuck!


Tonight while I had him sitting on the toilet trying to fill that instead of his pants, I thought that I'd tell him a story to help him relax. So I decided to start stories the way that I do when I'm making it up and go with "There once was a boy and the boy loved (insert something here, tonight it was dragons) very much". He yelled "NO! READ WHAT IS SAYS!". I was quite taken aback. Mostly because that's how I start every story for Alice to tease her and because it's the opening to one of my favoute books. What he said tonight is her usual response. It's so funny: I tease one child and the other one learned from example. I've got to be careful.