Toussaint, 5
Tia, 2-1/2 years old
Toussaint and Tia are in the living room dressed as superheroes (Spiderman and Uniqua) with couch pillows, bed pillows, Toussaint’s mattress, etc. piled in ever-changing positions, doing a lot of running and jumping. At first, they asked me to move the Diego table away from the TV so they could have space to launch themselves from the couch. They assured me they would stop just before smashing into the TV. I nixed that. A bit later I was in the kitchen and I heard Toussaint say, “We shouldn’t knock over the Christmas tree.” A moment later he came to find me to tell me that everything was fine in the living room, and everything they were doing was perfectly safe, so I should continue with my housework because there was no need to come check on them. Naturally, I did check but nothing seemed amiss, thank goodness. A bit later they brought me their shoes to put on them. Toussaint had chosen his tie sneakers over his Velcro ones. I said this was an excellent time to practice his tying. He didn’t want to. I asked what if Superman (he’d changed costumes) was on his way to save someone and there was no one around to help him with his shoes. Superheroes simply must know how to tie, I said. He said that wouldn’t be a problem. If that happened, Superman would just wear his Velcro shoes.
