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Shortly after putting H and E to bed the other night, I came back upstairs to start some laundry when I overheard:

H: No, E! No, we can't poop on the bed. Momma and Daddy make the rules and they say, 'You need to stay in bed. And no pooping or peeing on the bed.'
E: But why?
H: I don't know why they make the rules. But they do. And they said 'No pooping.' We don't get a star for getting out of bed and we don't get a star for pooping on the bed.

Has one reached a new low when one's heart swells with pride over the fact that after countless episodes of preschool humor, the message 'No pooping on the bed' has gotten through? Well at least to one of them...